Jingshu Zhao - Carl Czerny: Piano Music, Vol. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Viennese-born Carl Czerny (1791-1857) is best remembered for his countless pedagogical studies, hundreds and hundreds of them. But his astonishing fecundity - his opus numbers go up to 861, and there is much more music than that - has obscured the fact that he was an important composer in his own right, his works forming a link between Beethoven (his teacher) and Liszt (his student), between the Classical and Romantic eras. The four pieces recorded here - two for two pianos and two for piano four-hands - were intended to impress the salons of Biedermeier Vienna. The titles of three of them contain the word 'brillant' Czerny's intention was to dazzle and entertain, and that's just what this sparkling music does. Album Tracks 1. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Introduzione. Allegro 2. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Thema. Allegro 3. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Var. 1. Molto Brillante 4. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Var. 2. Più Vivace 5. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Var. 3. Meno Mosso Con Grazia 6. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Var. 4. Allegro Molto Vivace 7. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour Deux Pianofortes Sur Un Thème Favori de L'opéra Montecchi E Capuleti, Op. 285-Var. 5. Molto Allegro 8. Grandes Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Pour De