Wow, the Chopin one is so creative. I have never heard something like that before.

This recording is from Hamelin's Wigmore Hall Recital in 1994 - it's already 30 years ago! But, interestingly, Hamelin wrote his own cadenza for the first movement of Beethoven's third concerto about four years ago (June or July 2020).

gosh! the first two mins twenty (roughly) i Love the orchestral opening to this concerto, a lot.. done Really well here just on the piano.. thankyou for sharing this 🙂 now for the rest..

Didn't expect a beethoven 5 reference

Omg....how he renders the orchestra parts....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

It took liszt's transcriptions of beethoven's symphonies to appreciate them and weirdly this transcription of his 3rd piano concerto to appreciate it. Genius composition - must have been awe inspiring to hear alkan perform this.

Amazing variations on Brahm's Lullaby!! And well-played!! Bravo!!

Before Godowsky, we had Alkan.

アルカンには珍しく元々の作曲家の曲を尊重したピアノ独奏編曲。😊✨ そして、ラヴェルの亡き王女のパヴァーヌの様にスタッカートなどを入れたりして、ピアノ一台で様々な楽器を表しています😊 リストがベートーベンの交響曲をピアノ独奏用に編曲したのと同じく価値があります。😊

Charming fantasia

I like Gottschalk's piano music, I really do, but this is just gawd awful.

So why did Beethoven write 4 tied quavers rather than a minim in the final bar. Could it be a way of notating a graduated diminuendo and if so how can it be played on the piano?

So amazing without cadenza. This cadenza is shit

Наглядный пример того, что инструментальный концерт может явиться обалденной сонатой.

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Alkan became insane and Crazy in this transcription of Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto for solo piano in the first movement

The cadenza is grotesque but the arrangement is excellent.

I wouldn’t have guessed it could sound so beautiful on the piano. This is a great transcription.

The Cadenza Is a nonsense, funny but nonsense!

Imagine if he transcribed the Grosse Fuge, recipe for greatness

El Piano de Mozart se habría desintegrado con esta magnífica cadencia. 😅 Gracias por el vídeo.

Where does this sheet music come from?

Beautiful arrangement by Alkan, thank you for uploading this! May I ask, where did you get the sheet music for this?

God damn those are some DENSE textures!

This SQ was years ahead of its time. One of my favorites

It seems to replicate Schubert's accompaniment, especially these octaves, but I think it is too literal, so I wonder what if Godowsky or Hamelin (he already composed his "own" Erlkönig in 2007, and then listed as No. 8 in his own 12 Études) transcribed Schubert's one.

The sheet music for this is glorious to look at-wonderful transcription also :)

Les frissons.

I admire Charles Henri Valentin Morhange Alkan. I have not heard this utterly mind-blowing transcription before. What a genius he was and his works live on to prove it. But not enough attention is paid to this master. He is up there with Liszt when it comes to "imagination". Thank you so very much for posting this revelatory recording. I am going to search for more!

Alkan sure had some great taste!

Where may i download the sheet music for this?

Louis Moreau Gottschalk is amazing composer .

1:27 to ~2:21 is the most beautiful excerpt from any piece I've ever heard

Play where you play orchestra is much better. When play piano i remember 23 Mozart with Horowitz. Play for orchestra is exellent.

super transcription !!!

I fell the spirit of the Queen of the Night in the first minutes

Nie kojarzyłem tej transkrypcji. Ale dlaczego Szanowna @rosiepiano nie napisałaś, że to jest transkrypcja na Fortepian Solo? Słychać, że Alkan wyraźnie skorzystał tu z rozwiązań fakturalnych Muzio Clementiego Ktoś podobnie to słyszy??

Excellent arrangment. In my opinion the cadenza is not in the style of the sonata

Спасибо!

Too melodic for czerny 😂

Bravo

Sounds like Beethoven's 158th piano sonata in WTF minor

Very interesting

Bravo Alkan!

Tangaso

Such beautiful voicings on those orchestral textures! This transcription and performance really do great justice to the original work, even if the cadenza is probably the most bombastic I've ever heard, lol.

Yay, alkan

Super great !!!

A gift to humanity