Shura Cherkassky

[Zhiliang]

Dear all,

I am interested in collecting the best recordings of Shura Cherkassky, can i know which are his "must-buy" recordings and why?

Thanks.

[ezodisy]

I am interested in collecting the best recordings of Shura Cherkassky, can i know which are his "must-buy" recordings and why?

what ever would you do without us?

[Zhiliang]

what ever would you do without us?

Buy his box set 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Cherkassky's Chopin is some of my very favorite.

A great place to start is the old GPOTC series on Philips.

[Zhiliang]

Cherkassky's Chopin is some of my very favorite.

A great place to start is the old GPOTC series on Philips.

Thanks Donwyn,

I just listened to his Chopin Ballade No. 4, and its really very fresh and very different. He could really coax a lot of different sounds, with his voicing of the inner voices.

[Maciek]

You could also try out this week's download from Rolf den Otter's site: Cherkassky in Tchaikovsky's 2nd PC.

[Vidar P]

I'm listening to these recordings made for DGG (1952-56) at the moment;



a bit enchanted by the lovely-sounding pianist and his music; this CD is available as part of the "The Originals" series from DGG.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1057853&style=classical

I'm new to this artist, but if this is representative for his level of performance, I guess that won't last.

Regards. Vidar

[The new erato]

And welcome to you and a happy 17th of May!

This is a place where you REALLY can waste your time! 

[Vidar P]

And welcome to you and a happy 17th of May!

This is a place where you REALLY can waste your time! 

Thank you! And congratulations on your national day to you too. That was the sort of place I was looking for, somewhere to waste time in a civilized manner

Regards

[rubio]

Thank you! And congratulations on your national day to you too. That was the sort of place I was looking for, somewhere to waste time in a civilized manner

Regards

Welcome to you Vidar!

This is a place where you can get ruined as well.

[Vidar P]

Welcome to you Vidar!

This is a place where you can get ruined as well.

Thank you Rubio! I'm already ruined, thanks so bloody much to erato and others on norwegian hifi/music forums, and all their excellent suggestions on how to get ruined at mdt, amazon, cduniverse etc; and utterly thanks to those guys in Salisbury producing lovely-sounding but expensive black boxes with green lit logo on front.

Actually; I'm listening to Cherkassky again this afternoon; this artist certainly seem to have several layers of depth to his performance on this cd; it's both brightly lit and playful, a bit (intentionally) naive but profound at the same time; I really like his total lack of pretenciousness; it's lovely and a little light-hearted; makes you happy almost in the same way as listening to Wolfgang Schneiderhan.. there's a certain whatsit, as Basil Fawlty (of Fawlty Towers fame) once so precisely commented on a different matter

Regards. Vidar

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Thanks Donwyn,

I just listened to his Chopin Ballade No. 4, and its really very fresh and very different. He could really coax a lot of different sounds, with his voicing of the inner voices.

Super! Glad you liked it.

[MN Dave]

Download THIS while you still can.

[Maciek]

Well, I guess some people have me on their ignore lists...

[MN Dave]

Well, I guess some people have me on their ignore lists...

Who said that?

Sorry, I didn't see your post, sir. 

[Maciek]