Alkan: Concerto pour piano seul, Esquisses, Toccatino & Étude alla barbaro
10/18/2019, 13 Tracks, 1:12:46
Featuring
Schaghajegh Nosrati
Charles Valentin Alkan
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Recording & Production
This album was recorded in November 2018 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin Dahlem.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording is a Bösendorfer, serial number 508744.
Performer Biography
Pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati achieved her international breakthrough in 2014 by winning Second Prize at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig.
Compositional Technique
Alkan's Concerto pour Piano Seul, featured on this album, takes the unique approach of a concerto for solo instrument and orchestra where the pianist plays both parts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Alkan, like Beethoven and Bach, tended to push the piano and the performer to their limits in his compositions.
Critical Reception
Alkan's Concerto pour Piano Seul was long considered unplayable, similar to Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata, and was rarely performed publicly.
Composer Biography
Charles-Valentin Alkan, the composer, was born in 1813 and died in 1888.
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