Utwory na płycie:

• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G majo
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G majo
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G majo
• Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Con
• Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Con
• Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Con
• Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Con

Pyotr Il‘yich Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Op. 44 (Siloti edition)

Franz Liszt:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major S 124

Shura Cherkassky was one of the most unconventional pianists of the 20th century, with an eventful biography and an impressively long career. A Wunderkind from Odessa, he emigrated to the USA together with his parents in 1922 where he achieved his breakthrough shortly after becoming the pupil of Josef Hofmann. Cherkassky’s concept of playing the piano harks back to the ideals of the 19th century, according to which the personality of the interpreter should always be found within the work. Infamous for his unpredictable modifications of tempi and dynamics when performing together with orchestras and conductors, Cherkassky was able to communicate surprising insights even into seemingly popular programmes by virtue of his technique of changing perspective. It would therefore be wrong to attach to him the cliché of the romantic piano virtuoso; his great interest in contemporary piano music also contradicts this notion. These recordings of Liszt’s First Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed Second Piano Concerto (in the version by Alexander Siloti), conducted by Ferenc Fricsay, convey – thanks to the successful partnership between two great musicians – the sense of noblesse of the “golden age of the piano” whose ideals Cherkassky valued during his entire lifetime.