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PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN KURZBESCHREIBUNG A welcome and much needed tribute to the most neglected Genius of the 19th century: Charles Valentin Alkan.Charles Valentin Alkan was one of the most important pianists and pianocomposers of the 19th century, although he lived the largest part of his life in obscurity and seclusion. He was a close friend of Chopin (they were neighbours in Paris) and he was the only pianist in whose presence the great Franz Liszt was nervous to play.Alkan s works reveal a strikingly original genius, they range from the smallest miniatures to the most colossal creations, from the bizarre to the grandiose, from the intimate to the heroic.This Edition includes the major piano works: both cycles Studies in all the minor and major keys (Op. 39 and 35), the Grande Sonata, the Concerti da Camera, organ works and chamber music.Played (among others) by today's best Alkan interpreters: Giovanni Bellucci, Mark Viner and above all Vincenzo Maltempo, who received several glowing 5 star reviews for his performances: exhilarating, a revelation! REZENSION Charles Valentin Alkan has just died. It was necessary for him to die in order to suspect his existence.So read an obituary notice 130 years ago for one of the greatest pianist-composers of his, or probably any, age. Yet while the music of his great friends Liszt and Chopin is celebrated, recorded and played incessantly, Alkan remains specialist territory. Why? Sample Alkan's Op. 15 Trois Morçeaux, dedicated to Liszt (and detested by Schumann). The first begins like a Chopin Nocturne, but evolves into something Alkan evangelist Ronald Smith commented might have been designed for an extinct race of seven-fingered pianists. Then try the Op. 76 Grandes Etudes, studies for right and left hand that leave listeners (and most mortal pianists) open-mouthed at the inhuman challenges and complexity. The technical demands sometimes obscure the originality, ingenuity and sheer beauty of the music itself, and not everyone who plays Alkan is able to distil it. Fortunately the main pianist in this Alkan Edition (Brilliant Classics 95568; 13 CDS) is Vincenzo Maltempo; the recordings he made (originally for Piano Classics) are fine, and the big works like Alkan's astonishing Grande Sonate (written before Liszt's) and the Symphony for Solo Piano come off well. Mark Viner's account of the Op. 35 Etudes is another highpoint, as is Kevin Bowyer's traversal of Alkan's organ music in Salisbury Cathedral. The disc of chamber music (licensed from Naxos) is good to have, as are Alkan's three early, simpler chamber concertos from pianist Giovanni Bellucci with Italian orchestra. The other pianists here are less assured. Laurent Martin in Alkan's Esquisses isn't as fluent or colourful as Steven Osborne, and the novelty of hearing Alkan on period pianos is undermined by playing and recording. Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal. If there's an Alkan-shaped hole in your life, start here, then carry on with Smith, Osborne and Marc-andré Hamelin. But do start Alkan really deserves our attention. --BBC Music Magazine

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