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I know what you mean, and you have to just ignore those people... That's the internet for you; you'll find that anywhere.

But I greatly encourage you to play something by Alkan there are countless wonderful small works that would not aggravate your tendinitis.

I will have a listen through some tomorrow and let you know if I think I can do one. I'd like to get involved if I can.

i found a seemingly simple one called la visions which i'll give a crack if no one minds - i'll have a go when i have a piano to play and see if it doesn't turn out too bad

I want to be sure that everyone knows the Op.39 No. 4 still is up for grabs. Due to recording uncertainties I haven't committed to it. Even if I had committed to it, and if another pianist were to want to do it, I would be happy to step aside and record a different Alkan work!


M.

Wow, I see someone's doing the full Concerto and a movement from the Sonata. Can't wait to hear how he does with that. From what I've heard of him playing it, it sounds pretty good.

Orange Soda King:
-Barcarolles, complete (Op. 38, 65, 67, 70, Esquisse Op. 63, No. 12 "Barcarollette" )
-Various Preludes, Esquisses, Chants, and Impromptus (to be decided upon later)
-Etudes Op. 35 Nos. 3, 5 (I'm gonna ditch 11 for now)

WinsomeAllegretto:
-Prelude in A flat minor Op. 31, No. 8 "La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer"

Dwscamel:
-Esquisse Op. 63, No. 8 "Pseudo-Naivete"

wr:
-Menuet Op. 51, No. 2

Alkanaut:
-Barcarolle Op. 65, No. 6

Sorcerer88:
-Troisième recueil de chants Op. 65
II. Espirits follets, prestissimo
III. Canon
V. Horace et Lydie

MarkH
-Le Tambour bat aux champs (Esquisse) Op. 50bis.

kapelli
-Petites Fantaisie Op. 41, No. 1

D. S. F.
-Concerto for Solo Piano Op. 39 Nos. 8-10 (wow!)
-Grande Sonate Op. 33, III. 40 ans

Renjer: I can put you down for the Menuet (from Symphony) Op. 39, No. 6?

TheHappyMoron: should I put you down for "La Vision" (No. 1 from Esquisses Op. 63)? I think when you get ahold of a piano, you could work it up into recording shape really quickly.

Btw, just reminding, it's perfectly fine for multiple people to play the same work.

Yes, of course. I'll try to do the best I can (though, still making many slips here and there).

I would also have to submit my piece early, unfortunately, because I will be going off on a trip on the 3rd week of October. And then I'll have very little chance to play the piano.

An early submission is okay, Renjer. And I'm sure you will play it just fine.

Have a great trip, too!

OSK, is there is going to be a place to put in a little program note or comment about the piece(s) we submit?

I'm tempted to do Festin d'Esope. I think in the past couple years I've gotten my nerves sorted out enough to consider playing something like this. I'm performing Mozart K. 488 on November 23rd though, so it's a question mark.

Hmm... that is something I will think about how to best do over the next few days. For now, let's say that when you send me the recording, type a little something to go along with it, and I'll have figured out the best way to present that along with their respective recordings.



You should try it! A couple of the variations are really nasty, but I've seen some of your previous videos and think you could do it. Good luck with the Mozart, too. Your performance date is a day before my birthday! (My 21st, I may add.)

So I pulled out my old, beaten Lewenthal edition of "The Piano Music of Alkan," which opens with Festin d'Esope, and listened to him play it again. Unbelievable tempo, great characterization, some surprising misreadings considering what a labor of love his Alkan edition was, but no matter. Then I turned to the inner cover and discovered where Marc-Andre Hamelin had signed it for me at Oberlin. I'm sure he would have wanted me to play this.

Hey guys!! How's everything for this shaping up?

In the next day or two, I'll do some test recording to see how things sound.

Besides the minuet listed for me, I'll probably also do Désir, and the Andantinetto, which is the second of the op. 70 Chants (that's the piece with two simultaneous time signatures(!) - 2/4 in the upper staff and 3/4 in the lower). I'll have a better idea after doing the test runs.

I've a few recorded; a lot left to go wr, it's definitely good to see you be affirmative; given where you were last year How about you, OSK?
Xxx

When is the deadline? The end of this month, right? I can probably record a little something. Any suggestions for good Alkan miniatures that aren't insanely fast finger-twisters?

The 25th prelude from Op. 31 is really good, as well as the 49th Esquisse from Op. 63. If you want something a notch or two above that, how about the first Chant from Op. 38 first suite?

FSO, it's coming along well so far.

Nicholas has already recorded a few good takes of the Barcarolle, we are going to have a couple more recording sessions and then we'll pick the best one. The WAV file is about 80MB. OSK, would you like me to convert it to MP3? I can send you the link to the audio file at my Google Drive when it is ready.

Alkanaut, you can send me either the WAV file or the MP3 file. I can work with either format.