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ID: FHR04
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano
Like many other artists, the great Russian pianist Shura Cherkassky fled from what became Soviet Russia and settled in the USA. A student of Josef Hoffman, Cherkassky is considered by many critics to be the last great Romantic pianist. This release from the brand-new First Hand Records label is published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Cherkassky's birth. Most of the tracks here are issued in stereo for the first time and many have never before appeared on CD. This set, which features over two hours of music, is a significant historical classical piano release and provides a major boost to the limited Cherkassky discography currently available.
A 2CD set of Shura Cherkassky's complete and unpublished stereo recordings made for the HMV record label over 50 years ago. Remastered from the original stereo tapes, First Hand Records released the recordings in May 2009, the majority of which have appear for the first time in any format.
Recorded in 1956 & 1958 at Abbey Road Studios, London and remastered there in 2009. The set spans over 400 years of keyboard repertoire, from Bach to Poulenc.
Recorded in Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London, 1956 & 1958, and Kingsway Hall, London, 1958 (Litolff Scherzo)
INTERNATIONAL PIANO MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST REISSUE/VINTAGE RELEASE OF 2009
Issue note:
Throughout his recording career, Cherkassky flirted with different record labels, never really settling with one company. His first recording for an EMI company was in 1929 (HMV) and the last, a recording of the Litolff Scherzo, in 1967 (New World Records). He was wary of the recording studio, feeling happier performing to an audience, which resulted in a comparatively limited discography. Cherkassky was probably at his peak in the mid to late 1950s, just as his career began to accelerate in the UK. These HMV recordings, made in 1956 and 1958, contain some of the earliest EMI stereo recordings, when the technology was still at an experimental stage (EMI introduced twin-track 7.5 ips stereosonic tapes in 1955, followed in 1958 by stereophonic LPs). Quite often, these stereo recordings suffered from technical problems, including equipment failure, which resulted in many recordings not even making it to tape. Some EMI recording sessions from this period were taped in both mono and stereo concurrently, including these Cherkassky recordings. Only the mono versions were intended for immediate release as the equipment for playing stereo LPs was not yet widely available. Indeed, the majority of the tracks on this CD release have only ever been published in their mono versions. The Chopin works, apart from Ballade No. 3, was released on stereosonic tape in 1957 and the Litolff Scherzo appeared in 1963 on a stereo LP entitled “An Evening at the Proms”.
The recordings on this CD issue were made at Abbey Road Studios, London (Litolff Scherzo was recorded in Kingsway Hall, London) and remastered there in 2009 using the original EMI stereo source tapes. These tapes had been left dormant in the EMI archive for over 50 years, alongside masses of other unpublished stereo recordings from this era, which still remain untouched.
The preservation of the piano’s natural acoustic sound was a vital part of the remastering process. With this in mind, we chose not to make an issue of removing the audible hiss that is present on the tapes, to avoid diminishing the acoustic depth and dynamic range of the piano.
Although remembered mainly for his performances of romantic repertoire, Cherkassky had wide-ranging and sometimes idiosyncratic tastes in programming. Alongside standard repertoire, he was also known to perform music by Boulez, Stockhausen, Ligeti and even performed boogie-woogie! This CD release illustrates this diversity of style in a mixture of musical bonbons, warhorses and encore works spanning three centuries. Cherkassky’s trademark lyricism, his exciting unpredictability and his dazzling virtuosity are in abundance throughout this significant historical issue. This is a significant addition to the Cherkassky discography. |
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ID: MKM238
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Cello
1 - 13 Ulrich Koch, viola / Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Berliner Philharmoniker - conducted Herbert von Karajan
14, 15 - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Malcolm Sargent |
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ID: MKM240
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Cello
1 - 4, 8 - 11 M. Rostropovich, cello / A. Dedyukin, piano
5 - 7 M. Rostropovich, cello / Philharmonia Orchestra - M. Sargent, conductor |
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ID: RCD13089
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Russian Cello School
Subcollection: Cello and Orchestra
(1 - 3) - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Philharmonia Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, conductor
(4 - 11) - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Alexander Dedyukin, piano
(1 - 3) - Recording in 1956
(4 - 11) - Recording in 1957 |
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ID: RCD16287
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Russian Violin School
Subcollection: Violin, Piano and Orchestra
(1) - Live recording in 1955
(2) - Live recording in 1961
(3 - 6) - Recording in 1948
(7 - 12) - Live recording in 1951
(1, 7,8 ) - SOLO: David Oistrakh, violin
(2) - David Oistrakh, violin I. / Igor Oistrakh, violin II. / London Philharmonic Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, conductor
(3 - 6) - David Oistrakh, violin / Vladimir Yampolsky, piano
(9 - 12) - David Oistrakh, violin / Vladimir Schreibman, piano |
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ID: RCD16486
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Russian Violin School
Subcollection: Violin, Piano and Orchestra
(1- 3) - Live recording in 1959
(4- 6) - Live recording in 1961
(7- 10) - Live recording in 1951
(11 - 13) - Recording in 1960
(1 - 3) - David Oistrakh, violin I. / Yehudi Menuhin, violin II. / Arthur Grumiaux, violin III. /
Les Solistes de la Société Bach d'Anvers - Georges Octors, conductor
(4 - 6) - David Oistrakh, violin I. / Igor Oistrakh, violin II. / London Philharmonic Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, conductor
(7 - 10) - David Oistrakh, violin / Vladimir Schreibman, piano
(11 - 13) - David Oistrakh, viola / Igor Oistrakh, violin / Berliner Philharmoniker - David Oistrakh, conductor |
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ID: RRC1375
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Legendary Voices
Richard Lewis was one of the most successful British tenors of his generation who enjoyed a truly international career. He had a particular affinity with Handel and Elgar and while he made numerous ensemble recordings, his solo output was relatively small. Regis presents two LP recordings on one CD - Handel Arias and Folksongs of the British Isles - the only recital disc of Richard Lewis available in today’s market.
Handel Arias
1. Recit: So long the memory shall last;
Air: While Kedron’s brook (from Joshua)
2. Recit: Deeper, and deeper still;
Air: Waft her, angels (from Jephtha)
3. Air: Would you gain the tender creature (from Acis and Galatea)
4. Arietta: For ever blessed (from Jephtha)
5. Recit: My arms!
Air: Sound an alarm (from Judas Maccabaeus)
6. Air: War, he sung, is toil and trouble (from Alexander’s Feast)
7. Air: Total eclipse! (from Samson)
8. Air: Where’er you walk (from Semele)
9. Recit: Thanks to my brethren
Air: How wain is man (from Judas Maccabaeus)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recording first published in 1958
Folksongs of the British Isles (trad. arr. Dorumsgaard)
10. Bingo
Sung in English
11. Ar hyd y nos (All through the night)
Sung in Welsh
12. King Arthur’s servants
Sung In English
13. Grad gael mo chridh (Eriskay Love Lilt)
Sung in Gaelic
14. The Helston Furrry Dance
Sung In English
15. Dafydd y garreg wen (David of the White Rock)
Sung in Welsh
16. The foggy, foggy dew
Sung in English
17. Mo nigheann chruinn, donn (My brown-haired maid)
Sung in Gaelic
18. The shuttering lovers
Sung in English
19. The Maypole Song
20. Leezie Lindsay
21. I will give my love an apple
22. O love, it is a killing thing
23. Buy broom buzzems
24. O Waly, waly
25. Fine Flow’rs in the valley
26. She moved thro’ the Fair
27. There’s none to soothe
28. The briery bush
Chamber Orchestra / Charles Mackerras, Tina Bonifacio (harp)
Recording first published in 1960
Richard Lewis (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent & Charles Mackerras |
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