Alkan – Solo piano music – Constantino Mastroprimiano

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Capriccio alla soldadesca op.50
Le tambour bat aux champs, esquisse op.50 bis
Trois menuets op.51
Une fusée, introduction et impromoptu op.55
Deux Nocturnes op.57
Sonatine in A minor op.61

Constantino Mastroprimiano - pianoforte [Pleyel, 1865]

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.6/6) – Chopin, Weber, Alkan, Liszt

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka for piano No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7-1, CT. 56 *
Mazurka for piano No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17-4, CT. 63 *
Mazurka for piano No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24-1, CT. 64 *
Mazurka for piano No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30-3, CT. 70 *
Mazurka for piano No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50-3, CT. 82 *
Mazurka for piano No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59-2 CT. 87 *
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, J. 206 (Op. 49) +
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1883):
Barcarolle  #
Petit conte #
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Ricordanza from Études d'exécution transcendante §
Harmonies du soir from Études d'exécution transcendante §

Cor de Groot - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1847] *
Jan Vermeulen - fortepiano [Tröndlin, 1828] +
Stanley Hoogland - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1858] #
Fred Oldenburg - fortepiano [Érard,1842] §

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.4/6) – Chopin's contemporaries

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne alla Field in B flat major
Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1785-1849):
Nocturne in A flat major, op. 121 no 1
Nocturne in F major, op. 121 no 2 (à trois mains) *
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896):
Nocturne in F major, op 6, no 2 From: Soireés Musicales
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wély (1817-1870):
Les Cloches du Monestère Nocturne in D flat major, op. 54
Edmond Weber (1766-1828):
Première Pensée Nocturne in D flat major, op. 1
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne in B major, op. 22
Notturnino Innamorato in F sharp minor, op. 63 no 43
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in E flat major
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831):
La Murmure. Nocturne in A flat major
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyńsk (1807-1867):
Nocturne in G minor, op. 21 no 1i
Nocturne in F minor, op. 21 no 2
Nocturne in F minor, op. 24 no 1
Nocturne in D flat major, op. 24 no 2
Pozegnanie. Nocturne in G minor

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Érard, 1837]
Agnieszka Chabowska *

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Alkan – Symphony for solo piano & other piano works – Marc-André Hamelin

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Symphony for solo piano, op.39 nos.4-7
"Salut, cendre du pauvre!", op.45
Alleluia, op.25
"Super flumina Babylonis", op.52
"Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux dans le genre pathétique", op.15

Marc-André Hamelin - piano

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Alkan – Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra – Dmitry Feofanov

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.39 (orch.: Klindworth)
Concerto da camera No.2 in C sharp minor
Concerto da camera No.3 in C sharp minor (reconstr. Hugh Macdonald)
Concerto da camera No.1 in A minor, op.10

Dmitry Feofanov - piano
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Robert Stankovsky - conductor

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Various Composers – Marc-André Hamelin Live at Wigmore Hall

Beethoven / Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
First movement from Piano Concerto No.3
Chopin /  Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Romanza from Piano Concerto No.1
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Trois Grandes Études, op.76
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924):
Sonatina No.6: Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Danza festiva, op.38/3

Marc-André Hamelin - piano

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Alkan – 12 Etudes op.39 in the minor keys – Jack Gibbons

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Douze Études dans les tons mineurs, op.39 (12 Studies in the minor keys)

Jack Gibbons - piano

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Alkan - “Les quatre ages” grande sonate, Etudes – Ronald Smith

Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
"Les quatre ages", grande Sonate, op.33
4 Etudes from op.39
La Chanson de la folle au bord de la mer
Allegro barbaro

Ronald Smith - piano

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Alkan – Chamber music – VA

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Grand Duo concertant for Violin and Piano, op.21
Sonate de Concert for Cello and Piano, op.47
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello op.30

Dong-Suk Kang - violin
Yvan Chiffoleau - cello
Olivier Gardon - piano

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Alkan – Cello Sonata, Violin Sonata – Various Artists

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Sonate de concert for Cello and Piano in E major, op.47
Grand duo concertant for Violn and Piano in F sharp minor, op.21

Christoph Henkel - cello
Tedi Papavrami - violin
Huseyin Sermet - piano

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Alkan – Esquisses, op.63 – Steven Osborne

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
48 Esquisses, op.63

Steven Osborne - piano

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Alkan – Concerto da camera, Les Mois – Ensemble 2E 2M

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Concerto da camera in C flat minor, op.10
"Les Mois"
"Salut cendre du pauvre"
"Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Pappagallo" *

François Bou - piano
Nell Froger - soprano *
Anne Bartelloni - mezzo-soprano
Bruno Boterf - tenor
François Fauche - bass
Ensemble 2E 2M
Paul Mefano - conductor

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Alkan – Préludes op.31 – Laurent Martin

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1833-188):
Préludes op.31

Laurent Martin - piano

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Alkan – Impromptus op.32; Works for piano solo – Laurent Martin

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Quatre Impromtus, op.32 (1)
Deuxième recueil d'Impromptus, op.32 (2)
Salut, cendre du pauvre!, op.45
Alleluia, op.25
Rondeau chromatique, op.12
Variations on a theme from Steibel's Orage Concerto, op.1
Super flumina Babylonis, paraphrase on Psalm 137, op.52

Laurent Martin - piano

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Alkan – Etudes opp.12 & 76, Le preux, Le chemin de fer – Laurent Martin

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Trois études de bravoure, op.12
Le preux (Etude de concert), op.17
Le chemin de fer, op.27
Trois grandes études, op.76

Laurent Martin - piano

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Alkan – Le festin d'Esope, Scherzo diabolico, 12 Etudes op.35 – Ringeissen

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Le Festin d'Esope, op.39 no.12
Scherzo diabolique, op.39 no.3
12 Etudes (dans tous les tons majeurs), op.35

Bernard Ringeissen - piano

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Alkan – Grande Sonate, Sonatine, Barcarole, Le Festin d'Esope – Hamelin

remembering Charles-Valentin Alkan on his birthday

(30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888)

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages", op.33
Sonatine, op.61
Barcarolle, op.65 no.6
Le Festin d'Esope, op.39 no.12

Marc-André Hamelin - piano

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Shostakovich & Alkan - Preludes - Mustonen

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
24 Preludes, op.34
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
25 Preludes, op.31

Olli Mustonen - piano

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Henselt & Alkan - Piano Concertos - Hamelin (Romantic Piano Concerto - 7)

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Adolf von Henselt (1814-1889):
Piano Concerto in F minor, op.16
Variations de Concert, op.11
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Concerto da Camera in C sharp minor, op.10 no.2
Concerto da Camera in A minor, op.10 no.1

Marc-André Hamelin - piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins - conductor

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