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Special offer. Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995)

Shura Cherkassky (piano)

He might be termed the last of the great individualists among the pianist fraternity, an artist whose credo stems from his teacher, the great virtuoso Josef Hofmann. It is a school of personal... — The Telegraph More…
  • Catalogue No: NI1733
  • Label: Nimbus
  • Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

6 CDs

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Contents

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'

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Andante- Allegro

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Allegro molto e vivace

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Adagio con espressione

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Allegro vivace

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Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13

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Theme

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Var I

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Var II

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Etude III

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Var III

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Var IV

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Var V

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Var VI

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Var VII

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Etude IX

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Var VIII

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Var IX

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Finale

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Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35

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Book 1

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Book 2

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Hofmann, J: Kaleidoscope, Op. 40

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Chasins: Rush Hour in Hong Kong From "Three Chinese Pieces"

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Bach, J S: Chaconne

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Schubert: Impromptu in E flat major, D899 No. 2

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Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3

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Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16

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Ässerst bewegt

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Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch

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Intermezzo I

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Intermezzo II

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Sehr aufgeregt

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Sehr langsam

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Sehr lebhaft

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Sehr Langsam

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Sehr rasch

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Schnell und spielend

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Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1

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Johann Stauss: Wine, Women and Song

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Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

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Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

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Andante Spianato

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Grand Polonaise

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Chopin: Nocturne in D Flat, Op. 27, No. 2

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4

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Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

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I. Allegro maestoso

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II. Scherzo-molto Vivace

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III. Largo

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IV. Finale-presto non tanto

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Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

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Chopin: Marzurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3

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Chopin: Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1

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Chopin: Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2

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Introduzione Largo

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Tema Allegretto

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Variation I Brillante

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Variation II Veloce, ma accuratamente

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Variation III Sempre Sostenuto

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Variation IV Con bravura

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Variation V Adagio

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Alla polacca

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Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178

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Lento assai- Allegro energico

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Andante sostenuto

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Allegro energico

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Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

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Excerpt, Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka

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Excerpt, Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka

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Excerpt, Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka

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Franck, C: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21

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Franck, C: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21

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Franck, C: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21

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Liszt: Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7)

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Grieg: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7

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I. Allegro moderato

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II. Andante molto

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III. Alla menuetto, ma poco piú lento

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IV Finale: molto allegro

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Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42

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Theme Andante

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Var I Pcoc piú mosso

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Var II L'istesso tempo

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Var III Tempo di menuetto

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Var IV Andante

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Var V Allegro (ma non tanto)

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Var VI L'istesso tempo

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Var VII Vivace

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Var VIII Adagio misterioso

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Var IX Un poco piú mosso

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Var X Allegro scherzando

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Var XI Allegro vivace

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Var XII L'iestesso tempo

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Var XIII Agiato

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Intermezzo

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Var XIV Andante (come prima)

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Var XV L'istesso tempo

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Var XVI Allegro vivace

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Var XVII Meno mosso

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Var XVIII Allegro con brio

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Var XIX Piú mosso. Agitato

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Var XX Piú mosso

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Coda Andante

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Messiaen: Quatre Études de rythme- Ille de feu I and II

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Messiaen: Quatre Études de rythme- Ille de feu I and II

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Schubert: Sonata in A for Piano Op. post. 120

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Allegro moderato

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Andante

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Allegro

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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Promenade I

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Gnomus

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Promenade II

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Il Vecchio Castello

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Promenade III

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Tuileries

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Bydlo

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Promenade IV

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Ballet of Chicks in their Shells

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Two Polish Jews, Rich and Poor

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Promenade V

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Limoges, The Market Place

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Catacombae: Sepulcrum romanum

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The Hut on Fowl's Legs

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The Great Gate of Kiev

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Pabst: Concert Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Op. 81

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Bernstein: Touches - Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda

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I. Chorale

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II. Variation 1

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III. Variation 2

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IV. Variation 3

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V. Variation 4

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VI. Variation 6

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VII. Variation 7

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VIII. Variation 7

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IX. Variation 9

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X. Coda

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