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Nicoi Kapustin's first concert etude.
pf: Marc-Andre Hamelin
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Laurent Martin, piano
Quoted from Ronald Smith's "Alkan, The Man, The Music": "Characteristically Alkan ends his greatest collection ...
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Laurent Martin, piano
Quoted from Ronald Smith's "Alkan, The Man, The Music": "Characteristically Alkan ends his greatest collection of miniatures with an unnumbered Laus Deo (Praise to God) - a sober chorale, framed in mystery, announced and dismissed by an arresting peal of bells. What could be simpler, stranger... or more unique?"
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Second movement from the Grand Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 21
Performed by Trio Alkan (Rainer Klaas, piano and Kolja L...
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Second movement from the Grand Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 21
Performed by Trio Alkan (Rainer Klaas, piano and Kolja Lessing, violin)
Quoted from Ronald Smith's 'Alkan: The Man, The Music':
"A musical representation of the underworld that avoids melodrama or parody requires a master. Alkan heads his second movement 'L'enfer' (hell) and his plan is drastically simple. A stark prologue and epilogue in C sharp form the framework for a broader episode in G sharp. Here, high above a murmuring accompaniment, a muted yet impassioned violin melody stands in severe contrast to its chilling surroundings. The movement opens with a series of tortured chords rising from the bass of the piano. A peremptory call to attention invokes a chromatic entreaty from the violin. The process is repeated; the violin rhythm is converted into a fragile hymn tune marked 'evangeliquement' which, in turn is refashioned as the central melody 'avec la plus grande expression.' This brief illusion of hope, however, is ruthlessly shattered as the opening dissonances return, diabolically amplified. Throughout the movement Alkan's exploration of the lower register of the piano is unprecedented as can be seen from the final uncompromising bars."
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Etude No. 12 Op. 39 "Le Festin d'Esope" (Aesop's Feast)
Bernard Ringeissen, piano
Note about the performer: I chose this interpretation for...
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Etude No. 12 Op. 39 "Le Festin d'Esope" (Aesop's Feast)
Bernard Ringeissen, piano
Note about the performer: I chose this interpretation for sentimental reasons, as Ringeissen's recording of this was my first taste of Alkan's music... I realize there are better contenders like Hamelin and Gibbons, but I still admire Ringeissen's well-paced and impassioned performance.
Quoted from Ronald Smith's 'Alkan, the Man, the Music': "For his final study [of Op. 39] Alkan chose the most succinct way of summarising his technical invention by displaying it in a classically strict set of twenty-five variations on an original theme. Traditionally, the work is thought to represent various animals from Aesop's fables. Raymond Lewenthal discerns 'all manner of creeping, crawling things' within its colourful pages...
Alkan not only displays every conceivable manner of treating his theme, from the obvious to the transcendant, but he juxtaposes the complete spectrum of emotions from the naive to profound... What makes Le festin a work of outstanding genius is the tight discipline that rivets such seemingly disparate elements together... but the work is far more than the sum of its brilliant detail. As it progresses one becomes increasingly aware of darker tensions locked beneath its glittering surface. They finally break through as Alkan mounts his massive coda. Granitic, it rises up to form a great wall of sound then quickly subsides allowing the piece to end darkly, enigmatically with laconic references to its opening bars (in the bass) and a mocking leap to the final inevitable slap."
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I appreciate it. :]
<33 Tiffany
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