Top 100 Composers: Charles-Valentin Morhange Alkan
As seems to be the case with many people, judging by accounts I've read online, I 1st learned of Alkan through his being championed by pianist Raymond Lewenthal - specifically from his "Funeral March for a Papagallo" record. It was love at 1st hearing! Since then, I've listened to everything I've been able to find (using my preferred method of used recording browsing & looking at the library). I've even picked up some scores - knowing that probably even the simplest one will be too difficult for me.
If I weren't stunned enough by the phenomenal virtuosity of "Grande Sonate pour Piano - Les Quatres Ages de la Vie", the "Three Grande Studies for the hands separately and reunited" would be enough to push me over the edge permananely. To think that there're pianists capable of playing the left-hand part alone (THANK YOU Ronald Smith!) is mind-boggling.
When multiple times are given separated by semi-colons (";") it's because I have multiple recordings & I'm giving the times of each. - November 9, 2017 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
"Concerto da Camera in A Minor" - Op. 10 No. 1 (1832) - 14:14
"Concerto da Camera in C Sharp Minor" - Op. 10 No. 2 (1834) - 7:33
"Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux dans le Genre Pathétique" - Op. 15 (1837) - 29:56
"Troise Etudes de bravoure - Scherzi" - Op. 16 (1837) - 19:06
"Carnaval" (from 'Les Mois', Op. 74 Book 1 No. 2) - (1838) - 1:14
"Promenades sur L'eau" (from 'Les Mois', Op. 74 Book 2 No. 3) - (1838) - 2:34
"Gros Temps" (from 'Les Mois', Op. 74 Book 4 No. 1) (1838) - 5:01
"Trois Grandes Etudes pour les deux mains separées et rénies" - Op. 76 (1839) - 38:42
"Nocturne No. 1 in B" - Op. 22 (1844) - 6:30; 5:06 [see the score below]
"Gigue" (from Op. 24) - (1844) - 1:41
"Alleluia" - Op. 25 (1844) - 2:40
"Marche Funèbre" - Op. 26a (1844) - 10:34
"Marche Trimphale" - Op. 26b (1844) - 4:24
"Preludes" - Op. 31 - 5:39
"La Chanson de la Folle au Bord de la Mer" - Op. 31 No. 8
No. 11 "Petit Rien" (1847) - 4:38
"Le Temps qua n'est Plus" - Op. 31 No. 12 (1847) - 1:29
"Cantique des Cantiques" (No. 13 of 'Preludes", Op. 31? APPARENTLY NOT?) - 2:07
"J'Ais Endormie, mais mon Coeur Veillait" - Op. 31 No. 13 (1847) - 25:56
No. 15 "Dans le Genre Cothique"
No. 16 "Assez Lentement"
"Quasi-Faust" (2nd movement from Grand Sonate) - Op. 33 (1847)
"Grande Sonate pour Piano - Les Quatres Ages de la Vie" - Op. 33 (1847) - 38:39 [see the score below - note the abundance of 128th notes!]
"Allegro Barbaro" - Op. 35, No. 5 (1848) - 2:35
"Etude in A-Flat" Op. 35 No. 8 (1848) - 5:25
"Marche" (No. 1 from 'Trois Marches', Op. 37) (1857) - 5:01
"Assez Vivemént" - Op. 38, No. 1 (1857) - 3:58
"Allegretto" ("Fa") (from 'Trente Chants", Op. 38 Book 2) (1858) - 2:07
"12 Etudes in Minor Keys" (Op. 39) (1857)
"Nos. 1, 2, 3" (Op. 39) (1857) - 4:16, 6:35, 3:47
"Symphonie" (No. 4, 5, 6, 7 of Op. 39) (1857) - 21:39
"Étude No. 8 - Concerto" - Op. 39 (1857) - 28:02
"Étude No. 9 - Concerto" - Op. 39 (1857) - 12:21
"Étude No. 10 - Concerto" - Op. 39 (1857) - 9:21
"Étude No. 11 - Ouverture" - Op. 39 (1857) - 14:57
"Le festin d'Ésope" - Op. 39 No. 12 (1857) - 8:48
"Salut, Cendre du Pauvre!" - Op. 45 (1856) - 8:40
"Minuetto all Tedesca" - Op. 46 (1857) - 4:47
"Sonate de Concert" - Op. 47 (1857) - 38:22
"Petit conte" (Little Tale) - (1859) - 3:52; 3:32
"Le Tambour bat aux champs" (The Drum Beats in the Fields) - Op. 50 No. 2 (1859) - 4:38
"Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un pappagallo" (Funeral March for a Papagallo) - (1859) - 8:20
"Sonatine" - Op. 61 (1861) - 15:30; 18:20; 19:14; 18:05
"Esquisses" Op. 63 (1861) - 10:19
"La Vision" - Op. 63 No. 1 - 2:49
"Le Staccatismo" - Op. 63 No. 2 - 1:07
"Les Cloches", Book 1 No. 4 - :44
"Le Frisson" (Thrill) No. 7 - 1:48
"Increpatio", Book 1 No. 10
"Les Soupirs", Book 1 No. 11 - 1:40
"Barcarollette" (Little Barcarolle) No. 12 - 1:17
"Le Premier Billet Doux", Book 4 No. 20
"Morituri te Salutant", Book 2 No. 21
"Héraclite et Démocrite" (Heraclitus and Democritus) Op. 63 No. 39 - 2:02
"Les Enharmonuiques", Book 4 No. 41
"Les Diablotins" - Op. 63 No. 45 - 2:50
"Scherzetto" (Little Scherzo) Op. 63 No. 47 - 2:16
"En Songe", Book 4 No. 48 - 1:09
"Delire", Book 5 No. 29
"Prière - Op. 64, No. 8 (1861) - 3:21
"Barcarolle" - Op. 65 No. 6 (1866) - 2:34; 3:41
"Barcarolle" (from 'Trente Chants', Op. 70 Book 5 No. 6) (1872) - 4:30
"Toccatina" - Op. 75 (1872)
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