Czerny: Violin Sonata in A Major / Concert Variations, Op. 1

Featuring

Erika Raum
Anton Kuerti
Carl Czerny

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Composition History

Carl Czerny's 20 Concert Variations were written at age 14 or 15, without help, on a theme by Krumpholz, a violinist and friend of Beethoven.

Notable Performances

This recording and performances in June 2002 at the Czerny Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, may have been the first-ever public performances of the A Major Sonata, written in 1807.

Compositional Technique

The A Major Sonata, written in 1807, is over 41 minutes long, making it one of the longest violin sonatas ever composed.

Compositional Technique

Despite minimal theoretical knowledge, Carl Czerny's 20 Concert Variations were so correct that people doubted he wrote them without assistance.

Performer Biography

Anton Kuerti, the pianist, has toured 39 countries, performed with major US orchestras, and recorded all Beethoven Concertos and Sonatas, Schubert Sonatas, and Brahms Concertos.

Performer Biography

Erika Raum, the violinist on this album, won first place at the 1992 Joseph Szigeti International Violin Competition in Budapest and an award for best Mozart concerto interpretation.

Composer Biography

Carl Czerny, the composer, began writing his own musical ideas at age seven, and these early compositions were so well-constructed that little needed changing later.