SHURA CHERKASSKY – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals, 1981–1989 | 5CD | FIRST RELEASE [FHR99]

Released as a 5CD box set and on all digital platforms: 15 November 2024 SHURA CHERKASSKY, piano The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals Pasadena, California, USA, 1981–1989 [5CD] All recordings are first releases 0:00 CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 0:29 CHOPIN: Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22 1:12 LULLY: Allemande from Suite de Pièces 1:43 CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 2:12 HOFMANN: Kaleidoskop 2:44 FRANCK: Choral from Prélude, Choral et Fugue 3:20 CHERKASSKY: Prélude pathétique 3:52 SCHUMANN: Chopin from Carnaval, Op. 9 4:31 LISZT: Valse de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, S407/R166 5:14 TCHAIKOVSKY: October: Autumn Song from The Seasons, Op. 37a 5:55 SCHUMANN: Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten from Fantasy, Op. 17 6:43 RACHMANINOV: Barcarolle in G minor from Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 29 APRIL 1981 CD1 [74:09] Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849) 1. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 2. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 3. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 4–5. Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22 Interval 6. Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 7. Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 8. Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 9. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Encores: 10. Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9, No. 3 11. Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, ‘Grande valse’ 13 JANUARY 1982 CD2 [71:06] Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632–1687) 1–5. Suite de Pièces Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) 6. Scherzo a Capriccio in F sharp minor, Op. 5 Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) 7–10. Grand Sonata in G major, Op. 37 Interval Frédéric CHOPIN 11. Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61, ‘Polonaise-fantaisie’ 12. Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 CD3 [72:19] Józef (Josef) HOFMANN (1876–1957) Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908) 1. No. 4. Kaleidoskop Franz LISZT (1811–1886) 2. Réminiscences de Don Juan, S418 (1841) Encores: Shura CHERKASSKY (1909–1995) 3. Prélude pathétique (1922) Frédéric CHOPIN 4. Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, ‘Grande valse’ (1840) Recorded 18 NOVEMBER 1987 César FRANCK (1822–1890) 5–7. Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M. 21 (1884) Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856) 8–28. Carnaval, Op. 9 (1834–35) Interval CD4 [53:26] Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1943) 1. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931) Józef (Josef) HOFMANN Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908) 2. No. 4. Kaleidoskop Frédéric CHOPIN 3. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (1844) 4. Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (1846) Franz LISZT 5. Valse de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, S407/R166 (1861) Encores: Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860–1909) España, Op. 165 (1890) 6. II. Tango (arr. 1921 Leopold GODOWSKY (1870–1938)) RACHMANINOV 7. Polka de W.R. (arr. of Lachtäubchen, Scherzpolka, Op. 303 by Franz BEHR, 1837–1898) Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons, Op. 37a (1876) 8. No. 10. October: Autumn Song Recorded 2 NOVEMBER 1989 CD5 [46:05] George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) 1. Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 (1720): IV. Air and Variations, ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’ Robert SCHUMANN Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1838) 2. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten Interval Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY 6 Morceaux, Op. 19 (1873) 3. VI. Thème original et variations Sergey RACHMANINOV 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (1894) 4. III. Barcarolle in G minor Franz LISZT 5. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, S244/R106 (1847) Encores: Isaac ALBÉNIZ España, Op. 165 (1890) 6. II. Tango (arr. 1921 Leopold GODOWSKY (1870–1938)) Transfers by Geoff Willard from open reel tapes (CD1–4) Nathan Coy from DAT (CD5) Remastered by John Croft (Chiaro Audio) John Croft and David Murphy (FHR) (CD2 and CD3, tracks 1–4) Recording released with approval from the estate of Shura Cherkassky ℗ & © 2024 The copyright in the remastering is owned by First Hand Records Ltd