Alkan: Piano Works

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Composer: Charles Henri Valentin Alkan
Artist: Stanley Hoogland (piano)
Alan Weiss (piano)
- Adventurous piano Music of the composer in whose presence even Franz Liszt was afraid to play.
- Piano music ranging from the miniaturist to the gigantic.
- Both a modern Steinway and a period Erard piano are used in this set, a fascinating way of comparison
00:00:00 Nocturne No.1 Op.22
00:06:24 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.2 Le Staccatissimo
00:07:33 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.3 Le Legatissimo
00:09:18 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.21 Morituri te salutant
00:10:49 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.10 Increpatio
00:12:23 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.11 Les Soupirs
00:14:04 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.46 Le Premier Billet doux
00:15:03 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.47 Scherzetto
00:16:55 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Le Festin d’Ésope Op.39 No.12 (Douze Études dans les tons mineurs)
00:27:10 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Le Temps qui n’est plus - Prélude Op.31 No.12
00:28:46 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Fa Op.38b No.2 (Receuil de Chants, Book 2)
00:31:59 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 20 ans: Scherzo (Tres vite, décidément) - Trio (Timidement - Amoureusement)
00:38:39 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 30 ans: Quasi-Faust (Assez vite, sataniquement)
00:54:33 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 40 ans: Un heureux ménage (Lentement, avec tendresse et quiétitude)
01:05:12 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 50 ans: Prométhée enchainé (Extremement lent)
01:13:41 Toccatina in C Minor, Op. 75
01:15:30 Les Mois Op.74: No.6 Promenade sur l’eau
01:18:01 Les Mois Op.74: No.10 Gros temps
01:21:24 Les Mois Op.74: Petite Fantaisie Op.41 No.2
01:27:47 Les Mois Op.74: Petit Conte
01:32:11 Les Mois Op.74: Le Tambour bat aux champs Op.50 No.2
01:36:51 Trente Chants - Suite No.1 Op.38: No.1 Assez vivement
01:41:26 Trente Chants - Suite No.1 Op.38: No.5 Agitatissimo
01:45:25 Trente Chants - Suite No.1 Op.38: No.6 Barcarolle
01:49:14 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: I. Allegro
02:00:00 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: II. Marche funèbre: Andantino
02:07:20 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: III. Menuet
02:13:23 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: IV. Finale: Presto
02:18:45 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.1 in C
02:21:06 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.6 in G Minor ‘Ancienne mélodie de la synagogue’
02:24:14 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.11 in F ‘Un petit rien’
02:25:07 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.12 in B flat Minor ‘Le temps qui n’est plus’
02:26:18 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.13 in G flat ‘J’étais endormie, mais mon coeur veillait’
02:29:42 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.14 in B Minor
02:32:25 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.8 in A flat Minor ‘La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer’
02:36:13 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.15 in B ‘Dans le genre gothique’
02:38:30 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.1
02:42:36 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.4: No.1 Gros temps
02:46:55 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.1
02:48:37 Trente Chants - Suite No.3 Op.65: No.5 Horace et Lydie
02:52:19 Trente Chants - Suite No.3 Op.65: No.6 Barcarolle
02:55:59 Trente Chants - Suite No.4 Op.67: No.2 Chanson de la bonne vieille
02:59:21 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.1 La Vision
03:01:43 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.4 Les Cloches
03:02:36 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.8 Pseudo-naïvité
03:04:36 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.10 Increpatio
03:06:18 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.11 Les Soupirs
03:08:02 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.35 Musique militaire
03:09:18 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.43 Notturnino innamorato
03:11:17 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.46 Le Premier Billet doux
03:12:22 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.48 En songe
03:13:41 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.49 Laus Deo
03:17:29 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Petit Conte

[@victorlloyd5271]

A number of years ago I stumbled upon a Hoogland recording of Alkan at a remainder sale and I purchased it. I was fascinated. I listened to it a number of times and the next time that I went to visit my mother, I took it with me. My mother, who was then a little over 100 had been playing the piano since she was seven or eight was charmed, and said she had never heard anything quite like it. I told her that I thought Alkan sounded a little like Liszt, but she disagreed. In any event I was not allowed to take the disc home with me! I wasn't able to retrieve my CD until after my mother died; but now it is part of fifty plus CD recordings of Alkan in my collection.

[@johninman7545]

Thanks VIctor for your heart warming story

[@bjornlindqvist8305]

This song always makes me think of my grandma. She used to play it on the piano all the time when I was a kid. I remember one time, when I was about 10 years old, I was feeling really sad. My grandma sat down at the piano and played this song for me. She told me that it was her favorite song, and that it always made her feel happy. I listened to her play, and I started to feel better. I'll never forget that moment. Thank you for sharing this beautiful performance, Stanley. It brought back a really fond memory.

[@user-fk6sv4yc2j]

Hello! What kind of composition are you writing about? What piece did your grandmather play? This is really very touching!

[@teodorb.p.composer]

Alkan was trully pure genial! He is my most favourite composer and his music is excellent. It's one of the saddest facts in music history, that nobody knows this genius!

[@user-ud5lh5fq8q]

00:00:00 Nocturne No.1 Op.22 00:06:24 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.2 Le Staccatissimo 00:07:33 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.3 Le Legatissimo 00:09:18 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.21 Morituri te salutant 00:10:49 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.10 Increpatio 00:12:23 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.11 Les Soupirs 00:14:04 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.46 Le Premier Billet doux 00:15:03 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.47 Scherzetto ☆ 00:16:55 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Le Festin d’Ésope Op.39 No.12 (Douze Études dans les tons mineurs) 00:27:10 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Le Temps qui n’est plus - Prélude Op.31 No.12 00:28:46 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Fa Op.38b No.2 (Receuil de Chants, Book 2) 00:31:59 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 20 ans: Scherzo (Tres vite, décidément) - Trio (Timidement - Amoureusement) 00:38:39 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 30 ans: Quasi-Faust (Assez vite, sataniquement) 00:54:33 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 40 ans: Un heureux ménage (Lentement, avec tendresse et quiétitude) 01:05:12 Grande Sonate Op.33 ‘Les Quatre Âges’: 50 ans: Prométhée enchainé (Extremement lent) 01:13:41 Toccatina in C Minor, Op. 75 01:15:30 Les Mois Op.74: No.6 Promenade sur l’eau 01:18:01 Les Mois Op.74: No.10 Gros temps 01:21:24 Les Mois Op.74: Petite Fantaisie Op.41 No.2 01:27:47 Les Mois Op.74: Petit Conte 01:32:11 Les Mois Op.74: Le Tambour bat aux champs Op.50 No.2 01:36:51 Trente Chants - Suite No.1 Op.38: No.1 Assez vivement 01:41:26 Trente Chants - Suite No.1 Op.38: No.5 Agitatissimo 01:45:25 Trente Chants - Suite No.1 Op.38: No.6 Barcarolle 01:49:14 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: I. Allegro 02:00:00 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: II. Marche funèbre: Andantino 02:07:20 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: III. Menuet 02:13:23 Symphony for solo piano Op.39 Nos. 4-7: IV. Finale: Presto 02:18:45 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.1 in C 02:21:06 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.6 in G Minor ‘Ancienne mélodie de la synagogue’ 02:24:14 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.11 in F ‘Un petit rien’ 02:25:07 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.12 in B flat Minor ‘Le temps qui n’est plus’ 02:26:18 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.13 in G flat ‘J’étais endormie, mais mon coeur veillait’ 02:29:42 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.14 in B Minor 02:32:25 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.8 in A flat Minor ‘La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer’ 02:36:13 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons Majeurs et Mineurs Op.31: No.15 in B ‘Dans le genre gothique’ 02:38:30 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.1 02:42:36 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.4: No.1 Gros temps 02:46:55 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.1 02:48:37 Trente Chants - Suite No.3 Op.65: No.5 Horace et Lydie 02:52:19 Trente Chants - Suite No.3 Op.65: No.6 Barcarolle 02:55:59 Trente Chants - Suite No.4 Op.67: No.2 Chanson de la bonne vieille 02:59:21 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.1 La Vision 03:01:43 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.4 Les Cloches 03:02:36 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.8 Pseudo-naïvité 03:04:36 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.10 Increpatio 03:06:18 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.11 Les Soupirs 03:08:02 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.35 Musique militaire 03:09:18 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.43 Notturnino innamorato 03:11:17 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.46 Le Premier Billet doux 03:12:22 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.48 En songe 03:13:41 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: No.49 Laus Deo 03:17:29 Esquisses: 48 motifs Op.63: Petit Conte

[@weslund9306]

THIS is what the internet is for: Expanding the human consciousness's realization of the possibilities of human consciousness.

[@panditgangadharvmonshastri8222]

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[@andrewpereira9748]

@@panditgangadharvmonshastri8222 By this logic it's normal that 90% of the internet dwell on it to take advantage of the notions that come with anonymity. If you consider what happens to a screw when you use a butter knife to unscrew it instead of the screw driver intended for the job... Well it's not too difficult to see that there is a wrong way to use tools beyond basic opinion and speculation. Quite literally most people are killing each others brain cells rather than making good use of the internet. Though to each their own beliefs, even when they deny the facts presented to us in reality.

[@panditgangadharvmonshastri8222]

@@andrewpereira9748 if the butter knife loosened a screw, and if the task was to loosen a screw, the task is completed, maybe the tool used was not highly efficient but efficient/effective indeed. Of course there are efficient and inefficient ways to operate tools, i agree. The inefficiency of certain methodologies are often abstracted, thus the very basic "trial method" is followed and results noted down. In our case the tool will go through trails and trials until the world as we know catches up to it.

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

@@panditgangadharvmonshastri8222 have you ever unscrewed a really tight sitting screw with a butter knife? It is not only that the screwdriver is a much more efficient tool, but the screw will be ... screwed if you dont use the proper tools for it.

[@DrSm4rT]

the moment i started to listen to Alkan and Thalberg....

[@inksaband]

I've never heard of this composer -thanks so much for the upload. It's wonderful music!

[@piano_narratives]

Hi Ilse, my piano poetry compositions might interest you as well. Enjoy :)

[@inksaband]

@@piano_narratives Thank you! I'll definitely check them out

[@user-lj1sc9bs4t]

ロマン派のピアノ作曲家はリスト、アルカン、ショパン、タールベルク無しには語れません

[@riddledrhythms8821]

Ok, I promise this is the last time that I am going to listen to this. Time to work on some of my own music. Come on willpower I need your help! …but seriously. Fantastic! 🎼

[@fireemblem2770]

Okay not only does that sound super fun, but I wish you luck my friend! Hope things are working well for you and your musically creative side!

[@DrSm4rT]

any progress? :D

[@Luxedrina]

Hello! How you've been doing?

[@gwenjapam3660]

i was introduced to charles alkan while looking at some conservatoire intrance. When i heard barcarolle i instantly fell in love with his music

[@piano_narratives]

Hi, you could listen also to my piano improvisations in my channel ''piano narratives'', enjoy!

[@deserthillbilly64]

Liszt afraid? That must have been amazing live, back in the day, thanks for listing all the songs that must have taken hours!

[@dr.arielcohen6159]

Songs? Who’s singing? 😳

[@pedroterra2738]

@@dr.arielcohen6159 The piano

[@-e.n.8374]

Qu'attend-t-on pour réhabiliter Alkan ??

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

I have never heard such a piece with so much keysmashing (aka narrow intervalls) worked out this well. I believe that this calls for a very brave pianist to be done confidently.

[@knsydu7171]

I' ve never heard Allan, thank you.

[@sanguinefan1734]

Came across the name Alkan while reading a biography of Chopin. Can't believe his music isn't as well known as any of the 19th-c greats, such as Liszt or Brahms. I have not listened to everything on this playlist. But what I have heard so far is simply stunning! Bravo Brilliant.

[@tawnlr6664]

Have you listened to the entire playlist by now? Thoughts about Alkan?

[@sanguinefan1734]

@@tawnlr6664 Bought the Brilliant CD set and have listened to it all. I would rank Alkan just below Liszt and Chopin as a composer of keyboard music. But his invention and originality probably exceeded theirs, and indeed those of most other 19th-century composers. Alkan is not always brilliant but he is never less than interesting. The performances here help a lot - they are uniformly excellent. Would definitely recommend Alkan, and this collection in particular, to the curious music fan.

[@tawnlr6664]

@@sanguinefan1734 thank you so much for your reply! I agree with a lot of what you say...I also think Alkan is up there with Liszt and Chopin, each of them having their diff strengths and in the case of Alkan, it's inventiveness and breadth. Probably exhausted the possibilities of the piano more than any other piano composer, sometimes to a less than pleasant effect but always thought-provoking.

[@user-lj1sc9bs4t]

彼の最高傑作と呼べるop15やop33、op76などのピアノ作品、その他にもヴァイオリンやチェロのソナタの驚異的な作品、他にも傑作は多くありますがそれらを聞いても貴方がリストやショパンよりも下と言えるか気になる所です。 少なくとも私は彼らと同格と評価しますし、その2人よりも優れた部分を見るならば勿論彼らよりも上と判断します。 ですがそもそも論どちらが上かなんて非常にどうでもいい話で、どちらも素晴らしい作曲家と思うならどちらが上かなんて話は誰かの尊厳を傷付けるだけです。

[@sanguinefan1734]

@@user-lj1sc9bs4t I couldn't disagree with any of that (assuming my Google Translate is accurate!) I have since listened to Alkan's organ music on CD and other works of his on Spotify. Of the three composers, Liszt, Chopin and Alkan, I probably enjoy Chopin most of all. But, as you say, it is invidious to classify any one of them as the best. It just seems odd to me that Alkan is still pretty unknown. I have listened a lot to other neglected 19th century composers like Louis Spohr. While they wrote lovely music their omission today from the list of greats does not seem strange at all. An awful lot of stuff from that period, not just Spohr's, is just banal and rightfully forgotten (IMO). But Alkan!?

[@vallou18]

Quite a discovery! And a wonderful one at that! I have shared this link with 3 pianists friends already.

[@tomjohn8733]

Very innovative, I never considered myself a pianist, until now, as I never learned now to read, so I just improvise. But listening to ALKAN has broaden my horizons. Beautiful! Thank you

[@carlosgustavomunozrodrigue3960]

Charle-Valentin Alkan o Morhange. Contemporáneo de Chopin y en consecuencia de List, así lo dice Wikipedia. Pero, es muy evidente al oído su estilo tan romántico, propio de la época. Me gustaría que fuera tomado en cuenta en el repertorio de los pianistas y por supuesto en las salas de concierto. Gracias por compartir esta grabación. PS. Encuentro que este hombre fue y sigue siendo muy interesante e intenso. A todos recomiendo leer el documento en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan. Un saludo a todos.

[@grupiano]

This video needs more views... Alkan's works are amazing, yet horribly hard to play 😂

[@user-fu6tt8qq4v]

아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤

[@erixoliver]

Listened to this in one go and gotta say I'm impressed by the pieces 😊. Many mean comments here that are really not fair 😞

[@albahernandez4596]

Una musica muy dulce y relajante . Un verdadero disfrute para el alma.Graciaspor compartirla. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@weslund9306]

This is new for me. What is this mysterious music and why was it never shared with me before?

[@jannisopel]

Never heard 16:55 ? That is awesome. I'd like to listen to it for the first time again.

[@oliviobertolini88]

The best interpretation on Grand Sonata i ever heard, bravo !

[@alokmishra9503]

Nice...great music...had not heard of the composer like other folks here...better late than never...

[@piano_narratives]

Hi Alok, my piano poetry compositions might interest you as well. Enjoy :)

[@fulviopolce9785]

Queste proposte rappresentano grande serietà e rispetto per la vera conoscenza musicale. Grazie !

[@jgamez5023]

This is wonderful, thank you !

[@soistheman]

I believe 02:46:55 Les Mois Op.74 - Suite No.1 should be Le mois, Op. 74, Suite No. 4: No. 3, L'opéra

[@markusenzenhofer3197]

Grandiose Musik. Eine Bereicherung. Vielen Dank für das Sharing.

[@steveturpin4242]

Absolutely wonderful!...he is new to me. Thank you.

[@aliengrey6052]

Hi Wes, Just to let you know this music is amazing, been sent away with a gag for a week again by fb, I am watching all my good friends posts. Jack.B

[@andrewburns7625]

Damn! Wonderful like usual. I am going to need to figure out how I am going finish working on this composition if I always have your song on repeat! ✨💕💕💙💓

[@karinemanukyan8869]

необыкновенно прекрасно

[@user-jh6zv2vw4p]

Desde Barranquilla, Caribe colombiano. El perfeccionista Carlos Valentin Alkan. Desconfiaba demasiado de su creatividad, se exigiò al extremo de parecerse sòlo a sì mismo, tarea sublime pero innecesaria.

[@Firguy]

This is so nice. If only people made gentle music with dynamics like this in FLStudio.

[@ultimateampharos292]

Indeed, Firguy the Foot Fetishist from 4chan

[@piano_narratives]

Hi, my piano poetry compositions might interest you as well. Enjoy :)

[@joseeduardosimoes5811]

Just great!

[@ricardogutierrezgiraldo3346]

Gracias que bella musica,muy linda ,me da una paz

[@eddietee8875]

Amazing - Alkan on You Tube!!

[@Dylonely42]

Brilliant indeed

[@BC465]

Ohh, I like this. I'm not very familiar with Alkan's music. Fits right in with the Romantic Era--my personal favorite :)

[@teresawojcik9486]

Piękna!

[@daved217]

Beautiful, sublime, satisfying, yet still approachable.

[@minichanz]

What does that even mean?? Haha

[@mathewbrittan7581]

Malawian

[@mathewbrittan7581]

Malawi music

[@atassano2001]

Brillant!!

[@shlomotaitz3373]

Beautiful. love it.

[@masa_poeny]

アルカンは大好きだよ

[@charles-valentinalkan5681]

Where.the.hell.is.the.CONCERTO????!!!!!

[@damiangilz]

LOL killed me

[@agamaz5650]

hahaha bro

[@pleasecontactme4274]

idk man i feel for you tho XD

[@Dany715gd]

Man the symphony is hard enough

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Never have I heard “The Eentsy Beentsy Spider Variations” (16:18 ff) played with this degree of fire and sensitivity.

[@vestilagiubba6121]

I choosed him by chance. Superbe

[@seungchoi2419]

thanks!

[@BrilliantClassics]

No problem!

[@piano_narratives]

Hi Seung, my piano poetry compositions might interest you as well. Enjoy :)

[@shlomotaitz3373]

A totally new discovery

[@mariolongo7369]

Fantastic!! Me too I didn't know, new excellent discovery;)

[@agamaz5650]

congrats bro on discovering alkan

[@erixoliver]

20:51 sounds like Italian baroque 😮

[@erixoliver]

2:33:56 ward, I like this one

[@therealransu]

Alkan was Bach + Liszt

[@barrymalkin9031]

Baroque counterpoint meets Beethovenesque glissandi meets Schubertian elegance: a menage a trois made in musical heaven.

[@SamuraiSx19]

you forgot looking into the future of Debyssy, Satie and Stravinsky's rhythm experimetns)

[@GodTierComments]

1:25:19 giving off some Liszt Liebestraum no.3 vibes

[@hojoinhisarcher]

Oh dear another genius I missed before this showed on my feed.More research on wikipedia....

[@LalzJeNeSuis]

Very clean pieces that are missing : Le Chemin de Fer (Op. 27), and Le Preux (Op. 17)

[@BubuMarimba]

There is some sort of "secundity" in these pieces. Difficult to perform as they may be, they do resemble tunes of other composers a lot. Chopin, Beethoven, Grieg, you name it...

[@unstoppableboy9859]

1:13:39

[@SamuraiSx19]

uhh Trente Chants Suite Op.38 sounds fantastic in this performer's hands! my opinion. ~: that No.1 Assez vivement feels absolutely new ) I prefer it beter to Gibbon's version since it has more refined and emotional style with such good touch.

[@idrisalmamri6612]

you again, i see you on most alkan pieces, a man of culture

[@massimo5526]

Indiscusso piacere raffinato

[@incandescentaehoon.__]

와우

[@robertobordoni3554]

Música desconexa - melodia estranha - reflete os nossos tempos

[@piano_narratives]

Hi Roberto, my piano poetry compositions might interest you as well. Enjoy :)

[@tanakashigemitsu3029]

This tune sounds care my body.

[@f.p.2010]

19:32

[@user-je3gq7re1b]

Вау💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@kim73927]

3:21:21

[@eottoe2001]

Lasted 26 and 15 seconds, I didn't hear one original idea in that time. Whew!

[@타쿠로]

Who played "20ans"?

[@mcrettable]

Wow... that nocturne is Chopin but at the same time something new

[@SamuraiSx19]

not acctually. it sounds just liek that time - Chopin also was neighbour of Alkan, they played together and composed at some point of Chopin's stay in Paris, so we can't say with sureness whose influence is in that music which we call now --Chopin like sound-- just because he was promoted from that time to nowdays and has been stamped in history) so listening Alkan and saying -Chopin like- is discusssion like statment~

[@teresawojcik9486]

„Ze wszystkich dzieł Bożych najbardziej Bożą jest współpraca z Bogiem dla zbawienia dusz”. Św. Dionizy

[@pleasecontactme4274]

mere 90k views :/ cmon everyone force people to listen to alkan lol

[@armandogonella2770]

A S T I ( ITALIA )

[@zeinabigugunava2963]

შენს გაზრდა გახარებას,თავი დამანებე,სხვა სიკეთეს შენ ვერ მიზამ

[@CI-ym5hr]

What's this?

[@redstonulo]

@@CI-ym5hr georgian; it means increase your joy, leave me alone, you can't do any other good

[@n43510]

It's good that youtube expands people's exposure to music, but it's also sad, in a way, to see so many comments by people who'd never heard of Alkan. The musical riches which poured out of Europe between (say) 1650 and 1910 were so vast that many of its "lesser" lights are forgotten. Everybody has heard of Bach, Mozart and Brahms - but Buxtehude, Vincenzo Bellini, Delibes ? Not so much ... no recording company is going to make millions of dollars out of introducing people to their music ...

[@eb9389]

It is also sad that most people don't know diddly about classical music which has been around for at least 700-800 years and has stood the test of time more than any other type of music. The world in general has lost so much culture since WW II and the 1950s.

[@francit.7636]

Well, we can't remember everything, can we? However, those pieces, paintings, books, and many more things, are still here, ready to be discovered again, as they were written yesterday. Oh, btw, try Zelenka, it's very cool😉

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

underrated master, cause he was not german?

[@the_court_jester666]

Mmmh chopin was Polish, Tchaikovsky Russian, czerny and Mozart Austrian, liszt Hungarian.

[@user-kp9of7re9q]

Alkan didn’t play his piece on audiences .one of the big reason

[@jamiefaulk9427]

@@user-kp9of7re9q may be that his harmonic language was so limited and ideas lacked the adventurousness of his contemporaries.

[@zanoryxx4353]

the only thing thats missing for me is the concerto

[@vincentsmyang]

實在不喜歡音樂聽到一半冒出廣告，廣告出來的時機不能安排得恰當一點嗎？

[@Lucmercurius]

Oh I see. In many videos of Chopin's music people were bashing him and saying that Alkan was the true genius and was overshadowed by the flashy composers like Chopin,Liszt, Schumann, etc. Now I can say that Alkan was just a regular composer with no real understanding of musical language. His compositions lack fine and tasteful harmonic ideas, and his melodies are a bit dull. With all due respect to the guy and to those who like him, he was good! But he was no genius. Of course music is art, and art is subjective. But man, there's a reason why he is not regarded as one of the greats.

[@davidanderson9664]

too many ads

[@ludgeraxelcenvinento2949]

Ads is fun

[@agamaz5650]

adblock bro

[@lunchmind]

Franz Liszt "afraid to play ..." doubtful.

[@OrangeSodaKing]

Dana Franchitto That claim has been romanticized over the years... Liszt did comment that Alkan had the finest technique he'd ever seen, though.

[@lunchmind]

Yes he did say that.adn with good reason, I'm sure.

[@felorobotoscope]

Yes, I mean, his most difficult pieces aren't much represented here (etudes like Le Preux for instance).

[@OrangeSodaKing]

Borodin To be honest, I think pieces like Le Preux and Scherzo Focoso are not very high quality, compared to most of his output. Maybe Yui Morishita will make a great recording of Le Preux and breathe new life into it, since he is the greatest Alkan pianist in my opinion.

[@felorobotoscope]

When you say " not very high quality " you mean in terms of your appreciation of the piece and not the difficulty of execution, right ? In that case I might agree about Scherzo Focoso but I do like Le Preux. I agree abouy Morishita, the man's skills are insane and he's the only one to my knowledge who can play the most difficult pieces at the intended tempo. I also do like Hamelin's interpretations on some pieces and Ringeissen's recording of the op.35 etudes.

[@pleasecontactme4274]

mhh maltempo played quasi faust significantly better...i think this pianist needs to work more on the interpretation

[@MrFredericF]

Des compositions fades et d'un profond ennui .

[@matheusmunizduarte]

Omg, this guy had ADHD in the fingers!! It's too fast!

[@kitbuiz]

A magnificent interpretation of the first performer - and, as if hit on the head, a disgusting game of the second. Starting with the "symphony", it is impossible to listen. In general - like

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Not very original to just copy Chopin.

[@rawmilk1770]

Wow who's this guy😃 I presume it's a man. Better not be a woman lol

[@literaltrash460]

bruh you right there

[@pubgplayer1720]

Wannabe Chopin that adds in octaves everywhere.

[@p-y8210]

Well he was one of the few people that chopin respected.

[@kpokpojiji]

@@p-y8210 Alkan and Chopin lived side by side, I believe at the Place Saint Georges in Paris. In any case they were very close friends, and it is obvious that Georges Sand, referencing her letters, was very fond of Alkan. Apparently he and Chopin both had great senses of humor and would often attend the cabarets together. A great example of this, which I believe is posted on youtube, is Alkan's hilarious Funeral March for a Parakeet, which he wrote at the death of Rossini's beloved pet bird. Got it- kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4LGnnWLmJWCh8U

[@W0lfman0]

Some of the worst compositions I have ever heard. There is a reason no one plays this composer.

[@belcanto1691]

You need to re-evaluate your definition of beauty, or perhaps it does not exist? In any case, you are a fool.

[@Inubiz]

Sounds too much like everyone else to be honest. There's a reason nobody plays him. That first song sounds like he took too much from chopin. Even tho rachmaninov in his early years sounds like an incarnation of chopin, this guy went so far as to sound note by note like other composers.

[@eb9389]

When it comes to good, classical music which has stood the test of time, hundreds and hundreds of years, you are obviously, musically illiterate, like so many other people in 2019!

[@agamaz5650]

what the fffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

[@agamaz5650]

i played him lol