from Oannes blog…

…on February 20

Σαν σήμερα, 20 Φεβρουαρίου του 1791 γεννήθηκε ο Αυστριακός συνθέτης, πιανίστας και δάσκαλος Carl Czerny. Όνομα οικείο μέχρι σήμερα στους μαθητές του πιάνου για τα βιβλία των ασκήσεών του, ο Czerny υπήρξε μέγας βιρτουόζος της εποχής. Υπήρξε επίσης μαθητής, ιεραπόστολος και ζωντανή εκγυκλοπαίδεια του μπετοβενικού corpus: εκτελούσε το σύνολο των έργων του LvB από στήθους – του έλεγες απλώς αριθμό σονάτας και άρχιζε να παίζει. Ως συνθέτης δεν ήταν ακριβώς ground breaking, αλλά είχε τις στιγμές του. Όπως αυτή που ακούμε από τον μέγα Vladimir Horowitz…
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On this date, February 20, 1791 the Austrian composer, pianist and teacher Carl Czerny was born. A name familiar till today to those who have taken piano lessons, Czerny was a great virtuoso of the time. He was also a student, missionary and living encyclopedia of Beethoven‘s corpus: he performed all of LvB’s work from memory – you just gave him the sonata number and he started playing. As a composer he wasn’t exactly ground breaking, but he had his moments. Like the one we hear from the great Vladimir Horowitz…

Τα μέρη / The parts
Thema, I, II, II, IV, V.

Ah, do I remember!!!! From day one of conservatory… 🙄

More about these reblogs

Lately I have been rebloging music videos from Oannes new blog. For my friends who didn’t know, or wonder why…. Oannes [aka Socratis Papahatzis] is my husband, partner in life and music and the one with my undying admiration. Together we have a band MK-O [the music of Marina Kanavaki & Oannes]. So, it’s my pleasure to share with you his [and mine] musical selections. • Although here I reblog mainly his musical selections, he writes exceptional articles on various topics [some may need translation], so do visit his site. He has my highest recommendation!