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Topic: Alkan - Symphonie, Marche Funebre  (Read 3493 times)

Offline ronde_des_sylphes

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Alkan - Symphonie, Marche Funebre
on: April 16, 2006, 06:04:29 PM
Slow movement from Alkan's Symphonie.

Live recording, Edinburgh 2005.
Piano: Steinway Model D.

I'd welcome any comments on this recording; I'm not 100% happy with it, but it would be interesting to see what people think about it.
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Offline tompilk

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Re: Alkan Symphonie, Marche Funebre (comments please!)
Reply #1 on: April 19, 2006, 09:35:00 AM
great performance! I'm glad someone is playing some Alkan in the audition room... ive been having a go at some but all the good stuff too difficult (op 35, 39 and Grande Sonate).
Oh well, this one sounds like an easier one of them - more than the fourth movement! Well done though... it sounds proffessional! Really! The wrong note right at the beggining didnt help... but lol i guess you know about that!!!
Fantastic... well done... you play the first theme with more staccato than I've heard previously but i really like it!
Tom
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Re: Alkan Symphonie, Marche Funebre (comments please!)
Reply #2 on: April 22, 2006, 11:55:58 PM
bravo!  :D

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Re: Alkan Symphonie, Marche Funebre (comments please!)
Reply #3 on: April 23, 2006, 03:14:41 AM
Pretty good.  Thanks for posting. :)
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Re: Alkan - Symphonie, Marche Funebre
Reply #4 on: May 03, 2006, 05:01:54 AM

Hey, I really liked the piece! Good job and thanks for posting it.


Cheers

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Offline ronde_des_sylphes

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Re: Alkan - Symphonie, Marche Funebre
Reply #5 on: December 10, 2006, 01:15:12 PM
Here's another recording of the piece (seeing as debating Alkan's merits seem to be topical, heh).

Video rather than mp3; from recital given last month.



Again, I'd appreciate comments.
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Info and samples from my first commercial album - https://youtu.be/IlRtSyPAVNU
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