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Offline ronde_des_sylphes

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Alkan for Halloween
on: October 31, 2020, 02:56:18 PM
One of the oddest pieces within the oeuvre of a notoriously eccentric composer!

Home recording from yesterday.



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Offline outin

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Re: Alkan for Halloween
Reply #1 on: November 02, 2020, 05:01:09 PM
Thanks! What a cute little piece :)

Offline thirtytwo2020

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Re: Alkan for Halloween
Reply #2 on: November 03, 2020, 08:37:28 AM
Scary  ;D

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Re: Alkan for Halloween
Reply #3 on: November 03, 2020, 02:10:44 PM
Glad you both liked it, I think it's pretty appropriate for the day in question!
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Offline quantum

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Re: Alkan for Halloween
Reply #4 on: November 04, 2020, 01:39:58 PM
Very interesting piece! Thanks for sharing.
Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach

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Re: Alkan for Halloween
Reply #5 on: November 06, 2020, 11:02:41 PM
Thanks. This entire set of 49 (!) miniatures, the Esquisses, is well worth looking at.
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