Legacy

  • Annie Fischer: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 15 “Pastoral”, 30 & 32

    "This glorious issue is a reminder of a unique pianist held in awe by artists of the stature of Sviatoslav Richter and Otto Klemperer." - International Piano

  • Shura Cherkassky: Saint-Saëns & Liszt

    Shura Cherkassky was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1909 and died in London in 1995. He was initially taught by his mother who had played for Tchaikovsky, but when the family moved to the US in 1923, he studied with his long-time teacher and mentor, the legendary Josef Hofmann, before auditioning for Rachmaninov. Prior to World War II, he had made his name in the US but from 1945 he extensively toured Europe and settled in London in 1961. The last of the great Romantic tradition of pianists, Cherkassky was described by Bryce Morrison as a 'mercurial genius', a unique personality, blessed with an incredible technique, who delighted in defying convention as no performance was identical. For a musician reluctant to visit the studio, live performances were the showcase for his stunning virtuosity and creativity caught on the wing.
  • Great Pianists Box Set (5 CDs)

    Great Pianists

    MP3 Album:
    EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 – 1967 ICAC 5000 CLAUDIO ARRAU CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 – 1954 & 1959 1954 (Chopin), 1959 (Beethoven) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln. ICAC 5045 JULIUS KATCHEN BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1* • CHOPIN Ballade No.3 • LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen) • ALBÉNIZ Triana (Ibéria – Book 2) – 1958, 1965 & 1967* ICAC 5048 GEORGES CZIFFRA GRIEG Piano Concerto • LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 • Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes LULLY Gavotte en rondeau • D. SCARLATTI Sonata K96 ‘La Chasse’ – 1959 ICAC 5079 SHURA CHERKASSKY CHOPIN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – 1981 & 1983 ICAC 5085
  • Klaus Tennstedt

    Klaus Tennstedt

    MP3 Album:
    Brahms Symphony No.1 - Martinu° Symphony No.4 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
  • Shura Cherkassky

    Shura Cherkassky

    MP3 Album:
    CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 Piano Concerto No.2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christopher Adey BBC Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox Recorded: Studio 1, Broadcasting House, Glasgow, 3 December 1981 (No.1) Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 August 1983 (No.2)
  • Georges Cziffra

    Georges Cziffra

    MP3 Album:
    GRIEG Piano Concerto Orchestre National de l’ORTF/Georges Tzipine PARIS, 17 APRIL 1959 - LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes Orchestre National de l’ORTF/André Cluytens PARIS, 12 MARCH 1959 - LULLY Gavotte en rondeau in D minor - SCARLATTI Sonata in D K.96 LUXEMBOURG, 20 JANUARY 1959
  • Annie Fischer

    Annie Fischer

    MP3 Album:
    Schumann Piano Concerto - Beethoven Eroica Variations - Piano Sonata No.30 - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester Joseph Keilberth
  • Klaus Tennstedt (2 CDs)

    Klaus Tennstedt

    MP3 Album:
    MAHLER Symphony No.3 Waltraud Meier/Eton College Boys Choir/ London Philharmonic Choir/LPO/ Klaus Tennstedt ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 5 OCTOBER 1986 - Interview: Tennstedt discusses Mahler with Michael Oliver BBC STUDIOS 1987
  • Shura Cherkassky

    Shura Cherkassky

    MP3 Album:
    Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7 - Stravinsky: Three Scenes from Petrushka Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Zdeněk Mácal
  • Georges Cziffra

    Georges Cziffra

    MP3 Album:
    C.P.E. Bach: Andantino in B minor Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas K.159, K.446, K.259, K.533, K.284 Couperin: Les Moissonneurs (Pièces de clavecin Vol.2) Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Prague 1955) - Bach arr. Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on Bach Liszt: Funerailles (Turin, 22 January 1959)

MP3 releases from the Legacy Series