Alkan: Piano Works
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Composer: Charles AlkanPerformer: Ronald Smith
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Petit Conte
- Nocturne No.1, Op.22
- Gigue, Op.24
- Marche, Op.37 No.1
- Le Tambour Bat Aux Champs, Op.50 No.2
- XXIX: Delire
- XI: Morituri Te Salutant
- XX: Le Premier Billet Doux
- IV: Les Cloches
- XLI: Les Enharmoniques
- X: Increpatio
- XI: Les Soupirs
- XLVIII: En Songe
- Toccatina, Op.75
- IV: Allegro
- V: Marche Funebre (Andantino)
- VI: Menuet
- VII: Finale (Presto)
- I: Assez Gravement
- II: Andantino
- III: Menuet
- VIII: Allegro Assai
- IX: Adagio
- X: Allegretto Alla Barbaresca
- Maestoso -
- Allegro
- XIII: (Cantique Des Cantiques)
- XV
- XVI
- XI
- XII
Music reviews of Alkan: Piano Works
Music Review: Rare collection of music, dry academic interpretation
Rating: 3 Stars
Approaching this set after hearing Hamelin's Symphony and Concert for Piano Solo was rather disappointing...
With all the respect to the work Ronald Smith has done for making the personality and the music of Alkan more popular, this recording brings to us dry, academic piano playing, with wooden and frozen tempos which allow to satisfy the technical demands of the music with the given technical abilities of a pianist, very dull and sometimes boring, and of course, lacking any thrill of virtuosity which is so much required in Alkan's music interpretation. Everything is played correctly and clean, but it does not move anywhere, and more technically demanding is a piece, more you feel it. The Concerto and the Symphony for Piano Solo are especially disappointing....
The good things about the set is the rarity of the pieces collected in it and the bargain price. The sound is also good.
For true virtuoso pianism which is so much in need in Alkan's music, and for breathing and expressive interpretations I would still recommend Hamelin recordings, even though their price for single CD is about 2 times higher than the cost of this double set. This recording I would recommend mostly for those interested in Ronald Smith himself.
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