Bach, J.S. / Zecchi: Complete Solo Recordings & Selected Additional

Bach, J.S. / Zecchi: Complete Solo Recordings & Selected Additional - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Complete Solo Recordings & Selected Additional

Artist:

Bach, J.S. / Zecchi

Label:

Apr Recordings

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5024709160242

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2018-07-06

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

2 PACK

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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