Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan
Performer: Kevin Bowyer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0031
Release: 2007
Size: 264 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Alkan: Pro organo
Alkan: 12 Organ Etudes
02. No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor: Allegro
03. No. 8 in D Minor: Energicamente
04. No. 9 in D Major: Moderato
05. No. 10 in D Major: Moderato
06. No. 11 in F Minor: Adagio
07. No. 12 in C Major: Tempo giusto
Alkan: 11 Pieces dans le style religieux et un transcription du Messie de Handel, Op. 72
08. No. 1 in C Major: Tempo giustissimo
09. No. 2 in A Major: Andantino
10. No. 3 in D Minor: Quasi-adagio
11. No. 4 in G Major: Assez doucement
12. No. 5 in D Minor: Lentement
13. No. 6 in B-Flat Major: Majesteusement
14. No. 7 in F Major: Molto moderato
15. No. 8 in A Minor: Assez vite
16. No. 9 in E-Flat Major: Assez lentement
17. No. 10 in D Minor: Moderement
18. No. 11 in A Minor: Dolcemente
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
19. Part I: Pastoral Symphony
In the last three decades the staggeringly original piano music of Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–88) has emerged from the darkness that had surrounded it over the previous century and today features regularly in recital programmes. But Alkan’s music for organ – much of it initially conceived for the now obsolete pedal-piano – is no less powerful and imaginative, although little of had been recorded before Kevin Bowyer began this survey. His first recording of this repertoire drew ecstatic reviews from the critics; this second instalment (of three) offers music and playing of equal quality.