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Topic: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [[UPDATE: BETTER RECORDING!!]]  (Read 2333 times)

Offline orangesodaking

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***UPDATE***
Better recording here! Deleted the old video.

This is Charles-Valentin Alkan's "Zorcico," a slow dance in 5 meter. I hope you enjoy!

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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #1 on: March 19, 2015, 11:38:40 PM
Lovely, if a little stripy. ;D

Have somehow missed this one before, so very pleased to make it's acquaintance. Are you doing the full 3?
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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #2 on: March 20, 2015, 01:18:16 PM
It sounds badass, I'm glad to have heard this one. Btw above poster used the wrong "it's/its"

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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #3 on: March 20, 2015, 02:16:01 PM
It sounds badass, I'm glad to have heard this one. Btw above poster used the wrong "it's/its"

Maybe he/she posted from a smart phone or tablet, and autocorrect erroneously changed it, as happens to me all the time with my iPhone.

But thank you for the comment! It's a very quick learn.

And j_menz, sorry, what do you mean by "the full 3?"

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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #4 on: March 20, 2015, 11:05:03 PM
Hmm... a quick initial serach suggested this had been recorded by Bernard Ringeissen and was part of Alkan's Op 32(2) being of three pieces - as per here.

Further research reveals Wikipedia's list of compositions shows it as without opus number and completely separate from Op 32(2) (which is indicated as having 4 pieces in it) - see here.

Seems I confused myself, and in the course of that, you.   :-[
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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #5 on: March 21, 2015, 05:20:44 PM
I see now. I've always seen it listed as without an opus number. Op. 32 contains two books of four impromptus each, eight total.

There is another piece called "Reconciliation" Op. 42, even rarer than this one (no recording exists, and Mark Viner is the only pianist I know of to have even performed it), and the middle section goes into 5/4 and is marked "Zorcico." I'm interested to hear the piece... Maybe I should learn it?

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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #6 on: March 22, 2015, 04:25:31 PM
A weird and wonderful piece, as most of Alkan's are. Well played I think, but it's hard to judge... the sound quality is not much better than the video quality.

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Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan "Zorcico" [VIDEO]
Reply #7 on: March 30, 2015, 03:12:58 AM
Here is a better quality recording!!

https://app.box.com/s/noyymso5icwve6lro24kz2cppzlruldr
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