Kalkbrenner: 25 Grandes Etudes de Style et de Perfectionnement, Op. 143

Featuring

Tyler Hay
Friedrich Kalkbrenner

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Composer Biography

Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, a celebrated virtuoso pianist, was considered by Chopin to be the finest pianist he had heard in the early 1830s.

Composition History

Kalkbrenner's Variations Brillantes sur une Mazurka de Chopin, Op.120, was written in retaliation after Chopin declined his offer of three years of tuition.

Composition History

Kalkbrenner's 25 Grandes Etudes de Style et de Perfectionnement, Op.143, were conceived at the same time as Chopin's 12 Etudes Op.10.

Performer Biography

Tyler Hay, the pianist on this recording, won the esteemed Gold Medal competition at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2016.

Compositional Technique

The 25 Grandes Etudes de Style et de Perfectionnement, Op.143, are musically concise and technically useful, offering a rich variety of characters and colors.

Performer Biography

Tyler Hay has performed demanding works like Rachmaninoff's 2nd Sonata at Wigmore Hall and Ravel's Concerto for Left Hand Alone at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Composer Biography

Kalkbrenner's reputation as a composer was hindered by his adherence to the Classical tradition and his arrogant personality, which has been ridiculed.