Carl Czerny: Grand Concerto in A minor; Grand Nocturne Brillant; Variations de Concert de l'Opéra "Le Siège de Corint (2016)

The music of Carl Czerny, which has mostly languished in obscurity (excepting technical exercises) since Robert Schumann delivered a withering verdict on its lack of imagination, has been undergoing a modest revival, and pianist Rosemary Tuck argues here in her notes that Czerny had prominent admirers who included Liszt and Brahms. Really both groups may be right. The poetic quality that would have been important to Schumann is lacking, here and elsewhere in Czerny's output. But the technical facility gained by the ... Read More

The music of Carl Czerny, which has mostly languished in obscurity (excepting technical exercises) since Robert Schumann delivered a withering verdict on its lack of imagination, has been undergoing a modest revival, and pianist Rosemary Tuck argues here in her notes that Czerny had prominent admirers who included Liszt and Brahms. Really both groups may be right. The poetic quality that would have been important to Schumann is lacking, here and elsewhere in Czerny's output. But the technical facility gained by the generations of piano students who've worked their ways through the School of Velocity is on elegant display, and finds its compositional counterpart in the large, outer movements of the Grand Concerto in A minor, Op. 214, which was composed in 1830 (not 1930 as the graphics indicate!). These do not collapse under their own weight or devolve into empty passagework, and they probably represent Czerny at his best. The middle movement is a brief, decoration-encrusted jewel. The Grand Nocturne... Read Less

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