Czerny's Most Beautiful Etude (op. 740 no. 45)

Pianist: Xiaotang Tan, Central Conservatory of Music (China)
Piece: Czerny op. 740 no. 45

[thekeyoflifepiano]

Czerny, at his very best, is a bit better than Chopin at his worse. Do you agree that this is the best Czerny Etude?

[EdmundHeng]

I remember throwing away my Czerny book when I was a student and told my teacher that I lost it. And she got me a Hanon book the following week which I hated even more LMAO.

[NiklasFischerComposer]

Very Schubert-like, especially the ending.

[ericrakestraw]

This piece actually reminds me of one of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words.

[LascoDePasco]

Well, I think this is Carl Czerny at his best. When I was a little boy I had to play many of Czerny´s Etudes. Maybe sometimes it seemed to me a little bit boring. But now when I get older, I am over sixty now, I found his etudes very useful and never regret to play these pieces in the days of my youth. He had to be very good piano teacher!

[bosomgirdle]

Czerny brought Liszt to his highest level -- a flexible, cool teacher -- his music wasn't about theater -- it was about joy.

[JoseFuentes-fndl]

Love Czerny's works. Many composers of the day believed Czerny focused too much on teaching and less on compositions because of his potential. He still made an impact regardless.

[creativesource]

Czerny are a must for serious piano students. Great teacher.

[marichristian]

My love for Czerny was crushed by his piano studies which I had to practice as a child. However this etude is beautifully performed.

[josephhapp]

Horowitz stated his favourite recording was Czerny: Variations on Ricordanza by Rode

[zoiloparagas]

One of my lessons in piano, Cherny.. my graduation piece.

[PointyTailofSatan]

I have to admit I rarely played Czerny. I practiced mainly using Bach's WTC. That pretty much covers most required technique, short of things like big Liszt like jumps and extreme dynamics.

[georgeproject]

I don't think that Chopin and Czerny should be compared in any way. However it is an interesting piano exercise

[mdixqoq]

This work makes me anticipate the appearance of Frantz Listz.

[davidecarollo]

Great! Czerny is not mechanical studies only!

[Annihilator_]

1:07 theme starts again in recording with C but sheet music shows A flat

[germanhd]

Beautiful, but I like op 740, no 47 more. Many Czerny etudes are truly beautiful.

[emanueledemeo]

remember also that czerny was a teacher before a composer

[einark]

This video is not black and white originally

[fatimacastro]

Estudei Czerny desde o primeiro livro. Este estudo está em qual volume.?