CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN

 

12 Études Op.39

Nocturne in B, Op.22

Allegro Barbaro (Etudes Op.35 No.5)

Assez Vivement (Chants Op.38 No.1)

J'etait endormie, mais mon coeur veillait (Preludes Op.31 No.13)

Le Staccatissimo (Esquisses Op.63 No.2)

Les Cloches (Esquisses Op.63 No.4)

Les Soupirs (Esquisses Op.63 No.4)

En songe (Esquisses Op.63 No.4)

Gros temps (Les Moise Op.74, 1st suite No.2)

Barcarolle (Chants Op.65 No.6)

La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer (Preludes Op.31 no.8)

Le temps qui n'est plus (Preludes Op.31 No.12)

 

Jack Gibbons presents the first CD recording of Alkan's 'magnum opus', the gargantuan Op.39 set of studies in all the minor keys, which includes the monumental Concerto (over 50 mins.!) and Symphony for solo piano.

 

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