Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny. Der Pianist im klassischen Style, Op. 856 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A little-known ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’ for the 19th century in a superbly engineered new version.
Long known as Beethoven’s pupil, Liszt’s teacher and the bane of countless piano students ever since as the prolific author of exercises and studies which have won foundational status in their importance for piano technique, Carl Czerny (1791-1858) is finally gaining recognition as a composer in his own right. During the 19th century, while his pupils were still alive to play them, his concertos still enjoyed a measure of familiarity and success, but Czerny’s sheer industry obscured his creative achievements: where should a listener start with a catalogue of opus numbers into the four figures?
The 48 Preludes and Fugues in the present collection are as good a place to start as any, especially for anyone familiar with their obvious inspiration in the Old Testament of contrapuntal technique assembled by Bach across two volumes of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Czerny would hardly claim to live up to the Leipzig master’s probing depths of expression or originality of melodic inspiration, but his set nonetheless boasts pleasures of its own, starting with the C major Prelude which puts a rhapsodic gloss on Bach’s immortal introduction. And as early as the A minor Fugue we find a subject of notable individuality as well as the craft on Czerny’s part to carry off a five-minute fugue of many grave beauties. There are more contemporary contrapuntal devices on show, too, such as the interludes of the fugues in Nos. 14 and 22. Overall the composer takes pains to integrate the principles of High-Baroque counterpoint with the ‘galant’ style that preceded the Biedermeier in the early decades of the 19th century, making this a collection at once in and outside its time.
In 2017 Emanuele Delucchi gave the first known performance of Czerny’s Op.856 in modern times, and this is only the second recording. Born in 1987 and based in Milan, he specialises in the super-virtuoso repertoire of the late-19th century, recording much-admired albums of music by Alkan, Godowsky and d’Albert. This is his fifth album for Piano Classics.

TRACKLIST

01. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: I. Prelude in C Major. Allegretto
02. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: II. Fugue in C Major. Allegro Moderato E Maestoso
03. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: III. Prelude in A Minor. Allegro Animato
04. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: IV. Fugue in A Minor. Allegro Moderato
05. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: V. Prelude in F Major. Andante Cantabile
06. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: VI. Fugue in F Major. Allegro
07. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: VII. Prelude in D Minor. Allegro Agitato
08. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: VIII. Fugue in D Minor. Andante Con Moto
09. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: IX. Prelude in B-Flat Major. Andante Tranquillo
10. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: X. Fugue in B-Flat Major. Allegro Con Spirito
11. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XI. Prelude in G Minor. Allegro Serioso
12. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XII. Fugue in G Minor. Moderato
13. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XIII. Prelude in E-Flat Major. Andante Moderato
14. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XIV. Fugue in E-Flat Major. Allegro
15. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XV. Prelude in C Minor. Vivace Affettuoso
16. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XVI. Fugue in C Minor. Andante Serioso, Ma Con Moto
17. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XVII. Prelude in A-Flat Major. Allegretto Espressivo E Cantabile
18. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XVIII. Fugue in A-Flat Major. Allegro Risoluto
19. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XIX. Prelude in F Minor. Molto Allegro E Agitato
20. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XX. Fugue in F Minor. Lento Moderato Ed Espressivo
21. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXI. Prelude in D-Flat Major. Allegro Moderato E Tranquillo
22. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXII. Fugue in D-Flat Major. Allegro Commodo
23. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXIII. Prelude in B-Flat Minor. Andante Sostenuto Con Espressione
24. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXIV. Fugue in B-Flat Minor. Andante Cantabile, Mesto Ed Espressivo
25. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXV. Prelude in G-Flat Major. Allegro Con Fuoco
26. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXVI. Fugue in G-Flat Major. Allegro Vivace Giocoso
27. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXVII. Prelude in E-Flat Minor. Allegro Vivace
28. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXVIII. Fugue in E-Flat Minor. Allegro Moderato Ma Energico
29. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXIX. Prelude in B Major. Allegro Vivace
30. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXX. Fugue in B Major. Moderato E Maestoso
31. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXI. Prelude in G-Sharp Minor. Adagio Melancolico
32. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXII. Fugue in A-Flat Minor. Allegro Veloce
33. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXIII. Prelude in E Major. Andante Sostenuto Cantando
34. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXIV. Fugue in E Major. Molto Vivace E Con Allegrezza
35. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXV. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor. Allegro Vivace Affettuoso
36. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXVI. Fugue in C-Sharp Minor. Andante Serioso
37. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXVII. Prelude in A Major. Allegro Commodo Vivace
38. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXVIII. Fugue in A Major. Allegro Risoluto
39. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XXXIX. Prelude in F-Sharp Minor. Allegro
40. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XL. Fugue in F-Sharp Minor. Allegro Vivace
41. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLI. Prelude in D Major. Andante Serioso
42. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLII. Fugue in D Major. Allegro Risoluto Ed Energico
43. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLIII. Prelude in B Minor. Allegretto Affettuoso
44. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLIV. Fugue in B Minor. Andante Cantabile, Poco Moto
45. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLV. Prelude in G Major. Moderato
46. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLVI. Fugue in G Major. Allegro Commodo Ma Deciso
47. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLVII. Prelude in E Minor. Allegro Vivace
48. Emanuele Delucchi - Czerny: Der Pianist Im Klassischen Style, Op. 856: XLVIII. Fugue in E Minor. Lento Espressivo



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