Five piano trio receive their world recording premiers with this release. In a sense, it’s not that big a deal. Carl Czerny wrote over 1,000 works, over 800 of them published. There are still many, many Czerny works awaiting their first recording. The trios presented here are certainly worthy of attention. The 1830 Deux Trios […]
Carl Czerny
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Pianist Jinghu Zhao Launches Carl Czerny Series
Now, this is an ambitious recording project. Carl Czerny wrote over 1,000 works — a substantial portion for solo piano. If you still collect CDs, you might want to clear a shelf for this series. Volume one features five works, only one an entirely original Czerny composition. Variations, fantasies, and impromptus based on existing melodies […]
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Carl Czerny Symphonies – Better Than Expected
Pianists the world over are familiar with Carl Czerny — or at least his keyboard exercises. But Czerny, a student of Beethoven, also composed many other types of works, including symphonies. Unlike Beethoven, though, Czerny could produce, and produce quickly. Pianist John Field wrote about Czerny’s system after visiting with him: A large cabinet served […]