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Title: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Nocturne in B Major op. 22
Post by: spadasa on August 08, 2013, 08:28:44 PM

Alkan on a Roland FP4:

Title: Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Nocturne in B Major op. 22
Post by: johnmar78 on August 09, 2013, 10:26:09 AM

excellent work.

Artistic impression 8/10; rhythm and ditation 9/10. technical impression 8/10
Actually I prefer you set you camera a closer to your hands on the piano next time ;D

Title: Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Nocturne in B Major op. 22
Post by: thalbergmad on August 11, 2013, 08:50:49 PM

Very nicely done. I used to struggle cleanly playing the little right hand run in 6th's.

Excellent work that rarely gets an airing.

Thal

Title: Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Nocturne in B Major op. 22
Post by: ahinton on August 11, 2013, 08:58:54 PM

Quote from: thalbergmad on August 11, 2013, 08:50:49 PM

Very nicely done. I used to struggle cleanly playing the little right hand run in 6th's.

Excellent work that rarely gets an airing.

Indeed - even in these days when Alkan's work in general is vastly better known than was the case 30 years ago, there remain areas of the fascinating output  of this composer that are insufficiently well represented.

Best,

Alistair

Title: Re: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Nocturne in B Major op. 22
Post by: spadasa on August 11, 2013, 10:23:42 PM

Johnmar78, Michael and Alistair, thanks for the feedback!

Michael, that 6th passage is indeed quite tricky. I'm still far from satisfied with my performance of it.