Alkan - Complete Etudes (Different performers)

Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life. Among his compositions, the various études are some of the most virtuosically masterful studies, highly regarded for their eccentricity, originality, and grandeur. Special thanks to Le Sheet music boi and Sheep’s channel for providing me respectively op12b and etude Alla Barbaro. ~12 Etudes in all Major keys, Op. 35 (Viner)~ The 12 Studies in all the Major Keys follow the key sequence of ascending fourths. The studies each tackle a certain technical feature (such as octaves, repeated notes, tremolos etc) but transcend the exercise level in their structure of a free fantasy or symphonic poem. Some have titles, like “Chant d’amour‐Chant de mort”, “L’incendie au village voisin”, while the famous F major study, a savage and exhilarating study in parallel octaves (mostly on the white keys) is called “Allegro barbaro”. Mark Viner is recognized as one of the most exciting British pianists of his generation, and is becoming increasingly well‐known for his bold championing of unfamiliar repertoire. His earlier recordings for Piano Classics include an excellent Liszt Transcriptions recital and a remarkable recording of Thalberg Operatic Fantasies, which was enthusiastically hailed by the press: “An exceptional disc from a blazing young British talent” (Gramophone). Mark Viner is chairman of the Alkan Society and has a busy concert schedule. I. Etude No. 1 in A Major - 00:00:00 II. Etude No. 2 in D Major - 00:02:26 III. Etude No. 3 in G Major - 00:05:03 IV. Etude No. 4 in C Major - 00:11:45 V. Etude No. 5 in F Major. Allegro barbaro - 00:16:31 VI. Etude No. 6 in B-Flat Major - 00:19:16 VII. Etude No. 7 in E-Flat Major. L’incendie au village voisin - 00:21:16 VIII. Etude No. 8 in A-Flat Major - 00:31:59 IX. Etude No. 9 in C-Sharp Major. Contrapunctus - 00:37:19 X. Etude No. 10 in G-Flat Major. Chant d’amour - Chant de mort - 00:43:17 XI. Etude No. 11 in B Major - 00:54:04 XII. Etude No. 12 in E Major - 01:02:51 ~12 Etudes in all the Minor Keys (Smith)~ I. Comme le Vent - 1:08:23 II. En rhytme Molossique - 1:12:58 III. Scherzo-diabolico - 1:21:12 - Symphony for solo piano - IV. First Movement - Allegro Moderato - 1:25:44 V. Second Movement - Marche funèbre (Andantino) - 1:36:26 VI. Third Movement - Menuet - 1:44:41 VII. Finale - Presto - 1:50:24 - Concerto for solo piano - VIII. First Movement - Allegro Assai - 1:55:00 IX. Second Movement - Adagio - 2:24:35 X. Third Movement - Allegretto alla barbaresca - 2:36:41 XI. Overture (Maestoso-Lentement-Allegro) - 2:46:57 XII. Le Festin d’Ésope - 3:02:43 ~3 Etudes de Bravoure, Op. 16 (Smith)~ I. Mouvement de valse - 3:11:49 II. Moderato (quasi Minuetto) - 3:18:22 III. Prestissimo - 3:24:19 ~3 Grandes Etudes, Op. 76 (Smith, Maltempo)~ I. Fantasy for left hand alone (Smith) - 3:31:03 II. Introduction, Variations, and Finale for right hand alone (Smith) - 3:41:41 III. Etude, for both hands (Maltempo) - 4:04:12 ~Etude de concert “Le Preux“ (Hwang)~ - 4:09:28 ~Etude “Le Chemin de fer“ (Morishita)~ - 4:16:26 ~Trois Etudes de Bravoure, (Martin)~ I. Prestissimo - 4:21:22 II. Allegretto - 4:23:27 III. Allegro marziale - 4:27:10 ~Etude alla barbaro (Nosrati)~ - 4:30:26 Pf : Ronald Smith, Laurent Martin, Mark Viner, Yui Morishita, Schaghajegh Nosrati, Seonyong Hwang, Vincenzo Maltempo