Composer: Carl Czerny
Performer: Rosemary Tuck
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2015
Size: 1.16 GB
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01. Introduction, Variations et Presto Finale sur un Theme Favori de Norma de Bellini, Op. 281
02. Grandes Variations di Bravura sur 2 Motifs Favoris de Fra Diavolo de D.F.E. Auber, Op. 232
03. Introduction, Variations et Polonaise sur Tu Vedrai la Sventurata dans Il Pirata de Bellini, Op. 160
04. Introduction et Variations Brillantes sur le Marche de Gli Arabi nelle Gallie de Pacini, Op. 234
Recorded: 17-19 December 2013
Recording Venue: St Silas Church, Kentish Town, London, UK
Carl Czerny is remembered as a pupil and friend of Beethoven and the composer of numerous piano studies, but in his lifetime he was renowned for a prodigious output of brilliant concert works, most of which remain entirely unknown to present-day audiences and performers. Inspired by the most famous and attractive themes from Bel Canto operas which were hugely popular in their time and are still performed today, these sets of variations give full rein to the soloist and are a major contribution to the great pianist-composer tradition.