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Shura Cherkassky

p, UA
Musician of Classical

Ukrainian classical pianist (October 7, 1909 - December 27, 1995) known for his performances of the Romantic repertoire.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • World
Popular Tracks   
2 Mélodies, Op. 3: 1. Moderato assai on Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 etc by Shura Cherkassky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S. 244/2 on Chopin and Liszt: The B Minor Sonatas by Shura Cherkassky
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH.55: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito on Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig & Richard Kraus
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Tunes, S. 123 on Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos.2 & 5; Hungarian Fantasia; Mephisto Waltz by Franz Liszt, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: 13. The Swan (Arr. Godowsky) on Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 etc by Shura Cherkassky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rachmaninoff: Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Salon, Op.10: 3. Barcarolle in G Minor on Relaxing Rachmaninov by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40 No. 1 "Military" on Chopin: The Essentials by Frédéric Chopin & Various Artists
3 Miniatures for Piano, Op. 42: 3. Waltz in D Major on Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 etc by Shura Cherkassky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
Boogie Woogie Etude on 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon by Claudio Abbado, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Hope, Ferdinand Leitner, Luciano Pavarotti & Andrés Segovia
Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 4, [Mesto] in B Minor on Schubert, Chopin & Liszt: Art of the Encore by Shura Cherkassky

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Piano MasterpiecesShura Cherkassky2018Album
Haydn • Chopin • Chasin • RachmaninoffShura Cherkassky2014Album
In Concert, 1971Shura Cherkassky2013Album
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini / Piano Sonata No.7 / Three Scenes From PetrushkaSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Sergei Prokofiev / Igor Stravinsky, Shura Cherkassky2011Album
Rhapsody On A Theme Of PaganiniShura Cherkassky, The London Symphony Orchestra2011Album
The Complete HMV Stereo RecordingsShura Cherkassky2009Compil.
Handel • Brahsm • Berg • Prokofie • ChopinShura Cherkassky2007Compil.
Works By Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, Chopin, Liszt, Hindemith and Lennox BerkeleyShura Cherkassky2007Album
Rameau • Beethoven • Mendelssohn • Chopin • Scriabin • Tchaikovsky • LisztShura Cherkassky2006Album
KlaviersonatenWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claudio Arrau, Clara Haskil, Glenn Gould, Shura Cherkassky, Wilhelm Backhaus, Emil Gilels, Clifford Curzon2006Compil.
1909-1995Shura Cherkassky2003Album
80th Birthday Recital From Carnegie HallShura Cherkassky2003Album
Virtuoso Piano ConcertosPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt, César Franck, Edvard Grieg, Shura Cherkassky, Walter Gieseking2003Compil.
Nocturnes, Ballades, Waltzes, ScherziShura Cherkassky, Frédéric Chopin2001Compil.
The Historic 1940s RecordingsShura Cherkassky2001Compil.
The 1982 San Francisco RecitalShura Cherkassky1999Album
Shura Cherkassky IIShura Cherkassky1999Compil.
Klavierkonzerte 1 & 2 = Piano ConcertosPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig, Richard Kraus1999Compil.
Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. I, ChopinShura Cherkassky1998Compil.
Sonatas 2 & 3 / Fantaisie Op. 49Shura Cherkassky, Frédéric Chopin1996Album
Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 111 Symphonische Etuden, Op. 13 Shura Cherkassky PianoRobert Schumann, Shura Cherkassky1996Album
Bach • Partita E-Moll • Brahms • Sonate Op. 5 • Chopin • Preludes Op.28 • Bennett • 5 Studien • Liszt • Polonaise No. 2Shura Cherkassky1996Album
Pictures At An ExhibitionShura Cherkassky, Modest Mussorgsky1994Compil.
Ciajcovskij Concerto In Si Bemolle Maggiore Op. 23 N. 1 Per Pianoforte E Orchestra, Liszt Concerto In la Maggiore N. 2 Per Pianoforte E OrchestraPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shura Cherkassky, Andor Foldes, Franz Liszt1994Compil.
Piano RecitalShura Cherkassky1993Album
The Last Of The Great Piano Romantics, Volume OneShura Cherkassky1993Compil.
Vals de Mephisto · Los Preludios · Fantasía Húngara · Rapsodia Húngara N.º 5Franz Liszt : Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Shura Cherkassky1990Compil.
Klavierkonzert Nr.1 Es-dur - TotentanzFranz Liszt, Shura Cherkassky, Bamberger Symphoniker, Heinz Wallberg1988Album
Franck, Grieg, Messiaen, RakhmaninovShura Cherkassky - César Franck, Edvard Grieg, Olivier Messiaen, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1987Album
Regentropfen-Prélude - Die Schönsten Klavierstücke Von Frédéric ChopinGéza Anda, Stefan Askenase, Shura Cherkassky, Sviatoslav Richter, Tamás Vásáry1987Compil.
Hungarian Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 In E Minor; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 In E Flat Major; Hungarian Dances Nos. 5,6,3,1Franz Liszt / Johannes Brahms, Berliner Philharmoniker, Shura Cherkassky1987Album
Shura Cherkassky Spielt BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven, Shura Cherkassky1987Album
PianoFranz Liszt, Igor Stravinsky - Shura Cherkassky1986Album
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2 & 5 / Hungarian Fantasia / Mephisto WaltzFranz Liszt, Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker1986Compil.
Shura Cherkassky "In Concert 1984" - Volume TwoShura Cherkassky1985Album
In Concert 1984 - Volume OneShura Cherkassky1984Album
Shura Cherkassky Plays Lizt & MendelssohnShura Cherkassky1983Album
Frederic Chopin Piano RecitalShura Cherkassky1983Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Walter Susskind, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky1982Album
Grande Sonate in GPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mily Balakirev, Shura Cherkassky1982Album
Pictures At An ExhibitionShura Cherkassky, Modest Mussorgsky1981Album
Cherkassky In ConcertShura Cherkassky1980Album
Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 16 / Piano Concerto In A Minor Op.54Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann, Shura Cherkassky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Adrian Boult1979Album
Chopin Concerto Per Pianoforte E Orchestra n.2 In Fa Min. Op. 21Frédéric Chopin, Shura Cherkassky, Rudolf Kempe1978Album
Ballade No. 1 Op. 23 & Ballade No. 2 op. 38 - Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 (Raindrop-Prelude) - Phantasie Op. 49 Barcarolle Op. 60Frédéric Chopin, Shura Cherkassky1978Album
Chopin: 4 ScherziFrédéric Chopin / Shura Cherkassky1977Album
Ungarische RhapsodieFranz Liszt – Herbert von Karajan - Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker1976Album
Klavierkonzert Nr.2Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Richard Kraus1975Album
KaleidoscopeShura Cherkassky1975Album
A German EveningShura Cherkassky, The Ambrosian Singers, Symphonica Of London Conducted By Wyn Morris1974Compil.
Great Pianists Of The Century Play ChopinAlfred Cortot, Arthur Rubinstein, Walter Gieseking, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Horowitz, Shura Cherkassky, Witold Malcuzynsky, Dinu Lipatti, Géza Anda1973Compil.
Ritual Fire Dance / Clair De Lune / Pavane Pour Une Infante DéfunteManuel De Falla / Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel Played By Shura Cherkassky1971Single
Piano RecitalShura Cherkassky1970Album
PolonaisesFrédéric Chopin - Shura Cherkassky1969Album
A Golden Treasury Of Great Piano Concertos (Rachmaninoff/Saint-Saëns/Tchaikovsky)Malcolm Binns, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Gibson, Shura Cherkassky, Sir Adrian Boult1968Compil.
Les Préludes / Ungarische Rhapsodien Nr. 2 U. Nr. 4/Ungarische FantasieFranz Liszt - Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan1968Compil.
Piano RecitalFrédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann - Carl Tausig, Muzio Clementi, Franz Liszt, Shura Cherkassky1963Album
»Mazeppa« · Ungarische Rhapsodien 4 Und 5 · Ungarische FantasieFranz Liszt, Shura Cherkassky · Berliner Philharmoniker1962Album
A Night At The PromsSir Malcolm Sargent Conducts The BBC Symphony Orchestra ∙ Joan Hammond ∙ Shura Cherkassky1962Album
Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 5 / Ungarische Fantasie Für Klavier Und Orchester / Mazeppa / 3 Slawische TänzeFranz Liszt / Antonín Dvořák – Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Shura Cherkassky1962Album
Schubert - Schumann - LisztShura Cherkassky, Franz Schubert - Robert Schumann - Franz Liszt1960Album
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 b-mollPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig1960Album
Choral - Symphony No. 9 In D Minor / Eroica VariationsLudwig van Beethoven, Carl Schuricht, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire / Shura Cherkassky1960Album
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 b-moll Op. 23Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig1960Album
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini / Three Dances From "Petrouchka" (Piano Solo)Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Shura Cherkassky, The London Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Menges1958Album
Popular Piano RecitalShura Cherkassky1957Album
Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 1 B-Moll Op. 23Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Symphoniker, Leopold Ludwig1957Album
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr.2 G-Dur, Op.44Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Kraus, Berliner Philharmoniker, Shura Cherkassky1956Album
Rapsodie Hongroise N°15 En la MineurFranz Liszt, Shura Cherkassky1953Single
Sonata In B MinorShura Cherkassky, Franz Liszt1951Album
Prelude Pathetique / EcossaisesShura Cherkassky1924Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Scherzo From Concerto SymphoniquePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Henry Litolff - Shura Cherkassky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Adrian BoultAlbum
A Complete Recording Of The Etudes By Chopin - Volume 1Frédéric Chopin - Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Fantasie Impromptu CIS-Moll Op.66 (Posth.) / Etüde C-Moll Op.10 Nr.12 "Revolutionsetüde" / Liebestraum (Nr.3)Frédéric Chopin - Franz Liszt - Shura CherkasskySingle
Encore!Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Ungarische Fantasie • Ungarische Rhapsodien Nr. 4 Und Nr.5 / Ungarische Tänze Nr. 17 • 18 • 19 Und 20Franz Liszt / Johannes Brahms - Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Shura CherkasskyCompil.
Die Berühmten KlavierkonzerteFrédéric Chopin / Franz Liszt / Branka Musulin / Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Ballade No. 2, Op. 38; Mazurka No. 7, Op. 7; Nocturne No. 8, Op. 27; Valse No. 1, Op. 18Frédéric Chopin, Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 44 In G MajorPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Santa Monica Symphony, Jacques Rachmilovich, Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Piano Sonata No. 3 In F Minor (Opus 5)Shura CherkasskyAlbum
A Complete Recording Of The Etudes By Chopin - Volume 2Frédéric Chopin - Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Prinsengracht Concert, 1992Shura CherkasskyAlbum
Shostakovitch Concerto For Piano, Prokofief Piano Concerto 2Shura Cherkassky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Herbert MendesAlbum
Fantaisie - Impromptu In C Sharp MinorShura CherkasskySingle
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Scherzo From Concerto SymphoniquePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Henry Litolff - Shura Cherkassky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Adrian BoultAlbum
Liszt And ChopinShura CherkasskyAlbum
Sura Cherkassky PianoShura CherkasskySingle
Boogie Woogie Etude / The Zouaves' Drill Op. 68Shura CherkasskySingle
Shura Cherkassky - ChopinShura Cherkassky, Frédéric ChopinAlbum
Schumann & Franck - Etudes Symphoniques, KreislerianaShura CherkasskyAlbum
The Virtuoso PianoShura CherkasskyAlbum
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