Carlo Zecchi -The complete Cetra Recordings 1937-1942 / + -Appian Publications & Recordings CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
from Antiche danze et arie

01. "Gagliarda"

02. "Siciliana"

03. "Sonata in G major Kk259"

04. "Sonata in C major Kk159"

05. "Sonata in D major Kk96"

06. "Sonata in G major Kk523"
Concerto in G major BWV973

07. "Allegro"

08. "Adagio"

09. "Presto"
from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier

10. "Prelude and Fugue No 13 in F sharp major BWV858"

11. "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV639"
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major BWV1050

12. "Allegro"

13. "Adagio affettuoso"

14. "Allegro"

15. "Moment musical in A flat major Op 94 No 6"
Kinderszenen Op 15

16. "Von fremden L?ndern und Menschen"

17. "Kuriose Geschichte"

18. "Hasche-Mann"

19. "Bittendes Kind"

20. "Glückes genug"

21. "Wichtige Begebenheit"

22. "Tr?umerei"

23. "Am Kamin"

24. "Ritter vom Steckenpferd"

25. "Fast zu Ernst"

26. "Fürchtenmachen"

27. "Kind im Einschlummern"

28. "Der Dichter spricht"

Disc 02

01. "Paganini tude No 5 in E major "La Chasse" S141/5"

02. "Paganini tude No 4 in E major "Arpeggio" S141/4"

03. "tude de concert No 2 in F minor "La leggierezza""

04. "Waltz in A flat major Op 42"

05. "Mazurka in A minor Op 17 No 4"

06. "Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 30 No 4"

07. "Mazurka in B minor Op 33 No 4"

08. "Berceuse in D flat major Op 57"

09. "Barcarolle in F sharp major Op 60"

10. "Poissons d'or"

11. "Toccata"

12. "Sonata in A major Kk113 (L345)"

13. "tude in G flat major Op 10 No 5"

14. "tude in F major Op 10 No 8"

15. "Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major Op 22"
No 4 from Miroirs

16. "Alborada del gracioso"

17. "tude de concert No 2 in F minor "La leggierezza" S144/2"

18. "Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23"

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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.

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APR6024

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