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 in A minor, op. 39 no. 1 “Comme le vent”
    4:44
  2. 2.
    Étude in D minor, op. 39 no. 2 “En rythme molossique”
    7:59
  3. 3.
    Étude in G minor, op. 39 no. 3 “Scherzo diabolico”
    4:31
  4. 4.
    Étude in C minor, op. 39 no. 4: Symphony for solo piano: I. Allegro moderato
    10:19
  5. 5.
    Étude in F minor, op. 39 no. 5: Symphony for solo piano: II. Marche funèbre: Andantino
    6:58
  6. 6.
    Étude in B‐flat minor, op. 39 no. 6: Symphony for solo piano: III. Menuet
    5:40
  7. 7.
    Étude in E‐flat minor, op. 39 no. 7: Symphony for solo piano: IV. Finale: Presto
    4:18
  8. 8.
    Nocturne in B major no. 1, op. 22
    6:37
  9. 9.
    Étude in F major, op. 35 no. 5 “Allegro barbaro”
    2:41
  10. 10.
    Recueil de Chants Book I, op. 38: No. 1. Largement, quoique assez vif in E major
    4:03
  11. 11.
    Prélude in G-flat major, op. 31 no. 13: J’était endormie, mais non cœur veillait
    3:01
  12. 12.
    Le staccatissimo, op. 63 no. 2
    1:15
  13. 13.
    Les cloches, op. 63 no. 4
    0:49
  14. 14.
    Les soupirs, op. 63 no. 11
    1:45
  15. 15.
    En songe, op. 63 no. 48
    1:14
  16. 16.
    Les Mois, op. 74 no. 10: Gros temps in F major
    2:26
  17. 17.
    Recueil de Chants Book III, op. 65: No. 6. Barcarolle in G minor
    3:56
  18. 18.
    Prélude “La chanson de la folle au bord le la mer”, op. 31 no. 8
    4:45
  19. 19.
    Prélude “Le temps qui n’est plus”, op. 31 no. 12
    1:29

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Étude in G-sharp minor, op. 39 no. 8: Concerto for solo piano: I. Allegro assai
    29:48
  2. 3.
    Étude in C-sharp minor, op. 39 no. 9: Concerto for solo piano: II. Adagio
    11:56
  3. 4.
    Étude in F-sharp minor, op. 39 no. 10: Concerto for solo piano: III. Allegretto alla barbaresca
    10:17
  4. 5.
    Étude in B minor, op. 39 no. 11: Overture
    14:59
  5. 6.
    Étude in E minor, op. 39 no. 12: Le Festin d’Esope
    9:17

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