http://www.thepianist.com/2009/10/shura-cherkassky-1909-1995/ A journey in the world of pianists, musicians, composers who changed our lives and times - Written by Italian pianist Roberta Pili Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:47:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.thepianist.com/2009/10/shura-cherkassky-1909-1995/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Philip Amos Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:54:48 +0000 http://www.thepianist.com/?p=289#comment-29 I join you in your admiration for Cherkassky, Roberta. He was not a happy man in the recording studio -- he needed his audience and it shows in those studios recordings often, but blessedly many of his performances in the concert hall were captured on tape and are now on CD. I was very intrigued to learn from Bryan Crimp's biography of Solomon that Cherkassky, after Solomon was incapacitated by a stroke and when Cherkassky was some 50 years of age, used to visit Solomon for advice, particularly anxious to learn how Solomon created his famously long lines. And so, one must think, a modest man, willing to say that he always had more to learn, as is true of us all. I join you in your admiration for Cherkassky, Roberta. He was not a happy man in the recording studio — he needed his audience and it shows in those studios recordings often, but blessedly many of his performances in the concert hall were captured on tape and are now on CD. I was very intrigued to learn from Bryan Crimp’s biography of Solomon that Cherkassky, after Solomon was incapacitated by a stroke and when Cherkassky was some 50 years of age, used to visit Solomon for advice, particularly anxious to learn how Solomon created his famously long lines. And so, one must think, a modest man, willing to say that he always had more to learn, as is true of us all.

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