Charles-Valentin Alkan: Nocturne in B Major op. 22

[spadasa]

Alkan on a Roland FP4:

[johnmar78]

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

[thalbergmad]

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

[ahinton]

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

[spadasa]

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.