Alkan - The Song of the Mad Woman on the Seashore
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Label: Piano Classics
Cat No: PCL0083
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 16th February 2015
Contents
Works
Capriccio alla soldatesca, op.50 no.1Esquisses (48), op.63
Marche funebre, op.26
Marche triomphale, op.27
Minuetto alla tedesca, op.46
Petites Fantasies (3), op.41
Petits Preludes sur les huit gammes du plainchant
Artists
Vincenzo Maltempo (piano)Works
Capriccio alla soldatesca, op.50 no.1Esquisses (48), op.63
Marche funebre, op.26
Marche triomphale, op.27
Minuetto alla tedesca, op.46
Petites Fantasies (3), op.41
Petits Preludes sur les huit gammes du plainchant
Artists
Vincenzo Maltempo (piano)About
This is Vincenzo Maltempo’s 5th Alkan CD, establishing himself not only as the Champion of Alkan’s music, but as a formidable musician, a pianist of extraordinary power, sensitivity and intellect.
This Alkan recital presents some of Alkan’s quirky and eccentric works, not necessarily of epic proportions (like his 12 Etudes in the minor key Op.39), but often on a small scale, concentrating manically on a single idea, creating a hallucinatory and mesmerising effect (or simply hilarious...).
The title song, the Song of the Mad Woman on the Seashore, creates in just a few minutes and just a few notes a profound feeling of alienation. Other pieces on this fascinating disc are the Trois Petits Fantaisies Op.41, Le Tambour bat aux Champs, Laus Deo, Capriccio alla Soldatesca and Minuetto alla Tedesca.
Maltempo’s previous Alkan recordings on Piano Classics received rave reviews in the international press: “Exhilarating, a revelation” (Guardian), “9/9” (Jed Distler Classicstoday.com), “his playing flashes with summer lightning” (Gramophone), 5 star reviews in Diapason and Piano News.
Maltempo plays on a magnificent Érard Grand Piano from 1899, lending a special feeling of authenticity to his playing.
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