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Favorite?

No. 1 "Comme le Vent"
1 (50%)
No. 2 "En rythme molossique"
0 (0%)
No. 3 "Scherzo Diabolico"
0 (0%)
No. 4 (Piano Symphony mvt. 1)
0 (0%)
No. 5 (Piano Symphony mvt. 2)
0 (0%)
No. 6 (Piano Symphony mvt. 3)
0 (0%)
No. 7 (Piano Symphony mvt. 4)
0 (0%)
No. 8 (Piano Concerto mvt. 1)
0 (0%)
No. 9 (Piano Concerto mvt. 2)
0 (0%)
No. 10 (Piano Concerto mvt. 3)
1 (50%)
No. 11 "Ouverture"
0 (0%)
No. 12 "Le Festin d'Esope
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 2

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Topic: Alkan's Op. 39 "12 Etudes in the Minor Keys" -- favorite and hardest?  (Read 996 times)

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Perhaps Alkan's most influential and well-known set of works (certainly his most difficult).
Between these 12 Etudes, which are your favorites and which do you believe are the hardest?
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