Mozart & Czerny: Concertos for Two Pianists and Orchestra

Featuring

Bruno Weil
Yaara Tal
Andreas Groethuysen
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Piano-Duo Tal & Groethuysen
Carl Czerny

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Historical Context

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5th, 1791, the same year Carl Czerny was born.

Composer Biography

Carl Czerny, born in Vienna in 1791, received his first music lessons from his father, Wenzel Czerny, who was a violinist, organist, oboist, and pianist.

Composer Biography

Carl Czerny was a highly-regarded piano teacher, with notable pupils including Beethoven's nephew Karl van Beethoven and Franz Liszt.

Composition History

Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat, K. 365, was written in January 1779 after he was forced to return to Salzburg by his employer, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo.

Composer Biography

Carl Czerny was a pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven, who taught him piano based on the instruction manual by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

Composition History

Carl Czerny's Concerto for Piano Four Hands and Orchestra, Op. 153, lay dormant for a long time in the archives of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.