Gibbons plays Alkan En rythme molossique Op.39 no.2

Jack Gibbons plays Charles-Valentin Alkan's En rythme molossique, no. 2 of 'Douze Etudes dans les Tons Mineurs' (Twelve Studies in the Minor Keys), Alkan's magnum opus, published in 1857.
Correction: the captions at 5:39 at 6:15 wrongly state that Alkan's grave is located in the Père Lachaise cemetery. It is in fact located (as the map at 6:24 shows) in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.
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[@multch2006]

One of my favourite pieces from Alkan. Great performance too.

[@gideonperkins7836]

I love Alkan so much. It's such a shame nobody knows him since he was kind of outshined by Chopin and Liszt. Well that and the fact that he was a social recluse who never performed.

[@agamaz5650]

same

[@WD_GX]

I feel the same, but he did perform in his early life, and also before he died

[@JackGibbonsHQ]

Many times! I think it's a wonderful piece.

[@agamaz5650]

ikr i dont get how anyone can hate on alkan.....

[@fishingtrio7823]

@@agamaz5650 They can not hate on Alkan, they can only be vary jelous on him.

[@aakarshitsingh1535]

I too think this is a masterpiece

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

@@aakarshitsingh1535 yes

[@nicholasfontana4747]

My favorite of the etudes. What magnificent tone quality.

[@SimonPiano42]

What a hypnotic piece.. i've listened to this a dozen times or so in a row now. it's strange, i've known this piece for a while, but only now it has grown on me. that might be the fantastic performance, what a power you put into it! amazing music.

[@agamaz5650]

da da da da daaaa, da da da da daaaa,

[@markusenzenhofer3197]

This is incredible!

[@progrocker69]

Getting one of these Alkan uploads from you in my sub list is always a special treat. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@OrangeSodaKing]

LOVE the rhythmic drive.

[@agamaz5650]

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[@doffoffo]

beautiful piece

[@agamaz5650]

Jack Gibbons you are an absolute legend, thanks for the best Alkan recordings by far, sound quality is perfect as well

[@asad9934]

las mejores interpretaciones de Alkan son siempre de Gibbons, esta pieza es magnifica .

[@샤를-발랑탱-알캉]

I love this video

[@aakarshitsingh1535]

Same

[@Jamric-gr8gr]

@Cziffra György Me 2

[@Querdenker-Traumgefaehrte]

Wunderbar gespielt! Ein bemerkenswertes Video! Danke.

[@4candles]

It's always great to hear this work again. Have you often performed this work in concert?

[@hugonoble]

so much music to discover, like alkan, dussek, henselt, rubinstein, and most of all famous pianist in todays music is stuck in only one place for many years playing the same: beethoven, shubert, ects...

[@TempodiPiano]

Why do you like Alkan, Mr. Gibbons? It's a technic challenge but doesn't he "basic"? Well, I really love these Etudes and the Symphony.

[@jakehouston3377]

Nicolas Messina “basic”?

[@LMDAFL]

"basic"

[@vittoriaoliva8924]

bravo!

[@nicholas72611]

Pano Pouroullis Most of Alkan's pieces are verrrrry hard to play and some pieces (Le Preux) are so hard that there are no known recordings of them. I would say you would need fantastic technique to play most of his pieces.

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

L E G E N D A R Y

[@christopherwineholt9165]

Pano Pouroullis From my wrists to my elbows I'd be sore for usually about two days at a time, but there's never been permanent damage.

[@1333x_x]

Expected gibbons to play instead of a person.

[@glum_hippo]

Jackgibbons are not like jackrabbits. I'm sorry you were misled.

[@tuyettrang1411]

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