Shura Cherkassky, the complete HMV stereo recordings

Author(s)

• Bach, Johann Sebastian
• Busoni, Ferruccio
• Beethoven, Ludwig van
• Schubert, Franz
• Chopin, Frédéric
• Liszt, Franz
• Litolff, Henry Charles
• Saint-Saëns, Camille
• Godowsky, Leopold
• Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei
• Gershwin, George
• Poulenc, Francis
• Chasins, Abram
• Cherkassky, Shura
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

Bibliographic Information

Shura Cherkassky, the complete HMV stereo recordings

First Hand Records Remasters, c2009

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

Note

For piano (disc 1. disc 2: 2nd-14th works); for piano and orchestra (disc 2: 1st)

Shura Cherkassky, piano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra (disc 2: 1st work) ; Malcolm Sargent, conductor (disc 2: 1st)

Recorded in Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London, 1956 (disc 1: 1st-7th and 9th-10th works. disc 2: 2nd-3rd and 9th-10th) & 1958 (disc 1: 8th. disc 2: 4th-8th and 11th-14th); and Kingsway Hall, London, 1958 (disc 2: 1st)

Compact discs; analog recording

First Hand Records Remasters: FHR04

Contents of Works

• disc 1. Chaconne (from "Partita no. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV1004") / Johann Sebastian Bach ; arr. Ferruccio Busoni
• Bagatelle no. 1 in G minor, op. 119 / Ludwig van Beethoven
• Impromptu no. 4 in A flat major, D899 (op. 90, no. 4) / Franz Schubert
• Mazurka no. 7 in F minor, op. 7, no. 3 / Fryderyk Chopin
• Waltz no. 1 in E flat major, op. 18 : "Grande valse brillante" / Fryderyk Chopin
• Nocturne no. 8 in D flat major, op. 27, no. 2 / Fryderyk Chopin
• Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 38 / Fryderyk Chopin
• Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47 / Fryderyk Chopin
• Hungarian rhapsody no. 13 : in A minor, S244 / Franz Liszt
• Valse de l'opéra "Faust" (Gounod) : S407 / Franz Liszt
• disc 2. Scherzo (from "Concerto symphonique no. 4, op. 102") / Henry Litolff
• Le cygne (from "Le carnaval des animaux") / Camille Saint-Saëns ; arr. Leopold Godowsky
• A musical snuffbox : op. 32 / Anatoly Lyadov
• Ten preludes, op. 23. No. 5 in G minor / Sergey Rachmaninov
• No. 2 in B flat major / Sergey Rachmaninov
• Three preludes / George Gershwin
• Toccata (from "Trois pièces") / Francis Poulenc
• Three Chinese pieces / Abram Chasins
• Appendix. Three preludes / George Gershwin
• Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47 / Fryderyk Chopin

Details

• NCID: BB02105452
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: und
• Place of Publication: [U.K.]
• Pages/Volumes: 2 sound discs (1 hr., 58 min., 54 sec.)
• Size: 12 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet (8 p. ; 12 cm.)