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Rarieties of Piano Music at the Schloss vor Husum (Live)

7/31/2022, 15 Tracks, 1:19:06

Featuring

  • Marie-Catherine Girod
  • Clare Hammond
  • Artur Pizarro
  • Marc-André Hamelin
  • Billy Eidi
  • Kotaro Fukuma
  • Charles Valentin Alkan
  • Reynaldo Hahn
  • Déodat de Séverac
  • Mel Bonis
  • Jeanne Barbillion
  • Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
  • Fanny Hensel
  • William Alwyn
  • William Grant Still
  • William Bolcom
  • Alfredo Napoleão
  • Federico Longas

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Recording & Production

The 2022 Husum festival, which inspired this album, was held in the spirit of Charles-Valentin Alkan's 'six small concerts' from the end of his life.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Charles-Valentin Alkan, a composer on this album, was admired by Liszt and Chopin, who was his neighbor; it was rumored Liszt only felt nervous performing when Alkan was in the audience.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

A stipulation for the Husum festival concerts was that each program had to include at least one piece by Charles-Valentin Alkan, including one of his thirty Chants.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Charles-Valentin Alkan, a composer featured on this album, entered the Paris Conservatoire at age six and won first prize for solfège at seven and a half.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Husum festival of piano rarities, which held an additional short festival in June 2022 to compensate for pandemic-related cancellations.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Charles-Valentin Alkan, a composer on this album, became essentially a recluse from 1853, composing some of his most significant works during this solitary period.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

A Yamaha CFX concert grand piano was used for these recordings, chosen because the festival received "an offer they couldn't refuse."

Source: Booklet

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