Alkan, Charles-Valentin - Concerto for solo piano - Hamelin, Marc-André (piano)

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ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10
SOUND QUALITY: 10
(CLASSICSTODAY.com)

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"Hamelin har allt som krävs för att göra Alkans originella och virtuosa kompositioner full rättvisa. Och lite till. En av förra årets bästa pianoinspelningar."
(Norra Västerbotten)

'Marc-André Hamelin is convinced that, had Alkan not been such a recluse, he would be as celebrated today as Liszt and Chopin. Letting his fingers do the talking (no mean feat here in one of the most technically difficult and thunderous of piano works), Hamelin puts the most persuasive of arguments. A truly fabulous recording that should attract new hordes of Alkan groupies.'
(Gramophone)



Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Alkan was one of the greatest composer-pianists in history, with a voice as original as Chopin or Liszt, and a technique that even Liszt admitted was the greatest he had ever known. His music is of surpassing difficulty, and fell into relative obscurity in an age where published music was frequently aimed at amateurs. Its greatness is undeniable—but it unquestionably requires performances of unceasing brilliance.

Alkan’s Concerto for solo piano is one of the great pianistic high-wire acts—an epic work which demands unprecedented
levels of technical ability and physical stamina. It is conceived on a breathtakingly grand scale and is rich with both orchestral sonorities and lyrical pianistic passages. The Troisième recueil de chants is a delightful rarity, rescued here from oblivion by the wonderful Marc-André Hamelin, who with his transcendent technique is simply one of the greatest living performers of this intoxicating music.


Charles-Valentin Alkan
Concerto for solo piano Op 39 Nos 8–10 [from Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs
1 Allegro assai
2 Adagio
3 Allegretto alla barbaresca

Troisième recueil de chants Op 65
4 Vivante
5 Esprits follets: Prestissimo
6 Canon: Assez vivement
7 Tempo giusto
8 Horace et Lydie: Vivacissimo
9 Barcarolle: Assez lentement