Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is a new recording of Alkan Concerto (Etudes Op.39 Nos.8-10) by Marc-Andre Hamelin. Much better than his first set a number of years ago. There is also a complete set of Etudes by Stephanie McCullem, but I'm afraid it's a yawner. You have to play Alkan with gusto and cajones. I also like the recording of Concerto by John Ogdon, though a little messy. Here's the Tinyurl link to my performance in Fort Worth. http://tinyurl.com/2qww23 On Oct 8, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > 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 >