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Stephen Hough's French Album - works by Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure et al. / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for piano no 6 in D flat major, Op. 63; Improvisation...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough presents an enchanting program of French music, played with the filigree perfection and total command of the music's expressive world that make him...continue...

Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano, etc / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-07-01

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7; Salut, cendre du pauvre!, paraphrase for piano in B flat major, Op. 45; Alleluia, for piano in F major, Op. 25; Super flumina...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"Alkan's 'Symphony' for solo piano is far more difficult to bring off than Marc-Andre Hamelin makes it sound... He steamrollers through the scherzo, which is...continue...

Alkan & Magnard / Stephanie McCallum

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1998-03-01

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7; Chanson de la Folle Au Bord de la Mer, prelude for piano in A flat minor (Préludes dans tous les ton; Albéric Magna...
Performers: McCallum, Stephanie

During the period of almost exactly one hundred years between Alkan's birth and Magnard's death, each composer was both nurtured and neglected by the city...continue...