Organ Works, Volume 2
ALKAN, Charles-Valentin

Catalogue Number: TOCC0031
EAN: 5060113440310
Release Date: 03 November 2007
Duration: 73:40

11 Pièces dans le Style Religieux, et 1 Transcription, de Messie de Handel, Op. 72
12 Études pour les Pieds seulement, Nos. 7–12
Pro Organo

Kevin Bowyer, organ

In the last three decades the staggeringly original piano music of Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-88) has emerged from the darkness that 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 it 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.

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See also:

• Alkan: Organ Works, Volume 1

Track Listing, MP3 Downloads & Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
1	Pro Organo (1850) Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer Kevin Bowyer, organ (first recording)	2:20
	12 Études pour les Pieds seulement, Nos. 7–12 (c. 1869) Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer Kevin Bowyer, organ (first recording)	21:20
2	No. 7, Allegro, F sharp minor	3:06
3	No. 8, Energicamente, D minor	3:09
4	No. 9, Moderato, D major	3:27
5	No. 10, Moderato, D major	2:23
6	No. 11, Adagio, F minor	4:53
7	No. 12, Tempo giusto, C major	4:22
	11 Pièces dans le Style Religieux, et 1 Transcription, de Messie de Handel, Op. 72 (c. 1867) Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer Kevin Bowyer, organ	50:00
8	No. 1, Tempo giustissimo, C major	3:25
9	No. 2, Andantino, A major	4:38
10	No. 3, Quasi-Adagio, D minor	2:53
11	No. 4, Assez doucement, G major	3:43
12	No. 5, Lentement, D minor	3:45
13	No. 6, Majesteusement, B flat major	3:41
14	No. 7, Molto Moderato, F major	4:40
15	No. 8, Assez vite, A minor	4:06
16	No. 9, Assez lentement, E flat major	5:03
17	No. 10, Modérément, D minor	4:27
18	No. 11, Dolcement, A minor	6:36
19	Handel, Messiah, transcription Alkan: Larghetto ('Pastoral Symphony'), B major	3:03

Artists

Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer

Kevin Bowyer, organ