Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries / Viner
Details
- Composer
- Charles Henri Valentin Alkan
- Artist
- Mark Viner
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Piano Classics
- Released
- Jan 05, 2024
- Catalog #
- PCL10275
- UPC
- 5029365102759
About
Mark Viner’s survey of the complete solo piano music of Alkan continues to turn up discoveries and reveal previously little-known or misunderstood sides of a protean figure in late French romanticism. Viner himself regards Alkan as ‘the most enigmatic figure in the history of music as a whole’.
The sixth volume of his survey focuses not on the grand cycles which have won this series such uniformly glowing reviews, but on sketches and miniatures which demonstrate Alkan’s capacity to charm as well as astound and dazzle his listeners. All these pieces are further illuminated, as before, by his own comprehensive booklet notes. Several of them will be unfamiliar to all except the most dedicated of Alkan connoisseurs.
One of the better known pieces included here, the Toccatina Op. 75, can be counted among Alkan’s finest shorter pieces for the piano, demanding phenomenal dexterity and lightness of touch. At the other end of the expressive scale, Désir is a little fantasy, one of Alkan’s most homely-sounding miniatures, yet still colored by his characteristic use of the ninth.
Tracklist 17 tracks
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1 Petit conte 04:02
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Petit conte
- Duration
- 04:02
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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2 Pour Monsieur Gurkhaus 01:11
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Pour Monsieur Gurkhaus
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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3 Jean qui pleure 03:22
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Jean qui pleure
- Duration
- 03:22
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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4 Jean qui rit 04:41
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Jean qui rit
- Duration
- 04:41
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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5 Toccatina, Op. 75 01:48
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Toccatina, Op. 75
- Duration
- 01:48
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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6 Désir 04:02
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Désir
- Duration
- 04:02
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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7 Capriccio alla soldatesca, Op. 50 06:47
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Capriccio alla soldatesca, Op. 50
- Duration
- 06:47
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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8 Le tambour bat aux champs, esquisse, Op. 50bis 04:03
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Le tambour bat aux champs, esquisse, Op. 50bis
- Duration
- 04:03
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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9 Fantasticheria 03:47
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Fantasticheria
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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10 Chapeau bas 08:01
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Chapeau bas
- Duration
- 08:01
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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11 No. 1. Ma chere liberte 04:10
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 1. Ma chere liberte
- Duration
- 04:10
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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12 No. 2. Ma chere servitude 04:58
- Track
- 12
- Title
- No. 2. Ma chere servitude
- Duration
- 04:58
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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13 Quasi-caccia, Op. 53 05:30
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Quasi-caccia, Op. 53
- Duration
- 05:30
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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14 Le chemin de fer, Op. 27 05:02
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Le chemin de fer, Op. 27
- Duration
- 05:02
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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15 No. 1. Assez gravement 05:04
- Track
- 15
- Title
- No. 1. Assez gravement
- Duration
- 05:04
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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16 No. 2. Andantino 05:33
- Track
- 16
- Title
- No. 2. Andantino
- Duration
- 05:33
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner
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17 No. 3. Menuet 06:09
- Track
- 17
- Title
- No. 3. Menuet
- Duration
- 06:09
- Composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Performer
- Mark Viner