Czerny: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 71)
1/12/2024, 8 Tracks, 1:13:11
Featuring
Howard Shelley
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Carl Czerny
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Composer Biography
Carl Czerny, the composer, was a pupil of Beethoven and later became the teacher of Franz Liszt, one of the most important piano teachers of the 19th century.
Performer Biography
Howard Shelley, the pianist and conductor on this album, has had a distinguished career since his 1971 London debut and is known for his work with Rachmaninov, Mozart, and Hummel.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Despite his reputation as a severe pedagogue, Czerny's works on this album reveal a musician with a light touch, a sense of humor, and supreme skill as a keyboard writer and orchestrator.
Composer Biography
Czerny was incredibly prolific, writing an enormous amount of music with 861 opus numbers, often composing at night.
Composer Biography
Czerny never played in public after 1804, abandoning a planned European tour as a piano virtuoso due to the state of the Continent.
Composer Biography
Czerny's dedication to music was so complete that he never married and devoted his time to teaching and composing.
Composer Biography
Upon his death, having no close relatives, Czerny bequeathed part of his considerable fortune to an institution for deaf-mutes.
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