Carlo Zecchi plays Chopin

Frederic Chopin:
- Mazurka in C# minor Op.30 No.4
- Waltz in Ab flat major Op.42
- Etude in F major Op.10 No.8
Carlo Zecchi, 1935 and 1941 recordings.

[@cattleman6420012000]

I remember actually playing under him as a conductor. He was visiting Cape Town during his later years. What a fantastic musician.

[@pianopera]

Opus 10 no. 8 is sensational!

[@snaaptaker]

@Noshirm Actually, he studied with Schnabel AFTER Busoni died.

[@thetunr]

Agosti was truly a pupil of Busoni, while Zecchi took only a few lessons. I've just uploaded a couple of Debussy's Preludes for you to sample.

[@thetunr]

Artur Schnabel.

[@hyramesshiramess1035]

Glib, facile, elegant, but the piano sound is a bit shallow, and some of the passagework is not as well articulted as it might be -- probably because of the excessive speeds at which he played.