List of Alkan's compositions
Biography
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Etudes
Piano etudes (studies) are written to solve technical problems and challenge the technical abilities of the pianist. The etudes of Carl Czerny, a student of Beethoven, are still used for training young pianists.
Some of the most famous sets of etudes were composed by Frederick Chopin, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Alkan's 1857 set of twelve etudes (Op. 39), one in each minor keys, is extremely ambitious. Within the etudes is a four movement Symphony for Piano and a three movement Concerto for Piano.The Op. 39 etudes are sometimes considered Alkan's masterpiece. One musicologist said of them: "a towering achievement, gathering ... the most complete manifestation of Alkan's many-sided genius: its dark passion, its vital rhythmic drive, its pungent harmony, its occasionally outrageous humour, and, above all, its uncompromising piano writing."
Selected Alkan Piano Works
Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (Twelve etudes in all minor keys) , op. 39 (1857)
Vincent Maltempo, pianist (2:10:40) (play)
No. 1 Comme le vent ("Like the wind") in A minor
No. 2 En rhythme molossique ("In Molossian rhythm") in D minor
No. 3 Scherzo diabolico ("Diabolic scherzo") in G minor
No. 4 Symphony for solo piano: Allegro moderato in C minor
No. 5 Symphony for solo piano: Marche funèbre (Andantino) in F minor
No. 6 Symphony for solo piano: Menuet in B♭ minor
No. 7 Symphony for solo piano: Finale (Presto) in E♭ minor
No. 8 Concerto for solo piano: Allegro assai in G♯ minor
No. 9 Concerto for solo piano: Adagio in C♯ minor
No. 10 Concerto for solo piano: Allegretto alla barbaresca in F♯ minor
No. 11 Ouverture in B minor
No. 12 Le festin d'Ésope (Aesop's feast) in E minor
Etude Op. 29 No. ?
Vincenzo Maltempo, piano
Etude Op. 29 No. ?
Etude Op. 29 No. 12 Le festin d'Ésope (Aesop's feast) in E minor
Yeol Eum Son, piano (9:40, play)
Trois Petites Fantaisies, Op. 41, José López, piano (1857) (17:30, play)
Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', Op. 33 (1847) Marc-André Hamelin, piano (11:13, play)
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