Love Cherkassky
now listening to 1961 Salzburg Festival
he plays some pieces I never appreciated before
now listening to 1961 Salzburg Festival
he plays some pieces I never appreciated before
Classical Music for Aficionados
Yes Cherkasky did have flashes of brilliance but he also had a lot of the waywardness of his master Josef Hoffman as they were always trying find hidden meanings in everything they played. Don't get me wrong Hoffman was peerless in Chopin but he really was all over the place in Beethoven. No very much two pianists for the Romantic repertoir. |
Some of the best. Mirella Frenzi with PavarottiVienna Phil / Herbert Von Karajan Victoria de los Angles Covent Garden Orchestra/Rudolf Kempe Renata Scotto , EMI Great Recording /Rome Orch, Sir John Barbirolii Interesting Naxos CD with the words of the greatest aria ever written read in English and then song in Italian .https://youtu.be/CkzkGn5KIq8?t=8 |