In his Opus 300 Carl Czerny compiled a unique keyboard compendium of all the stylistic facets of European music from the Baroque until far into the Romantic era - an audio history of music en miniature featuring preludes as our guides and an overwhelming variety of characters, forms, and pianistic invention. The 120 finely chiseled preludes range from the aphoristic extreme of ten to twenty seconds in length to the just as aphoristically packed narrative and rhapsodic forms of a maximum of three to four minutes. Their numerical midpoint is formed by sixteen very short interludes that are brilliant examples of modulations, each proceeding from C major to all the other major keys. Like most of the preludes from No. 60 to No. 71, they represent variants of this art form originally distinguished by improvisation: as interludes they build audio bridges from one (imaginary) work to the next and link what would appear to be beyond linking. The work of course is interpreted in it's entirety on this release - by none other than Kolja Lessing, one of the most versatile musicians of our times and a violinist and pianist who combines interpretive and musicological work in his many significant contributions to music culture.

Tracklist:

The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 1 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 2 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 3 In D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 4 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 5 In F Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 6 In D Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 7 In A Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 8 In D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 9 In F Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 10 In G Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 11 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 12 In B-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 13 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 14 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 15 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 16 In D Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 17 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 18 In C-Sharp Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 19 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 20 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 21 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 22 In A Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 23 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 24 In D Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 25 In A Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 26 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 27 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 28 In D-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 29 In D-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 30 In D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 31 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 32 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 33 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 34 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 35 In C-Sharp Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 36 In F-Sharp Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 37 In E-Flat Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 38 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 39 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 40 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 41 In A Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 42 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 43 In F Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 44 In B-Flat Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 45 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 46 In D-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 47 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 48 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 49 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 50 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 51 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 52 In F Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 53 In B Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 54 In F-Sharp Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 55 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 56 In B-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 57 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 58 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 59 In D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 60 In C Major (With Modulations Into All Other Major Keys)
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 61 In C Major / E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 62 In F Major / E Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 63 In E-Flat Major / B Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 64 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 65 In D-Flat Major / B Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 66 In E Major / B Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 67 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 68 In B-Flat Major / A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 69 In D Minor / A Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 70 In E Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 71 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 72 In D-Flat Major / D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 73 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 74 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 75 In F Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 76 In D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 77 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 78 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 79 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 80 In B-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 81 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 82 In F Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 83 In G Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 84 In C Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 85 In F Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 86 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 87 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 88 In D Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 89 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 90 In C Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 91 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 92 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 93 In C Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 94 In D-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 95 In C-Sharp Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 96 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 97 In A-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 98 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 99 In D Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 100 In B-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 101 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 102 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 103 In C Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 104 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 105 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 106 In B-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 107 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 108 In F Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 109 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 110 In F-Sharp Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 111 In G Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 112 In A Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 113 In A Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 114 In D Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 115 In F Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 116 In C Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 117 In E-Flat Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 118 In C Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 119 In E Major
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 120 In G Minor
The Art Of Preluding, Op. 300: No. 121 In B Minor

UPC: 761203516926
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 6.21.19
Format: CD

Czerny / Lessing - Die Kunst Des Praludierens (2 CD)