Hamelin plays Alkan - Concerto for solo piano 3rd Mvt (2007 recording)

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Analysis: EXPOSITION 00:02 - Introduction, in the "wrong key" of D Major. Shifts a semitone down to C# Major 00:09 - Theme 1 in F# Minor, sharp and slightly ominous in nature. Features quick trills, and razor-sharp accents 00:22 - "Tutti" section in F# Minor. Polyrhythms, syncopations, and grace notes create a slight challenge in this passage 00:36 - Solo passage in D Major based on Theme 1, although more optimistic and with a gentle sense of humor. Shifts to Bb Major in 00:50 01:05 - Theme 2 in the relative major of A. Lyrical and elegant in nature 01:47 - Twirling, almost dizzy transition, featuring extended use of 3-against-2 rhythm 02:03 - Theme 3 in A Major. Light and bouncy, with the trills being based on Theme 1. Shifts to C# Minor and features a new melody at 02:16 02:43 - Theme 3 but with gigantic chord trills. The leap technique is more amplified than before 02:57 - Transition with brilliant fingerwork on both hands 03:24 - Return of "Tutti" in D Minor DEVELOPMENT 03:38 - Introduction but lower by an interval of a third 03:45 - Theme 1 in D Minor. Steadily rises, causing more tension 04:26 - Transitionary passage, with a lone but beautiful melody in the right hand and ominous murmurs of Theme 1 in left hand RECAPITULATION 05:46 - Introduction, again in D Major 05:54 - Right where we would expect Theme 1 to enter, Theme 2 enters instead in the parellel major of F# 06:09 - Theme 1, combined with elements of Theme 2 06:23 - No Tutti passage this time. Instead is a chopinesque cascade that to me, sounds like quiet sobbing that slowly dies away 06:32 - 05:02 06:43 - Transitionary octaves that sound pretty modern for its time 06:56 - Theme 4 in F# Minor. Sparkles added everywhere. One of the most difficult passages in all of Romantic Literature, with extremely delicate textures, uncomfortable fingering, large left hand leaps, all while trying to balance the 3-against-2 rhythm. (Hamelin plays the left hand an octave higher in 07:15, creating an even more sparkling effect) 07:24 - Flowing, dreamy transition, with voices added to the left hand in 7:27 (Although Hamelin doesn't seem to bring this out as much) 07:37 - Tutti plays in the subdominant of B Minor, with the melody in the bass, giving it a mysterious, unsettling atmosphere 07:50 - A brilliant solo in F# Major that combines both the Tutti and Theme 1 08:05 - Transition based on the introduction CODA 08:13 - Theme 1, with the downbeat repeatedly playing on the lowest C# on the piano 08:25 - The infamous con brio passage. As if Theme 4 wasn't already difficult by itself, Alkan adds octaves on every downbeat in the left hand. (The left hand octaves themselves are based on an inversion of Theme 2) 08:56 - A majestic octave passage, combing 6:43 with elements of 07:50 09:14 - Pentatonic scale (although Hamelin here plays it as a glissando) cascading down to a F# chord ends the piece.

@Varooooooom Жыл бұрын

7:15 I love that he made the LH go even an octave higher!!!

@teodorb.p.composer Жыл бұрын

Who needs drugs when there is alkan! This is one of the best pieces ever writted, Alkan used all his creativity, intelect and soul when he was composing this. And this performance is the best one, it's the peak of Hamelin's carrer!