Milestones of a Piano Legend – Shura Cherkassky (FLAC)

Performer: Shura Cherkassky
Number of Discs: 10
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Documents
Catalogue: 286269
Release: 2019
Size: 1.88 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
Chopin: Études, Op. 10
01. No. 1 in C Major “Waterfall”
02. No. 2 in A Minor “Chromatique”
03. No. 3 in E Major “Tristesse”
04. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor “Torrent”
05. No. 5 in G-Flat Major “Black Keys”
06. No. 6 in E-Flat Major “Lament”
07. No. 7 in C Major “Toccata”
08. No. 8 in F Major “Sunshine”
09. No. 9 in F Minor
10. No. 10 in A-Flat Major
11. No. 11 in E-Flat Major “Arpeggio”
12. No. 12 in C Minor “Revolutionary”

13. Chopin: Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
14. Chopin: Mazurka in C Major, Op. 33 No. 2

CD 02
Chopin: Études, Op. 25
01. No. 1 in A-Flat Major “Aeolian Harp”
02. No. 2 in F Minor “The Bees”
03. No. 3 in F Major “The Horseman”
04. No. 4 in A Minor “Paganini”
05. No. 5 in E Minor “Wrong Note”
06. No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor “Thirds”
07. No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor “Cello”
08. No. 8 in D-Flat Major “Sixths”
09. No. 9 in G-Flat Major “Butterfly”
10. No. 10 in B Minor “Octave”
11. No. 11 in A Minor “Winter Wind”
12. No. 12 in C Minor “Ocean”

Chopin: Trois nouvelles études, B. 130
13. No. 1 in F Minor
14. No. 2 in A-Flat Major
15. No. 3 in D-Flat Major

16. Liszt: Réminiscences de “Don Juan” (after Mozart), S. 418

CD 03
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major D. 959
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andantino
03. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
04. IV. Rondo. Allegretto

05. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 111
06. Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, Op. 12, S. 219
07. Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 ‘Fantaisie-Impromptu’
08. Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541 No. 3 “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

CD 04
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
01. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito
02. II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo
03. III. Allegro con fuoco

04. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35: Book 1
05. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2

CD 05
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
01. I. Allegro brillante e molto vivace
02. II. Andante non troppo
03. III. Allegro con fuoco

04. Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

CD 06
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Quasi adagio
03. III. Allegretto vivace. Allegro animato
04. IV. Allegro marziale animato

05. Liszt: Polonaise in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
06. Liszt: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

CD 07
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
01. I. Andantino. Allegretto
02. II. Scherzo. Vivace
03. III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato
04. IV. Finale. Allegro tempestoso

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 35
05. I. Allegretto moderato
06. II. Lento
07. III. Moderato
08. IV. Finale. Allegro con brio. Presto

CD 08
01. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A Minor, S. 244 No. 15
02. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S. 244 No. 6
03. Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 6, S. 100 “Mazeppa”
04. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E Minor, S. 244 No. 5 “Héroïde-élégiaque”
05. Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S. 123
06. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in E-Flat Major, S. 244 No. 4

CD 09
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
01. I. Lento. Allegro moderato
02. II. Allegro scherzando
03. III. Andante
04. IV. Allegro mosso

05. Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte No. 3 in A Major, Op. 19 No. 3 “Jägerlied”

Rameau: Suite in E minor from Pièces de clavecin (1724, revised 1731)
06. VIII. Tambourin (Arr. L. Godowsky)

07. Mendelssohn: Scherzo in E Minor, Op. 16 No. 2
08. Mendelssohn: Prélude in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1a

Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102
09. II. Scherzo

10. Beethoven: Eccosaise in E-Flat Major, WoO 83 No. 1
11. Cherkassky: Prélude Pathétique

CD 10
01. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody in A Minor, S. 244 No. 13
02. Beethoven: Bagatelle in G Minor, Op. 119 No. 1
03. Liszt: Valse de l’opéra Faust, S. 407 (After Gounod’s CG 4)

Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
04. XI. Le cygne (Arr. L. Godowsky)

05. Liadov: Musical Box, Op. 32
06. Chasins: 3 Chinese Pictures
07. Poulenc: 3 Pièces
08. Stravinsky: Circus Polka (After Schubert’s D. 733)
09. Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E Minor, Op. 16 No. 2, MWV U 71