Sheridan Ensemble - Czerny: String Quartets (2015)

Tracklist

CD1
01. String Quartet in A Minor: I. Allegro espressivo ma animato
02. String Quartet in A Minor: II. Andante espressivo
03. String Quartet in A Minor: III. Scherzo. Vivace
04. String Quartet in A Minor: IV. Finale. Quasi presto
05. String Quartet in D Minor: I. Allegro moderato
06. String Quartet in D Minor: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
07. String Quartet in D Minor: III. Adagio
08. String Quartet in D Minor: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo

CD2
01. String Quartet in D Major: I. Allegro molto vivace e giocoso
02. String Quartet in D Major: II. Andantino quasi allegretto
03. String Quartet in D Major: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
04. String Quartet in D Major: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
05. String Quartet in E Minor: I. Allegro affetuoso
06. String Quartet in E Minor: II. Andante poco sostenuto
07. String Quartet in E Minor: III. Scherzo. Vivace-Trio. Un poco tranquillo
08. String Quartet in E Minor: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace


Known as a piano teacher, with whose works almost every piano pupil should be familiar and possibly also as a pupil of Beethoven, Carl Czerny enjoys practically no fame as a composer today. The composing maniac (round about 800 published works) acquired a great reputation (and wealth) from piano teaching and writing educational works for the piano and compositions the market expected from him and from which he earned a lot of money. At the moment, seven quartets are recorded, four of which were probably intended for publication. Czerny composed in the tradition of Haydn and Beethoven. Echoes of Mendelssohn can be discerned as well as a romantic style full of drama and profundity of expression. The quartets have only been passed down as manuscripts from Czerny’s estate, which can be found in the archives of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna.

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