Это невероятно! Просто потому, что это сразу 4 рояля, 4 великолепных пианиста, блестящая фактура Чёрни. Праздник! Замечательно!К. Черни в новом для меня образе, не только как композитор этюдов и упражнений! Браво, маэстро и исполнителям!
There's something almost Monty Python about the whole enterprise, the unvarying static video in master shot (despite wild activity on stage), the four males pounding away at the keys while the four female page-turners dutifully dispatch their roles. I'm waiting for a giant foot to come crashing down on the four pianos -- it never comes.
It seems to me that only one of the pianists -the second on the left side- is really playing a difficult part. The other three are only accompanying him with some chords, and the first one on the right plays a few rapid scales on certain occasions. It sounds very impressive, altogether.
I find Czerny's music very entertaining. I've read that he divided his music into 3 categories - teaching, more serious, and less serious or light. This is definitely in the 3rd. That passage with the ascending chromatic chords is too much!
I suppose Czerny had fun composing all these "pastiche " concertos for 4, 6, 10 hands.....etc. I think Mozart would have had fun with it too. Problem is when Czerny was brought to this world Mozart was dying.
In ultima analisi preferisco però i concerti ad un piano...All'inizio poteva apparire grandioso, sconvolgente, splendido come ho affermato, ma poi nel corso dell'esecuzione mi sono dovuta un po' ricredere...Si perde il fattore "emozionale": troppo suono non è sempre garanzia di "passione" e di "emozioni"...E il primo compito della musica di un certo tipo (alto) deve arrivare prima al "cuore" che alle "orecchie"...Può darsi che mi sbagli, ma io la penso così. Sorry!!
This quasi-pastiche is too long to be a romp, or a hoot, or entertaining. Get yourself a crossword puzzle to do if you must tune in. The funniest part of the experience is the StoneChords' invoking Monty Python. Don't walk this way.
