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Ο Αυστριακός Carl Czerny [1791-1857] ήταν μαθητής του Beethoven και δάσκαλος του Liszt. Στην πραγματικότητα, χάρη στα βιβλία των σπουδών του, είναι “δάσκαλος” όλων όσων έχουμε μελετήσει το πιάνο από την εποχή του μέχρι σήμερα. Η συνθετική του δεινότητα δεν είχε σχέση με την σολιστική, η οποία ήταν παροιμιώδης όπως και η μνήμη του : εκτελούσε όλες τις σονάτες του Beethoven από στήθους – του έλεγες απλώς τον αριθμό και ξεκινούσε να παίζει. Σημειωτέον ότι στον καιρό του τα συγκεκριμένα έργα δεν ήταν αυτό που είναι σήμερα. Ήταν η avant garde της εποχής, και ο Czerny απ’ τους ελάχιστους που μπορούσαν να φέρουν εις πέρας τέτοιον άθλο.
Ακούμε δυο αποσπάσματα από την αξιοσημείωτη μεταγραφή του για πιάνo 4 χέρια του Requiem του Mozart.

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Austrian-born Carl Czerny [1791-1857] was Beethoven’s student and Liszt’s teacher. In fact, thanks to his books of studies, he is a “teacher” of all of us who ’ve studied the piano from his time on. His compositional skills were incomparable to his performing ones, which were proverbial, as was his memory: he played all Beethoven’s sonatas by heart – you just spelled the number and he ‘d start playing. It should be noted that in his era these particular works were not what they are today. They were the avant garde of the time, and Czerny was one of the few who could achieve such a feat.
We hear two excerpts from his remarkable transcription of Mozart’s Requiem for piano 4 hands.

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00:00 Kyrie 02:17 Dies Irae

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Enjoy!

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