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Mozart: Requiem KV 626 Piano Version for four Hands by Carl Czerny
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GEN 24869 EAN: 4260036258691
2.2.202418.90 €
The supreme work of the most extraordinary man: this is what the composer Johann Adam Hiller called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Requiem", which is now being released by GENUIN in an unusual arrangement. The piano duo Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell have recorded for the first time the astonishing four-hand piano version of the Mozart Requiem by Carl Czerny, a pupil of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt. The choral parts, vocal solos, and all the orchestral parts have been incorporated into the piano part, allowing the polyphonic beauty of Mozart's work to emerge in a kind of concentration with unimaginable clarity. The world premiere recording of this version on CD also contains the moving Amen fugue to the "Lacrymosa", which the New York pianist Robert D. Levin reconstructed from fourteen bars of Mozart's handwriting discovered several years ago.
PianoNews
"Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell perform the work with a fervour that makes the absence of choir and orchestra somewhat forgotten. The essence of Mozart's last words in music comes across to the listener undisguised and with great urgency." Review by Robert Nemecek, issue 03/2024 (May/June)
Radio Klassik Stephansdom
The new album by Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell was presented on April 5, 2024 in the broadcast "Pressfrisch - CD of the day". Listen here!
Clic Musique
"In contrast to other arrangements, Czerny leaves all the instrumental parts to the four hands. A feat which Kerstin Strassburg and Jürgen Appel accomplish admirably here with their proven feel for the polyphonic beauty of Mozart's work." Review by Jacques-Philippe Saint-Gerand, March 2024
Kerstin Straßburg Piano
Jürgen Appell Piano
The supreme work of the most extraordinary man: this is what the composer Johann Adam Hiller called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Requiem", which is now being released by GENUIN in an unusual arrangement. The piano duo Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell have recorded for the first time the astonishing four-hand piano version of the Mozart Requiem by Carl Czerny, a pupil of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt. The choral parts, vocal solos, and all the orchestral parts have been incorporated into the piano part, allowing the polyphonic beauty of Mozart's work to emerge in a kind of concentration with unimaginable clarity. The world premiere recording of this version on CD also contains the moving Amen fugue to the "Lacrymosa", which the New York pianist Robert D. Levin reconstructed from fourteen bars of Mozart's handwriting discovered several years ago.
PianoNews
"Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell perform the work with a fervour that makes the absence of choir and orchestra somewhat forgotten. The essence of Mozart's last words in music comes across to the listener undisguised and with great urgency." Review by Robert Nemecek, issue 03/2024 (May/June)
Radio Klassik Stephansdom
The new album by Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell was presented on April 5, 2024 in the broadcast "Pressfrisch - CD of the day". Listen here!
Clic Musique
"In contrast to other arrangements, Czerny leaves all the instrumental parts to the four hands. A feat which Kerstin Strassburg and Jürgen Appel accomplish admirably here with their proven feel for the polyphonic beauty of Mozart's work." Review by Jacques-Philippe Saint-Gerand, March 2024
The supreme work of the most extraordinary man: this is what the composer Johann Adam Hiller called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Requiem", which is now being released by GENUIN in an unusual arrangement. The piano duo Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell have recorded for the first time the astonishing four-hand piano version of the Mozart Requiem by Carl Czerny, a pupil of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt. The choral parts, vocal solos, and all the orchestral parts have been incorporated into the piano part, allowing the polyphonic beauty of Mozart's work to emerge in a kind of concentration with unimaginable clarity. The world premiere recording of this version on CD also contains the moving Amen fugue to the "Lacrymosa", which the New York pianist Robert D. Levin reconstructed from fourteen bars of Mozart's handwriting discovered several years ago.
PianoNews
"Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell perform the work with a fervour that makes the absence of choir and orchestra somewhat forgotten. The essence of Mozart's last words in music comes across to the listener undisguised and with great urgency." Review by Robert Nemecek, issue 03/2024 (May/June)
Radio Klassik Stephansdom
The new album by Kerstin Straßburg and Jürgen Appell was presented on April 5, 2024 in the broadcast "Pressfrisch - CD of the day". Listen here!
Clic Musique
"In contrast to other arrangements, Czerny leaves all the instrumental parts to the four hands. A feat which Kerstin Strassburg and Jürgen Appel accomplish admirably here with their proven feel for the polyphonic beauty of Mozart's work." Review by Jacques-Philippe Saint-Gerand, March 2024