Charles V. Alkan - Etude Op 76 No 3

Charles v. Alkan - Etude in C minor , Op 76 , No. 3
Bogdan Czapiewski - Piano
--Bogdan Czapiewski was born in 1949 and studied the piano with Zbigniew Śliwiński at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk and with Jan Ekier at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. As a scholarship recipient of the Kościuszko Foundation, he also worked under György Seboka at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. Bogdan Czapiewski was a finalist in several international piano competitions, including the 1975 Busoni Competition in Bolzano, 1975 Viana da Motta Competition in Lisbon and 1976 Montreal Piano Competition. In 1987 he was awarded the Grand Prix de Disque Liszt at the international recording contest in Budapest. He has recorded extensively in Poland, Germany, Belgium, France and Japan. His latest solo recording of piano sonatas by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Serocki received the highest prize awarded by the Polish Phonographic Academy, The Fryderyk. He has toured Europe, Asia, North America and Australia and appeared on the world's most prestigious concert stages, including those of Paris, Zurich, Geneva, Copenhagen, Brussels and St Petersburg. He currently serves as professor of piano at the Academy of Music in Gdań

[@valerieheinderyckx4506]

Du très haut niveau...de la belle ouvrage. Merci infiniment.

[@vova47]

I think "Thank you for smoking!" cover emphasize fearless and defiant character of this wonderful pianist, previously unknown to me, but already beating the hell out of version of much better known Hamelin. The piece taken at more reasonable tempo swings and reveals its musical qualities, rather than just mechanical exercise, which I am sure was Alkan's intention. If this piece is any indication, Pan Czapiewski is a Major Talent and I thank you for letting me discover him.

[@micheldvorsky]

Thanks for posting this. According to the Alkan Society website, this is the earliest recording of 76/3 (1983).

[@lflarry1]

Outstanding!!!

[@vova47]

Yes, and the piano obviously loves him back!!

[@f1f1s]

C'est formidable!
J'aime cette belle seizième á 02:48! D'ores et déjà je vais la jouer comme Czapiewski!

[@acerb4566]

Fantastique! *****

[@4candles]

Now this is a real rarity - one for the true Alkan enthusiast! Great post!
I know what everyone means about the musicality of this piece, but I have to disagree. To create excitement and tension and drama out of a piece where much of the writing is unison is no easy feat and I think the way Alkan has written the melody line does makes it a musical experience...

[@PaulRx4]

Thanks for correcting me,betwwen age, bad spelling and memory
am lucky i got close, should have checked it out. His LP with the red cover was a favorite, ahead of it time for sure, it taught me not
to ignore composers i did not know about.PS I loved the " "Thank you for smoking!" cover!!!!! great stuff

[@koralgol5]

I think you should upload a minor etude by Liszt from this record.

[@PaulRx4]

I love it also, really good and i have heard many great Alkan players including Ronald Smith, and Jerome Lowenthal an early pioneer of Alkan. There is room for different
approaches since even the composer played his own works in different ways, even
played some on Organ and the other way around, he would have loved Moog I think.

[@otterhouse]

Hilarious bad sleeve design, but very good performance of the Alkan Etude! Good sound too!
Rolf

[@micheldvorsky]

Raymond LEWENTHAL was an early pioneer of Alkan. Not Lowenthal! :)

[@matthew1722]

I prefer this version to M.A. Hamelin's interpretation. Hamelin plays it so fast that the harmonies are obscured.