Barcarolle from Op 65 :D It's quite easily sight-read in fact, a nice change :P
Yeah I've heard it, I love the sonate so much more though. I'm prepared to take it on. My favourite from the first set is number four though:...
hmm I went away for a few days and then forgot about it, so maybe I can put you back on topic now :lol: I've started learning the Grande...
Ravina is mentioned in my video. He directly copied the opening bars of the piano solo in Alkan's Concerto da camera No.1 in one of his etudes....
Indeed! How about a dicussion on how those 3 influenced each other? Or some other composers like Ravina who actually directly copied Alkan.
Ah, perhaps that's why I don't find them sweet at all, while you guys do :)
As far as I know, no. I can't remember if I mentioned in the video that he had a son, I had to cut it a bit shorter as it was getting too long,...
Thanks I'm really glad you liked it! :)
Yay :) I think the other ones are more interesting myself, or at least the music that they cover is. Nah they aren't actually called sour...
ah awesome thanks :) Oh, sweet potatoes here in new zealand are kumara's (maori name) and to me a yam is a rather sour potato actually :P
I see no deep meaning so perhaps I don't get it :P EDIT: now why can't I get the quote thingy working...
Perhaps I should've realised that this being a piano forum Alkan has probably been much discussed already. I do hope some people will watch the...
oh, terribly sorry.... :(
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a composer in the romantic period, with Chopin and Liszt, yet his music is much unknown today. If you haven't heard of...
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