Alkan's "Concerto for Solo Piano" No.9, Op.39 Audio + Sheet Music 2/2

[MotoMen]

this is a perfect example of what i call "MAKE IT A LOT AND LOUDLY" style. completely void, vain, dry. if you take rachmaninow or skriabin and sieve it to get rid of all deeper emotions, the precipitate you will get will be Alkan.

[Stuart0193]

@MotoMen Really? I regard Alkan as deep as any of those composers. Just because Alkan's music might be more technically challenging doesn't mean it sacrifices any musicality.

[TheWanderingNight]

Such anguish.

[cedricrlongreen]

wow

[SlyStallone208]

I would like to ask a question: What incredible piece hasn't Hamelin played? Not only that: he plays that everything so masterfully!

[lizarthopinsky]

this is just amazing ! i enjoy hearing this soo much

[titusbeertsen]

LOL at "TUTTI" 5:00

[TheAlcolade]

are the pages mixed up at 2:46? or am I just an idiot.. thanks for uploading btw

[tomekkobialka]

@TheAlcolade Pages are mixed up, epic fail from tomekkobialka...sorry!

[Lukecash12]

And then at 5:39...

[Lukecash12]

Lmao, I soiled myself and cried again at 4:46.

[Lukecash12]

I cried my eyes out at the theme beginning at 0:58.

[thunder1909]

I love the absolutely peculiar change from 0:55 to 0:58. It dissapointed me at first, but it is truly very beautiful.

[hellomate639]

Yeah, this piece's guts aren't in the beggining.

[OrangeSodaKing]

@thunder1909 That's my favorite part. :D It's a very, very powerful climax.

[Lukecash12]

Wonderful...

[PianoManJed]

I love how Alkan ends with the loud, voracious punch on the extremes of the instrument! Typical of him...

[123eldest]

hmm ddnt enjoy this much as his other works

[mdeonx16]

Sounds like beethoven/chopin on steroids!

[PolyakovAction]

Brilliant!

[Lukecash12]

indeed.