Alkan 11 Pièces dans le style religieux Op 72

This is the 5th instalment of the complete recording of the piano works by Charles-Valentin Alkan by Mark Viner. Viner continues his Alkan journey with the “11 Pièces dans le style religieux, Op. 72”. As extras we hear the recently discovered Étude alla-Barbaro (not to be confused with the Etude Op. 35 No. 5, Allegro Barbaro), and the A minor Etude.

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Composer: Charles Henri Valentin Alkan
Artist: Mark Viner (piano)

The latest volume in a series which is rapidly accumulating critical superlatives. Described by International Piano as ‘one of the most gifted pianists of his generation’, Mark Viner is steadily gaining a reputation as one of Britain’s leading concert pianists; his unique blend of individual artistry combined with his bold exploration of the byways of the piano literature garnering international renown.

Having set down dazzling accounts of the knuckle-breaking studies and solo Concerto, Mark Viner here shows his ability to distil the spirit of Alkan’s more intimate and spiritual works. Liszt is reputed to have said that Alkan was the only pianist before whom he felt ill at ease to perform, so daunting was Alkan’s technique. However, Alkan was a serious scholar of Jewish learning and ancient biblical texts, a preoccupation, not a pastime, that took precedence for him over music and the piano.

The atmosphere and design of this Op.72 cycle (completed in 1867) harkens back to the grave passion instilled in the earlier 25 Préludes Op.31 (1847 - PCL10189). Several of the pieces venture beyond evocations of devotion to present psychologically probing dialogues of conflict and reconciliation. From the Revivalist sturdiness of the cycle’s opening number through the inward contemplation of No.2 to the austere fugue of No.3 and beyond, Alkan continues to spring surprises on the listener, including sudden harmonic clashes which abruptly break the tonal fabric and anticipate 20th-century trends of modernism.

To the Op.72 cycle, Mark Viner adds a rarely heard Etude which Alkan originally composed for a pianistic encyclopedia compiled by his former professor. He concludes with the Etude Alla-Barbaro which was rediscovered as recently as 1996: it remains utterly arresting, unique and decades ahead of its time.

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Tracklist:
11 Pièces dans le style religieux et 1 transcription du Messie de Hændel, Op. 72:
00:00 I. Tempo giustissimo
02:53 II. Andante
08:09 III. Quasi-Adagio
12:06 IV. Assez doucement
15:40 V. Lentement
19:04 VI. Majesteusement
22:21 VII. Molto moderato
27:11 VIII. Assez vite
31:10 IX. Assez lentement
38:53 X. Modérément
43:00 XI. Dolcemente
50:00 XII. XIII. Du Messiah de Hændel. Larghetto

53:56 Etude from the Encyclopédie du pianiste compositeur
57:49 Etude Alla-Barbaro

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