SHURA CHERKASSKY RECITAL SCHUBERT, ANTON RUBINSTEIN, LISZT 1995 ’live’

PART OF A RECITAL SHURA GAVE JUST EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH IN LONDON ON 27TH DECEMBER 1995. HERE ARE THREE SCHUBERT IMPROMPTUS FROM THE D899 SET, ANTON RUBINSTEIN’S BARCAROLLE AND FAMOUS MELODY IN F, LISZT’S POLONAISE NO.2 AND MANA ZUCCA’S ZOAVES DRILL (ENCORE). CHERKASSKY’S TEACHER IN AMERICA WAS THE POLISH PIANIST JOSEF HOFMANN WHO HAD LESSONS WITH ANTON RUBINSTEIN. RUBINSTEIN’S FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO WAS PART OF CHERKASSKY’S REPERTOIRE AS IT WAS HOFMANNS AND RACHMANINOFFS.