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Piano Classics

GRANDE SONATE LES QUATRE AGES

$21.99

Details

Composer
ALKAN
Artist
Vincenzo Maltempo
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
May 05, 2012
Catalog #
PCL0038
UPC
5065001863622

About

Any new recording of Charles-Valentin Alkan is an event, which hopes to widen the public appreciation of this still unknown genius of the French Romantic period. After his unsuccessful efforts at a brilliant concert career, Alkan went into reclusion, concentrating on teaching and composing his totally unique oeuvre mainly written for piano solo. One of the greatest virtuosos of his time (even Franz Liszt was nervous to play in his presence) he wrote piano music of the most colossal proportions, scope and difficulty. This new recording by the young and extraordinarily gifted young Italian Vincenzo Maltempo brings together two of Alkan masterworks: The Grande Sonata "Les Quatre Ages" (in which Alkan musically describes the stages of a man's life, from exuberant youth to tragic old age), and the Symphonie pour piano solo, a dramatic four movement work in Classical/Romantic style. As an encore the fiendishly difficult Etude for two hands unisono, a pianistic tour de force.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. 20 ans: Très vite 06:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. 20 ans: Très vite
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  2. 2 II. 30 ans: Quasi-Faust: Sataniquement 12:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. 30 ans: Quasi-Faust: Sataniquement
    Duration
    12:42
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  3. 3 III. 40 ans: Un heureux ménage (A happy household): Lentement 13:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. 40 ans: Un heureux ménage (A happy household): Lentement
    Duration
    13:14
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  4. 4 IV. 50 ans: Prométhée enchaîné (Prometheus enchained): Extrêmement lent 08:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. 50 ans: Prométhée enchaîné (Prometheus enchained): Extrêmement lent
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  5. 5 No. 4. Symphonie I 10:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. Symphonie I
    Duration
    10:51
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  6. 6 No. 5. Symphonie II 07:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5. Symphonie II
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  7. 7 No. 6. Symphonie III 05:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 6. Symphonie III
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  8. 8 No. 7. Symphonie IV 04:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 7. Symphonie IV
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  9. 9 3 Grandes etudes, Op. 76: No. 3. Etude a mouvement semblable et perpetuel 05:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    3 Grandes etudes, Op. 76: No. 3. Etude a mouvement semblable et perpetuel
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Charles-Valentin Alkan
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo