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As to Alkan's pedal-piano works, due to a recent revival of the instrument, they are once again being performed as originally intended (rather than on an organ), such as by Italian pedal-pianist Roberto Prosseda, [167] and recordings of Alkan on the pedal piano have been made by Jean Dubé [168] and Olivier Latry. [169]
The Symphony for Solo Piano is a large-scale romantic work for piano composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan and published in 1857.. Although it is generally performed as a self-contained work, it comprises études Nos. 4–7 from the Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (Twelve Studies in All the Minor Keys), Op. 39, each title containing the word Symphonie (French: Symphony).
Concerto for Solo Piano (French: Concerto pour piano seul) is a 3-movement solo piano piece written by Charles-Valentin Alkan.The pieces are part of a 12 piece cycle entitled Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (12 Studies in the Minor Keys), published in 1857 (although it may have been written some years earlier).
Désir. Fantaisie pour piano in A ♭ major (1844) Impromptu in F ♯ major, for piano (1845) Appassionato in D major, sketch of op. 63, no. 29 (1847, unfinished) Ouverture de l'opéra 'Le prophète' de Meyerbeer arrangée pour piano (1850) Les Regrets de la Nonnette. Petite mélodie pour piano in G minor (1854) Palpitamento in A major (1855)
Announcement of the publication of Alkan's Grande sonate (Op. 33) and Scherzo focoso (Op. 34) by Brandus et Cie on 7 May 1848 in the Revue et gazette musicale de Paris. Grande sonate: Les quatre âges (French for Grand sonata: The Four Ages), Op. 33, is a four-movement piano sonata by Charles-Valentin Alkan. The sonata's title refers to the ...
"Le chemin de fer" is characterized by rapidly repeating bass notes, difficult to play and exacerbated by the extreme tempo. "Le chemin de fer" (French for "the railway" or "the railroad"), Op. 27, is a programmatic étude for piano composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan in 1844, [1] frequently cited as the first musical representation of a railway.
Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor (1835), Op. 14, was labelled by Tobias Haslinger as a "Concerto without orchestra". The French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan wrote in 1857 his set of Op. 39 études, of which nos. 8–10 were labelled as a concerto for solo piano. It includes markings such as "Tutti", "Solo" and "Piano", as well as ...
Trois grandes études (Three Grand Études), Op. 76, is a set of three piano études composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan in 1838 and published in 1839. [1] Although they have the highest opus number of any Alkan work, the études were actually composed when he was only 25.