COMPANY: Rubicon
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Charles-Valentin Alkan

Product: 5065002228956

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On April 29, 1844, Alkan returned to the stage at the Salle Erard in Paris after a six-year absence. Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Weber were on the program, but also four of Alkan's latest compositions. Two of these can be heard in Andrew Yiangou's remarkable recital - the Nocturne op. 22 and the Saltarelle in E minor op. 23. The heart of the program is the misleadingly titled Sonatina in A minor, op. 61. It is a large-scale sonata with enormous technical challenges. Busoni claimed that Alkan was one of the five greatest composers for piano since Beethoven, alongside Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms. Alkan certainly discovered unheard sounds imbued with a disturbing power and explored the darker shades of human experience. Andrew Yiangou's program offers a fascinating insight into the musical world of one of the most enigmatic composers of the 19th century.

Sonatine op. 61; Grande Etude pour les mains separees et reunies c-moll op. 76 Nr. 3; Nocturnes op. 22 & op. 57 Nr. 2; Saltarelle op. 23
+Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Alkan: Siciliano aus Flötensonate BWV 1031