Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a brilliant set of Alkan LPs released by EMI in the late 70s. Now available on CD... http://www.amazon.com/Alkan-Piano-Works-Ronald-Smith/dp/B0000CE7FF Steve On 9/10/07 01:00, "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org> wrote: > Must be something to do with Hamburg. My piano was made in Hamburg, > and the piano I covet too was made in Hamburg. > > Just as I like my cameras made in Solms. > > However, as for composers, I have been intrigued by an obscure French > composer who was a contemporary of Chopin and Liszt. The name is > Charles-Valentin Alkan, and was a prodigious virtuoso, and his > capabilities are evident in his compositions. > > I am so intrigued by his compositions that I even had the nerve to > play one in front of people with my very amateur hands: > > Alkan Etude in g# minor, Op.39 No.8, performed at the Van Cliburn > International Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth, Tx, > on June 3, 2007 > > http://stream.luxmedia501.com/?file=clients/cliburn/ > Iisaka_Full_Final.wmv&type=wmv