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The Pupils of Beethoven
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This CD partners the Piano Concertos of Carl Czerny and Ferdinand Ries, both of whom were pupils of the great master, Beethoven. "Both concertos do everything with good humour, and the dashings of glittering figuration has its own flavour.” Music&Vision.

Carl Czerny - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 214
Felicja Blumental - piano
Helmut Froschauer - conductor
Vienna Chamber Orchestra

• Allegro moderato (15'57)
• Adagio con moto, cantabile - Rondo-Allegro con anima (15'00)

• Allegro Maestoso (15'19)
• Larghetto (4'41)
• Rondo-Allegretto (8'25)

Liner Notes:

The Pupils of Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) was born in Bonn and studied for a short period with Haydn in 1792. While he failed to become the child prodigy his father hoped for, he was hailed as a genius and master of improvisation at the ...

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