Carlo Zecchi: Complete Cetra Recordings 1937-1942
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Release Date: 01 June 2018
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5024709160242
Genres: Classical  
Composer/Series: Carlo Zecchi
Release Date: 01 June 2018
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5024709160242
Genres: Classical  
Composer/Series: Carlo Zecchi
Description
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 colourist too, as the more lyrical works of Chopin, and the Debussy Poissons d’or reveal. Sadly, Zecchi’s recorded repertoire is small and this set 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.
Tracklisting
Ann Schein; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Eugene Goossens
Karol Szreter
Jesus Maria Sanroma; The Boston 'Pops' Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler
Irene Theorin; Jennifer Holloway; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner; Nikolai Schukoff; Iain Paterson; Bergen
Mischa Levitzki; London Symphony Orchestra; Landon Ronald
Marguerite Long
Gieseking
Una Bourne
Signe Asmussen; Jakob Davidsens Kammerat Orkester
Shira Patchornik; CHAARTS Chamber Artists; David Castro-Balbi
Jack Hancher
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle
Yorck Kronenberg; Christoph Seybold
Wendy Stern; Kathleen Nester; Amanda Harberg; Katie Lueng
Wang Huandong/Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria/Filippo Arlia
Vivum Singers; Francesca Massey; Tom Winpenny