Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 9, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Ken Iisaka wrote: > 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 spellbinding performance Ken... of really terrifying music...Steve > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information