Description
FHR Remasters
SHURA CHERKASSKY piano
The Complete Ambassador Auditorium Recitals Pasadena, California, USA, 1981–1989
All recordings are first releases
CD1: 29 April 1981
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
1. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (1835)
2. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (1832)
3. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (1844)
4–5. Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22 (1835)
6. Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49 (1841)
7. Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 (1839)
8. Fantasia-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 (1834)
9. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (1837)
CD2: 13 January 1982
Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632–1687)
1–5. Suite de Pièces
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
6. Scherzo a capriccio in F sharp Minor, Op. 5 (1835)
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
7. Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 37 (1878)
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
8. Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61, ‘Polonaise-fantaisie’ (1846)
9. Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (1843)
Josef HOFMANN (187–1857)
Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908)
10. No. 4, Kaleidoskop
Franz LISZT (1811–1886)
11. Réminiscences de Don Juan, S418 (1841)
Frédéric CHOPIN
12. Valse No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, ‘Grande valse’ (1840)
Shura CHERKASSKY (1909–1995)
13. Prélude Pathétique (1922)
CD3: 18 November 1987
César FRANCK (1822–1890)
1–3. Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M. 21 (1884)
Robert SCHUMANN (1822–1890)
4–23. Carnaval, Op. 9 (1834–35)
CD4: 18 November 1987
Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1843)
1. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931)
Josef HOFMANN (187–1857)
Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908)
2. No. 4, Kaleidoskop
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
3. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (1844)
4. Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (1846)
Franz LISZT (1811–1886)
5. Valse de l’opera Faust de Gounod, S407/R166 (1861)
Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860–1909)
España, Op. 165 (1890)
6. II. Tango (arr. 1921 Leopold GODOWSKY (1870–1938))
Franz BEHR (1837–1898)
7. Lachtäubchen, Op. 303, ‘Polka de WR’ (arr. 1911 Sergey RACHMANINOV)
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
The Seasons, Op. 37a (1876)
8. No. 10, October: Autumn Song
CD5: 11 February 1989
George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759)
1-4. Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 (1720)
Robert SCHUMANN (1822–1890)
Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1838)
5. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
6 Morceaux, Op. 19 (1873)
6. VI. Thème original et variations
Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1843)
7. Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (1894)
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
8. Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (1846)
Franz LISZT (1811–1886)
9. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, S244/R106 (1847)
Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860–1909)
España, Op. 165 (1890)
10. II. Tango (arr. 1921 Leopold GODOWSKY (1870–1938))
Frédéric CHOPIN
11. Tarentelle in A flat major, Op. 43 (1841)
