‘Alkan demonstrates his brilliant understanding of this form in the first movement of the Symphony (the fourth Study). The structure of the piece is as perfect, and its proportions as harmonious, as those of a movement in a symphony by Mendelssohn, but the whole is dominated by a deeply passionate mood. The tonalities are so carefully calculated and developed that anyone listening to it can relate each note to an orchestral sound; and yet it is not just through the sonority that the orchestra is painted and becomes tangible, but equally through the style and the way that the polyphony is handled. The very art of composition is transformed in this work’. - José Vianna da Motta (Portuguesse pianist, composer, teacher and one of the last pupils of F. Liszt)
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‘Alkan demonstrates his brilliant understanding of this form in the first movement of the Symphony (the fourth Study). The structure of the piece is as perfect, and its proportions as harmonious, as those of a movement in a symphony by Mendelssohn, but the whole is dominated by a deeply passionate mood. The tonalities are so carefully calculated and developed that anyone listening to it can relate each note to an orchestral sound; and yet it is not just through the sonority that the orchestra is painted and becomes tangible, but equally through the style and the way that the polyphony is handled. The very art of composition is transformed in this work’.
- José Vianna da Motta (Portuguesse pianist, composer, teacher and one of the last pupils of F. Liszt)
8:38 my favourite bit in all Alkan pieces really. The musically and technical difficulty in this very ending is amazing, really.
It is unfairness that few people have heard of Alkan.
And even less attempt to play Alkan
@@SCRIABINIST Ja.
@@SCRIABINIST why do i see u commenting on every underrated piece
My favourite interpretation od this Alkan's masterpiece! Thank you very much!
Wow this is brilliant! I need to look more into Alkan
I was just watching one of your videos!
Beatiful piece and performance!
Ayy my favourite piece of Alkan’s
Meu caro amigo vc pretende abrir um canal de Discord só para tratar e compartilhar músicas???
não acho que é necessário, um outro canal chamado BeMusical já criou um servidor, tu pode achar o link na descrição dos vídeos dele.
Noice 👍