About Charles-Valentin Alkan
Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30 1813–March 29 1888) was a Jewish French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His compositions for solo piano include some of the most fiendishly difficult and physically demanding ever written, and performers who can master them are few and far between. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life.
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25 Preludes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, Op. 31: No. 8 La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer: Lentement
Recueil de chants, Op. 65: No. 6, Barcarolle
Premier Nocturne, Op. 22
48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 1: No. 1, La vision
Sonate de concert en mi majeur pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 47: III. Adagio
Scherzo diabolico, Op. 39, No. 3
3 Grandes etudes, Op. 76: III. Mains reunis
Nocturne in B major, op. 22
25 Preludes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, Op. 31: No. 12 Le temps qui n'est plus: Andante
48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 4: No. 42, Petit air a 5 voix
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