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Shura Cherkassky - Shura Cherkassky: Nimbus Rediscovered Recordings, Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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Shura Cherkassky was introduced to Nimbus by Wilfred Stiff, then a director of the London agent Ibbs & Tillett. Wilfred recognised a young tag 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.Cherkassky's first visit lasted four days-31 January to 3 February 1981. He immediately settled in the unusual setting. He stayed in the big house, not in a hotel, and walked into a studio so completely unlike the characterless spaces he had famously grown to decry. Here there was no sterile barrier to his inspiration. The grand Victorian reception room at Wyastone Leys served as a spectacular performance space, it's full-height windows framing commanding views down the Wye Valley. Shura loved it, signing a copy of his Pictures at an Exhibition LP, 'To everyone in Nimbus with love and the most wonderful feeling of inspiration'.The recordings made during these four days are all presented on this . Most of them enjoyed only a brief on LP. Because of their 'analogue' origin they have been denied subsequent re-issues. © Adrian Farmer Album Tracks 1. Prelude and Fugue in E minor Op. 35 No. 1-Prelude 2. Prelude and Fugue in E minor Op. 35 No. 1-Fugue 3. Nocturne in B Major Op. 9 No. 3 4. Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 5. Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 6. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat minor Op. 31 7. Mazurka in F-Sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3 8. Kontrabandiste, Spanisches Liederspiel Op. 7 9. InchFlight of the Bumble-BeeInch the Tale o

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    Shura Cherkassky was introduced to Nimbus by Wilfred Stiff, then a director of the London agent Ibbs & Tillett. Wilfred recognised a young tag 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.Cherkassky's first visit lasted four days-31 January to 3 February 1981. He immediately settled in the unusual setting. He stayed in the big house, not in a hotel, and walked into a studio so completely unlike the characterless spaces he had famously grown to decry. Here there was no sterile barrier to his inspiration. The grand Victorian reception room at Wyastone Leys served as a spectacular performance space, it's full-height windows framing commanding views down the Wye Valley. Shura loved it, signing a copy of his Pictures at an Exhibition LP, 'To everyone in Nimbus with love and the most wonderful feeling of inspiration'.The recordings made during these four days are all presented on this . Most of them enjoyed only a brief on LP. Because of their 'analogue' origin they have been denied subsequent re-issues. © Adrian Farmer Album Tracks 1. Prelude and Fugue in E minor Op. 35 No. 1-Prelude 2. Prelude and Fugue in E minor Op. 35 No. 1-Fugue 3. Nocturne in B Major Op. 9 No. 3 4. Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 5. Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 6. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat minor Op. 31 7. Mazurka in F-Sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3 8. Kontrabandiste, Spanisches Liederspiel Op. 7 9. InchFlight of the Bumble-BeeInch the Tale o
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    Shura Cherkassky
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    Shura Cherkassky: Nimbus Rediscovered Recordings, Vol. 1
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    Nimbus Records
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