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Title: Complete Solo Recordings & Selected Additional
Artist: Bach, J.S. / Zecchi
Label: Apr Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5024709160242
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-07-06
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK
Carlo Zecchi (1903-1984) studied with both Busoni and Schnabel and had a brief, but meteoric, career as a soloist, before switching in 1942 to conducting, with occasional forays into chamber music. Like his fellow Italians Michelangeli, Vidusso and Fiorentino, he possessed an immaculate technique, which gives his playing a sense of lightness and ease in even the most difficult passages. The recorded Liszt etudes are almost unrivalled in their virtuosity and in Scarlatti and Bach the evenness of his finger-work has to be heard to be believed. But he was a poet and a colorist too, as the more lyrical works of Chopin, and the Debussy Poissons d'or reveal. Sadly, Zecchi's recorded repertoire is small and this release includes an example of every piano work he recorded on 78s. Long known as a cult pianist to a select few, it is hoped these new transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn will bring his small but priceless legacy of piano recordings to a wider audience.
Tracks:
1.1 The Cetra Recordings
1.2 Gagliarda
1.3 Siciliana
1.4 Sonata in G KK259
1.5 Sonata in C KK159
1.6 Sonata in D KK96
1.7 Sonata in G KK523
1.8 Concerto in G BWV973
1.9 Prelude and Fugue No 13 in F Sharp BWV858
1.10 Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
1.11 Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV 1050
1.12 Moment Musical in a Flat Op. 94/6
1.13 Kinderszenen Op. 15
1.14 Paganini Étude No. 5 in E S141/5
1.15 Paganini Étude No. 4 in E S 141/4
1.16 Étude de Concert No 2 in F minor 'La Leggierezza'
1.17 Waltz in a Flat Op. 42
1.18 Mazurka in a Minor Op. 17/4
1.19 Mazurka in C Sharp minor Op. 30/4
1.20 Mazurka in B minor Op. 33/4
1.21 Berceuse in D Flat Op. 57
1.22 Barcarolle in F Sharp Op. 60
1.23 Poissons D'or
1.24 Toccata
1.25 Ultraphone Recordings
1.26 Sonata in a KK113
1.27 Étude in G Flat Op. 10/5
1.28 Étude in F Op. 10/8
1.29 Grande Polonaise Brilliante in E Flat Op. 22
1.30 Alborada Del Gracioso
1.31 Mustrust Recordings
1.32 Étude de Concert No 2 in F minor 'La Leggierezza' S144/2
1.33 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Audio Sample:
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Artist: Bach, J.S. / Zecchi
Label: Apr Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5024709160242
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-07-06
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK
Carlo Zecchi (1903-1984) studied with both Busoni and Schnabel and had a brief, but meteoric, career as a soloist, before switching in 1942 to conducting, with occasional forays into chamber music. Like his fellow Italians Michelangeli, Vidusso and Fiorentino, he possessed an immaculate technique, which gives his playing a sense of lightness and ease in even the most difficult passages. The recorded Liszt etudes are almost unrivalled in their virtuosity and in Scarlatti and Bach the evenness of his finger-work has to be heard to be believed. But he was a poet and a colorist too, as the more lyrical works of Chopin, and the Debussy Poissons d'or reveal. Sadly, Zecchi's recorded repertoire is small and this release includes an example of every piano work he recorded on 78s. Long known as a cult pianist to a select few, it is hoped these new transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn will bring his small but priceless legacy of piano recordings to a wider audience.
Tracks:
1.1 The Cetra Recordings
1.2 Gagliarda
1.3 Siciliana
1.4 Sonata in G KK259
1.5 Sonata in C KK159
1.6 Sonata in D KK96
1.7 Sonata in G KK523
1.8 Concerto in G BWV973
1.9 Prelude and Fugue No 13 in F Sharp BWV858
1.10 Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
1.11 Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV 1050
1.12 Moment Musical in a Flat Op. 94/6
1.13 Kinderszenen Op. 15
1.14 Paganini Étude No. 5 in E S141/5
1.15 Paganini Étude No. 4 in E S 141/4
1.16 Étude de Concert No 2 in F minor 'La Leggierezza'
1.17 Waltz in a Flat Op. 42
1.18 Mazurka in a Minor Op. 17/4
1.19 Mazurka in C Sharp minor Op. 30/4
1.20 Mazurka in B minor Op. 33/4
1.21 Berceuse in D Flat Op. 57
1.22 Barcarolle in F Sharp Op. 60
1.23 Poissons D'or
1.24 Toccata
1.25 Ultraphone Recordings
1.26 Sonata in a KK113
1.27 Étude in G Flat Op. 10/5
1.28 Étude in F Op. 10/8
1.29 Grande Polonaise Brilliante in E Flat Op. 22
1.30 Alborada Del Gracioso
1.31 Mustrust Recordings
1.32 Étude de Concert No 2 in F minor 'La Leggierezza' S144/2
1.33 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
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