Shura Cherkassky: Nimbus Rediscovered Recordings, Vol. 1

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
February 6, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Shura Cherkassky
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 06, 2026
    • UPC
      0710357711220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NI7112
    • LABEL
      Nimbus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude No. 5 in F Minor, MWV U126

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    2. Fugue No. 5 in F Minor, MWV U106

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    3. Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    4. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    5. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    6. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    7. Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    8. Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74: No. 10. Der Kontrabandiste (arr. C. Tausig for piano)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    9. Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    10. 2 Arabesques: No. 1 in E Major

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    11. Boogie Woogie Etude

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    12. No. 1. Danse russe (Russian Dance)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    13. No. 2. Chez Pétrouchka (Petrushka's Cell)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    14. No. 3. La semaine grasse (The Shrove-tide Fair)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    15. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    16. I. Gnomus - Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    17. II. Old Castle - Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    18. III. Tuileries

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    19. IV. Bydlo - Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    20. V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    21. VI. Two Polish Jews - Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    22. VII. The Market-Place at Limoges

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    23. VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) - VIII. Con mortuis in lingua mortua

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    24. IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky

    25. X. The Great Gate at Kiev

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Shura Cherkassky


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. 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 release. Most of them enjoyed only a brief release on LP. Because of their 'analogue' origin they have been denied subsequent re-issues. � Adrian Farmer