Alkan's Etude Op. 39 No. 1 "Comme le vent"

[steinwayguy]

Has to be one of the worst pieces of "music" I've ever heard. Just a bunch of mindless marathoning around the keyboard.

[klavierkonzerte]

i actually like it and find it very benefecial, i only worked on the first page thou.

[JP]

I like it a lot!  Not my favorite of Alkan's works, but still a great piece.

[Mozartian]

Ugh yeah, that piece.. ugh.
Some of alkan's music I really like though, I love his symphony for piano.

[donjuan]

Ugh yeah, that piece.. ugh.
Some of alkan's music I really like though, I love his symphony for piano.

I feel the exact same way!  I dont like Comme Le vent, but that Symphony is beautiful.. Le Festin de Aesop is also great!  However, I always prefer to listen to rather than play the music.  Whenever I follow along in the sheetmusic with recordings, I just get a headache.
donjuan

[Regulus Medtner]

I like that etude a lot, I find it quite amusing (to listen to!) and I think that it actually has something to say musically (not a very common trait among etudes). Of course, it only works at the insanely fast speed it's supposed to be played. I like Jack Gibbons interpretation, which i own.

[JP]

If only Hamleling could record it..