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Available again through Arkivmusic.com’s valuable on-demand reissue program, this indispensable 1991 release imaginatively pairs Shostakovich’s Op. 34 Preludes with Alkan’s lesser-known yet equally quirky Op.
Piano enthusiasts curious about Charles-Valentin Alkan’s loopy, visionary piano writing may want to start with the bite-sized Esquisses Op. 63, rather than face the mammoth
Alkan’s chamber music deserves much more attention: It’s a crime that terrific works like his Sonate de concert for cello and piano have almost no
The centerpiece of this very interesting and well-planned recital consists of a dynamite performance of Alkan’s blisteringly difficult Sonate de concert for cello and piano.
Marc-André Hamelin’s freakish proficiency at the piano both suits and serves Alkan’s music to extraordinary ends. He accomplishes technical miracles in the Symphony for Solo
The big news about this recording of Alkan’s mammoth Concerto for Solo Piano can be found on the front cover, below the work title. It
If you’d like to access the full scope of Alkan’s quirky style in bite-sized proportions rather than piling into the Concerto for Solo Piano, Les
If you missed Bernard Ringeissen’s Alkan Op. 35 Major Key Études the first time around on Marco Polo, here it is on Naxos, at budget
