The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 71 - Czerny: Piano Concertos - Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto in F major Op 28[27'03]
1
Allegro maestoso[13'15]
2
Andantino alla siciliano con variazioni[5'58]
3
Polonaise: Allegretto vivace[7'50]
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 214[31'09]
4
Allegro moderato[16'04]
5
Adagio con moto[4'08]
6
Rondo: Allegro con anima[10'57]
Rondo brillant in B flat major Op 233[14'54]
7
Introduzione: Adagio[3'12]
8
Rondo: Allegro con garbo[11'42]

Active in every genre other than opera, Czerny is now remembered largely for the numerous piano studies he wrote as pedagogical aids. Which makes Howard Shelley’s advocacy of the three virtuoso works for piano and orchestra recorded here, two of them for the first time, all the more welcome: this is music which cannot fail to appea