ALKAN : A Symposium (1992) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
1. Rondo Brillant Op.4 12:51
Ensemble – Morhange Ensemble
Piano – Christine Stevenson
2. Deuxième Concert Da Camera Op.10, In C Sharp 7:36
Ensemble – Morhange Ensemble
Piano – Anthony Goldstone
3. Pas Redoublé For Wind Band 2:30
Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
Ensemble – Leicestershire Schools Band
4. String Quartet In F Minor (Fragment) 0:20
Ensemble – Morhange Ensemble
5. Etz Chajjim 2:01
Choir – The Kentish Opera Singers
Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
6. Les Regrets de la Nonnette 3:37
Piano – Ronald Smith
7. Halelouyah 1:33
Choir – The Kentish Opera Singers
Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
8-15.     Petits Préludes Sur Les Huit Gammes Du Plain-chant
Organ – Nicholas King
16-17. Beethoven: Concerto En Ut Mineur Op.37 (Première Partie). Transcription de Concert Pour Piano Seul Avec Cadence
Piano – Thomas Wakefield
18. Marcia Funebre Sulla Morte D'un Papagallo 9:12
Bassoon – William Waterhouse
Choir – The Kentish Opera Singers
Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
Oboe – Alison Turnbull, Hazel Todd, Rachel Porter
19. Siciliano, From Flute Sonata In E Flat BWV1031 2:48
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano – Penny Loosemore
Transcription By – Charles-Valentin Alkan
20. Prélude En Mi Majeur Op.66 No.1 1:28
Organ – Nicholas King
21. Bombardo-Carillon For Pedal-Piano, 4 Feet 5:30
Piano [4 Hands] – Caroline Clemmow & Anthony Goldstone

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN : Organ Works 1 (Kevin Bowyer) (2007) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
1. Benedictus, Op. 54    8:53
2-7. 12 Études D'Orgue Ou De Piano À Pedales Pour Les Pieds Seulement, Nos. 1–6.    (18:09)
8-19. 11 Grands Préludes Et 1 Transcription Du Messie De Hændel, Op. 66    (49:51)
Credits :
Organ [Organ Of Blackburn Cathedral] – Kevin Bowyer

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN : Organ Works 2 (Kevin Bowyer) (2007) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
1 Pro Organo    2:20Ensemble – Morhange Ensemble
2-7 12 Études Pour Les Pieds Seulement, Nos. 7–12    (21:20)
8-19 11 Pièces Dans Le Style Religieux, Et 1 Transcription Du Messie De Handel, Op. 72    (50:00)
Credits :
Organ [Organ Of Blackburn Cathedral] – Kevin Bowyer

ALKAN : Piano Works (Ronald Smith) 2CD (2002) Serie Double ƒƒorte | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
CD1 : 1-4. Grande Sonate Op.33 « Les Quatre Âges » (43:26)    
5-8. 4 Études ([From] 12 Études Dans Tous Les Tons Mineurs, Op.39)
 9.  La Chanson De La Folle Au Bord De La Mer, Préludes 4:21
10. Allegro Barbaro, 12 Études Dans Tous Les Tons Majeurs 2:33
CD2 : 1-4. Sonatine, Op.61    (18:16)
5-7. Trois Grande Études Pour Les Deux Mains Séparées  (38:41)
 8-10. Trois Études De Bravoure, Op.16 (Tre Scherzi)    (19:41)
Credits :
Piano – Ronald Smith
Front cover: Adolph von Menzel (1895-1905) – A Weekday in Paris (Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf/AKG, London)

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN : Symphonie Op. 39 · Overture · Two Études (Bernard Ringeissen) (1990) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The monumental Symphonie, orchestral in conception, yet idiomatically written for the piano, is in four movements. True to the promise of the title of Opus 39, each is in a different key. The massive first movement is in C minor and is followed by an F minor Funeral March, with a gentle lightening of mood in an F major Trio section of particularly unexpected charm, before the slow tread of the march is resumed. The third movement Minuet moves to the darker key of B flat minor and is more of a Scherzo in mood, with touches of Ländler, contrasted with a lyrical central G flat major Trio, to be recalled briefly as the movement comes to an end. The finale, in E flat minor, described by the American pianist Raymond Lewenthal as a ride in Hell, is impelled relentlessly forward, its thematic material providing scope for contrapuntal exploration. This dazzling and demanding movement provides a conclusion of sufficient weight and brilliance to balance what has gone before, in a work of subtle cyclic unity.

The eleventh study, an Ouverture in the key of B minor, opens with a brief prelude, followed by sombre dotted rhythms, a fleeting reminder of the musical language Schumann found fitting for the majestic Cathedral of Cologne, melting into a much gentler mood, a simple theme, simply varied. An Allegro follows, based on three contrasted themes, the last in a darker mood, the material from which what follows is constructed. The Ouverture ends in B major with a final section that opens with a figure associated with the hunt and proceeds to a final affirmative reference to the opening of the Allegro.

Opus 39 opens with an A minor study under the title Comme le vent (Like the Wind), a tour de force for any performer, demanding, as it does, an extreme of speed. Although of relatively short duration, its structure corresponds to traditional sonata form, with a contrasting second melody emerging from the swirl of notes. It is followed by a study En rythme molossique (In Molossian Rhythm), in form a rondo, in the key of D minor, moving to D major, and dominated by the rhythm of the title. There is a return to the minor mode in a brief and hushed postscript. The two studies offer formidable difficulties to a performer, but are truer to the title of Opus 39 than much that follows. naxos
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
1-4. Études From Douze Études Dans Les Tons Mineurs, Op. 39    
        Symphony, Op. 39 Nos. 4 - 7
5. Ouverture, Op. 39, No. 11
6. Comme Le Vent, Op. 39, No. 1
7. En Rhythme Molossique, Op. 39, No. 2
Credits :
Piano – Bernard Ringeissen
Cover: Notre Dame (1850) (Topographikon)