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With opus numbers. Op. 1, Variations on a theme from Steibelt 's Orage concerto in E major (1828) Op. 2, Les omnibus, variations in C major (1829) Op. 3, Rondoletto Il était un p'tit homme in A major (1833) Op. 4, Rondo brillant in A major (1833) Op. 5, Largo al factotum, air du Barbier de Séville arrangé en rondo brillant (1833, lost)
Portrait by Édouard Dubufe. Charles-Valentin Alkan[ n 1 ][ n 2 ] ( French: [ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃]; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in ...
Concerto for Solo Piano (Alkan) Concerto for Solo Piano ( French: Concerto pour piano seul) is a 3-movement solo piano piece written by Charles-Valentin Alkan. The pieces are part of a 12 piece cycle entitled Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (12 Studies in the Minor Keys), published in 1857 (although it may have been written some years ...
The Symphony for Solo Piano is a large-scale romantic work for piano composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan and published in 1857.. Although it is generally performed as a self-contained work, it comprises études Nos. 4–7 from the Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (Twelve Studies in All the Minor Keys), Op. 39, each title containing the word Symphonie (French: Symphony).
Esquisses. (Alkan) Esquisses (Sketches), Op. 63, is a set of 49 short piano pieces by French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan and published in 1861. The pieces are divided into four books; the first pair of books and the last pair each comprise between them pieces in each of all the major and minor keys. Book 4 ends with an extra, unnumbered ...
Comme le vent (Like the wind) is the first of the Études in the minor keys, Op. 39 for solo piano by the French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan. It is in A minor. The tempo marking is prestissimamente (= 160), and the unusual 2 16 time signature further encourages a fast performance. Its continuous triplet melody evokes a tarantella, and has a ...
Charles-Valentin Alkan wrote 25 preludes for solo piano or organ in 1844; they were published as his Op. 31 in 1847. These preludes span all 24 major and minor keys, plus an additional 25th prelude in C major. [ 1]
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