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Charles-Valentin Alkan +••.••(...)) was an enigmatic French virtuoso, a peer of Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Franck. Alkan spent almost his entire life in Paris, much of it as a recluse, composing some of the piano's most difficult and disturbingly powerful music. His 25 Preludes, Op. 31, were published "pour Piano ou Orgue" in 1847, dedicated to Mme. James Odier. (Louise Odier was the wife of a horticulturist in Bellevue, near Paris. A rose was named for her in 1851. Alkan dedicated his 1857 cello sonata, Op. 47, to James Odier. One wonders if James played cello and Louise played piano...very well!) While some of the Preludes are decidedly pianistic, many are perfectly playable on pipe organ or harmonium as well. The 15th Prelude, "Dans le genre gothique," bears the tempo marking "Assez vite et avec beaucoup de grâce," and seems equally suited to the célesta. This keyboard instrument was invented in 1886 by Auguste Mustel, son of Parisian harmonium pioneer Victor Mustel. The distinctive sound is created by hammers striking tuned steel bars set over wooden resonators; it caught the imagination of Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Chausson, Holst, Bartok and Richard Strauss. This célesta is owned by Grace Cathedral in San Francisco—a building very much in the Gothic style—where we were able to film thanks to the music staff and the head verger. Performed by Michael Hendron; recorded 29 June 2011. In the early 20th century, the Mustel firm built several large art-harmoniums with a célesta played on a second keyboard: please see my video of the Vesper by (Alphonse) Mustel.
Isidor Edmond Philipp Georges Mathias Frédéric Chopin Friedrich Kalkbrenner Camille Saint Saëns Stephen Heller Carl Czerny Beethoven Théodore Ritter Ritter Franz Liszt Claude Debussy Lamoureux Anton Rubinstein Rubinstein Charles Valentin Alkan Pall John Corigliano César Franck New York Philharmonic 1863 1883 1888 1890 1893 1896 1901 1921 1933 1934 1940 1955 1958
Isidor Edmond Philipp (first name sometimes spelled Isidore) (2 September 1863 – 20 February 1958) was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue of Jewish Hungarian descent. He was born in Budapest and died in Paris. Isidor Philipp studied piano under Georges Mathias (a pupil of Frédéric Chopin and Friedrich Kalkbrenner) at the Conservatoire de Paris and won First Prize in piano performance in 1883. Other teachers included Camille Saint-Saëns, Stephen Heller (a pupil of Carl Czerny, one of Beethoven's students) and Théodore Ritter (a pupil of Franz Liszt). At the Conservatoire, he met fellow student Claude Debussy. They remained lifelong friends, and Philipp often played his compositions. After Debussy's death, Philipp was regarded as the leading authority on his piano music. After graduating from the Conservatoire, Philipp commenced a career which took him to various European countries, and he was a regular performer at the Colonne, Lamoureux and Conservatoire concerts in Paris. He was able to hear concerts, recitals or master classes by many of the leading pianists of the day, including Liszt and Anton Rubinstein. He knew Charles-Valentin Alkan and was a pall-bearer at the latter's funeral in 1888; he subsequently edited many of Alkan's works for republication. In 1890, Philipp formed a trio with Loeb and Bertelier which toured for about a decade. He revived the Société des Instruments à Vent from 1896 to 1901. However, he eventually curtailed his concertizing, as he found lasting satisfaction in teaching. He returned to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a pre-eminent professor of piano from 1893 to 1934, one of the youngest ever appointed to that institution. From 1921 to 1933, Philipp was also the head of the piano section at the American Conservatory of Fontainebleau, which became famous for starting the careers of many notable American composers. His home in Paris contained many ancient and unusual instruments and other musical artifacts. When the Nazis entered Paris in World War II and Philipp fled to the United States in 1940, the Nazis confiscated the contents of his apartment. During the war, he taught piano in New York and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. While he was in New York, he gave recitals with the violinist John Corigliano, Sr. (Corigliano was the longtime concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic). After the war, he spent the rest of his life between New York and Paris. Philipp married once but he obtained a divorce shortly afterwards. On 20 March 1955, aged 91, he played the piano part in both Saint-Saëns' D minor Sonata and César Franck's Violin Sonata in New York, returning to Paris a year later. He gave his farewell recital at the age of 92, in Paris. He died there in 1958 after a fall on the Paris metro. He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. (Wikipedia) Please take note that the audio AND sheet music ARE NOT mine. Feel free to change the video quality to a minimum of 480p for the best watching experience. Original audio: Julian Zalla (@Gamma1734) ((http•••) Original sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/Album_Leaf_(Philipp%2C_Isidor) (Theodore Presser, 1901)
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British pianist Mark Viner continues his complete Alkan-cycle with the 4th volume, containing one of the most extraordinary piano works of the 19th century, the Symphony for piano solo. It is one of Alkan’s most darkly impassioned conceptions, its declamatory rhetoric, passionate outbursts and towering climaxes all bound by a tightly organised structure. The sometimes ten note chords, thick, chordal tremoli and volleys of double octaves create a truly symphonic sound spectrum. Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): (http•••) More Information: (http•••) Composer: Charles Henri Valentin Alkan Artist: Mark Viner (piano) The latest volume in a revelatory Alkan series from an English pianist with a string of critically acclaimed albums of rare repertoire from the Golden Age of the piano virtuoso to his credit. Perhaps the most enigmatic figure in the history of music as a whole, let alone the 19th century, Charles-Valentin Alkan remains one of the most intriguing and alluring names among the pantheon of pianist-composers. According to Franz Liszt, Alkan possessed the finest technique he had ever seen yet preferred the life of a recluse. The outstanding masterpiece of the album is the ‘Symphonie’ for solo piano which Alkan drew from his set of 12 Studies Op. 39. It opens with an Allegro which is one of the composer’s most darkly impassioned conceptions, in which declamatory rhetoric, passionate outbursts and towering climaxes are all bound by a tightly organised structure. The piano writing is distinctly orchestral in nature, hence the ‘symphonic’ designation, demanding that the intrepid soloist make his or her way through towering conglomerations of sometimes ten note chords, thick, chordal tremoli and volleys of double octaves: only fully accredited virtuosi need apply! The Symphonie is placed on this album as the climax to a sequence of grand marches conceived on a similarly grand scale. They include the Three Cavalry Marches Op.39, which find Alkan at his most concise, in the Berliozian No.1, his most eccentric (the trio of No.2) and whimsical (No.3). Like them, the Marche funèbre Op.26 bears witness to Alkan’s ability to channel a latent and, at times, menacing power through material of the slightest substance. The following Marche triomphale Op.27 is a massive, swaggering affair, in contrast to the ruminative melancholy of the opening paraphrase Op.45 on a poem by Legouvé set in a cemetery and cast in Alkan’s most elegiac vein. A profound sadness also inflects the opening section of the composer’s ingenious instrumental setting of Psalm 137, ‘By the waters of Babylon’. Social media: Facebook: (http•••) Spotify: (http•••) Brilliant Classics: Facebook: (http•••) Spotify: (http•••) Instagram: (http•••) TikTok: (http•••) Tracklist: 0:00:00 Salut, cendre du pauvre!, paraphrase, Op. 45 0:08:19 Super flumina babylonis, paraphrase, Op. 52 Trois marches quasi da cavalleria, Op. 37: 0:14:31 I. Allegro molto 0:19:37 II. Allegro vivace 0:24:11 III. Allegro 0:29:05 Alleluia in F Major, Op. 25 0:31:39 Marche funèbre, Op. 26 0:40:08 Marche triomphale, Op. 27 12 Etudes dans tous les tons mineurs, Op. 39, nos. 4-7 ‘”symphonie”: 0:45:05 I. 1er Mouvement. Allegro moderato 0:55:41 II. Marche funèbre. Andantino 1:01:38 III. Menuet 1:07:18 IV. Finale. Presto Spotify Playlists: Most Popular Piano Classics: (http•••) Top 50 Rachmaninoff: (http•••) Best Piano Music: (http•••) Peaceful and Relaxing Piano Music: (http•••) Beautiful Piano Nocturnes: (http•••) Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Alkan and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. (http•••) #Alkan #Paraphrases #Marches #Symphonie #Solo #Piano #Classical #Music #PianoClassics #BrilliantClassics #MarkViner
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