12 Études, op. 39

Album by Charles‐Valentin Alkan & Jack Gibbons

12 Études, Op.39 is a set of twelve piano études by French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, published in 1857. The collection spans all major keys and is characterised by extreme technical demands, broad contrasts of texture and tempo, and a consolidation of Alkan's idiosyncratic blend of Romantic virtuosity and contrapuntal complexity within his piano output.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Étude no. 1: Comme le vent
    4:44
  2. 2.
    Étude no. 2: En rythme molossique
    7:59
  3. 3.
    Étude no. 3: Scherzo diabolico
    4:31
  4. 4.
    Étude no. 4: Symphony: I. Allegro
    10:19
  5. 5.
    Étude no. 5: Symphony: II. Marche funèbre
    6:58
  6. 6.
    Étude no. 6: Symphony: III. Menuet
    5:40
  7. 7.
    Étude no. 7: Symphony: IV. Finale
    4:18
  8. 8.
    Nocturne in B (op. 22)
    6:37
  9. 9.
    Allegro barbaro (Études, op. 35 no. 5)
    2:41
  10. 10.
    Assez vivement (Chants, op. 38 no. 1)
    4:03
  11. 11.
    J’était endormie, mais non coeur veillait (Preludes, op. 31 no. 13)
    3:01
  12. 12.
    Le staccatissimo (Esquisses, op. 63 no. 2)
    1:15
  13. 13.
    Les cloches (Esquisses, op. 63 no. 4)
    0:49
  14. 14.
    Les soupirs (Esquisses, op. 63 no. 11)
    1:45
  15. 15.
    En songe (Esquisses, op. 63 no. 48)
    1:14
  16. 16.
    Gros temps (Les Mois, op. 74, 1st suite no. 2)
    2:26
  17. 17.
    Barcarolle (Chants, op. 65 no. 6)
    3:56
  18. 18.
    La chanson de la folle au bord le la mer (Preludes, op. 31 no. 8)
    4:45
  19. 19.
    Le temps qui n’est plus (Preludes, op. 31 no. 12)
    1:29

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Étude no. 8: Concerto: I. Allegro assai
    29:48
  2. 2.
    Étude no. 9: Concerto: II. Adagio
    11:56
  3. 3.
    Étude no. 10: Concerto: III. Allegretto alla barbaresca
    10:17
  4. 4.
    Étude no. 11: Overture
    14:59
  5. 5.
    Étude no. 12: Le Festin d’Esope
    9:17

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