Alkan is one of the best composers. People knows him mainly for his virtuosity, but Alkan's music is more than just virtuosity, it's music full of emotion and passion + with formical and harmonic perfection!
alkan speaks in words with music--alkan is words in music--alkan isn't music fundamentally, he is stories and conversations fundamentally--his piano composing proposes stories and conversations--but his piano can't do actual music independent of stories and conversations--alkan is unique and to be treasured forever, but not as music: he is sprechen, he is spoken, he is small simple words uttered in small simple piano tropes--he is story-telling cliche--his sole interest is piano technique, hand technique, finger technique--the rest is cliche--and to pianists: he fudged technique in everything he published, never indicated how a working pianist might play what he published--very good pianists have worked out ways to play some of the more absurd material...i enjoy it, i subscribe, it's like watching super super athelets--alkan is interesting as words pretending to be music
Alkan is one of the best composers. People knows him mainly for his virtuosity, but Alkan's music is more than just virtuosity, it's music full of emotion and passion + with formical and harmonic perfection!
The Chant de Guerre is a wonderful showcase of Alkan's ability to pull some truly unique sounds out of a piano. Love it.
5:09 - ... ... ... well, ok-then. After I pull myself out of this puddle of tears...
That. was nice.
If anyone plays Alkan's music better, I have yet to hear them. Brava! Thanks for posting.
alkan speaks in words with music--alkan is words in music--alkan isn't music fundamentally, he is stories and conversations fundamentally--his piano composing proposes stories and conversations--but his piano can't do actual music independent of stories and conversations--alkan is unique and to be treasured forever, but not as music: he is sprechen, he is spoken, he is small simple words uttered in small simple piano tropes--he is story-telling cliche--his sole interest is piano technique, hand technique, finger technique--the rest is cliche--and to pianists: he fudged technique in everything he published, never indicated how a working pianist might play what he published--very good pianists have worked out ways to play some of the more absurd material...i enjoy it, i subscribe, it's like watching super super athelets--alkan is interesting as words pretending to be music
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