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Shura Cherkassky plays Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Hindemith & Berkeley | 
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| Creators: Lennox Berkeley, Frederic Chopin, Franz Joseph Haydn, Paul Hindemith, Franz Liszt, Jean-philippe Rameau, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Shura Cherkassky
Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 168299
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5065000924140
ASIN: B000MEYHXK
Release Date: May 22, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Presto | | • | Adagio - | | • | Vivace molto, innocentemente | | • | Ruhig bewegt | | • | Sehr lebhaft | | • | Maessig schnell | | • | Fuge: Lebhaft | | • | No. 5 | | • | No. 6 | | • | October: Chant d'automne |
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A Perfect Piano Recital June 19, 2007
D. A Wend (Buffalo Grove, IL USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This disc was recorded at Wigmore Hall on October 29, 1993, and shows, once again, how vibrant Shura Cherkassky played a mere two years before his death. The recital begins with a Gavotte by Jean-Philippe Rameau, a favorite piece for Mr. Cherkassky that he plays with great elegance. A sonata by Joseph Haydn (composed ca. 1781 - 1782) continues the program, and is charmingly played with nimble dexterity, particularly in the rondo finale.
The Haydn is followed by the longest piece on the program - the Hindemith Sonata No. 3 (1936), which was a favorite work of Mr. Cherkassky. The Sonata is an engaging work written in a neo-classical style that came to dominate Hindemith's music. Chopin dominates the middle of the concert with four pieces - the Ballade No. 3, Nocturne in F-sharp, Mazurka in F-sharp and Mazurka in G. The Nocturne is beautifully phrased and delicately nuanced, arguably among the best performances of this music. There are three pieces by Sir Lennox Berkeley: two preludes from his opus 23 that are engaging and nicely played and a charming Polka that is satiric along the lines of Shostakovich and is a nice bravura piece.
The Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 concludes the concert with Mr. Cherkassky giving a superb account with nice touches of drama and virtuosity, and the disc concludes with an encore: Tchaikovsky's October from The Seasons.
The music is beautifully recorded; there is applause after each selection and I detected only a single cough during the Chopin Nocturne. The booklet describes each piece in detail with pictures of the composers and there is a nice biography of Shura Cherkassky. This is another great Cherkassky recital and one that should not be missed.
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