Shura Cherkassky - Shura Cherkassky Rediscovered, Vol. 1 (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 5: I. Prelude
02. Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 5: II. Fugue
03. Nocturne in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3
04. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
05. Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
06. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
07. Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3
08. 'Der Kontrabandiste' Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 7 (Arr. for solo piano by Carl Tausig)
09. The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Arr. for piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff)
10. 2 Arabesques: No. 1, Andantino con moto in E Major
11. Boogie-Woogie Etude
12. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka: I. Danse Russe
13. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka: II. Chez Pétrouchka
14. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka: III. La semaine grasse
15. Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Promenade
16. Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Gnomus
17. Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Il Vecchio Castello; Promenade
18. Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux)
19. Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Bydlo; Promenade
20. Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
21. Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Two Polish Jews, one rich, one poor; Promenade
22. Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Limoges, le marché
23. Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanun); Cum mortuis in ligua mortua
24. Pictures at an Exhibition: X. No. 9, The Hut on Fowl's Les (Baba-Yaga)
25. Pictures at an Exhibition: XI. The Great Gate of Kiev



Shura Cherkassky was introduced to Nimbus by Wilfred Stiff, then a director of the London agent Ibbs & Tillett. Wilfred recognised a young label pushing ahead fast at the transition point between LP and CD, one with a fondness for artists whose careers were waning. Accordingly, he dispatched one of his most prestigious names to the Nimbus Studio. Cherkassky was at that time acknowledged as one of the ‘great’ generation whose undoubted king was Horowitz, but after a long, notable career that began in his mid-teens, his popularity in the concert hall and recording studio had fallen. Shura’s late career was in need of a final boost.

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