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Charles-Valentin Alkan
p, key, 1813-1888 FR, Paris
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Charles-Henri-Valentin Morhange
Charles-Valentin Alkan ([ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃]; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading virtuoso pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life.
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Popular Tracks 
Recueil de chants, Op. 65: No. 6, Barcarolle on WAVES: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan by Bruce Liu Premier Nocturne, Op. 22 on Nocturnes by Michael Landrum 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 1: No. 1, La vision on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven Osborne 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 4: No. 42, Petit air a 5 voix on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven Osborne 25 Preludes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, Op. 31: No. 12 Le temps qui n'est plus: Andante on Alkan: Preludes, Op. 31 by Charles-Valentin Alkan 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 4: No. 37, Scherzettino on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven Osborne 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 2: No. 17, Petit prélude a 3 on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven Osborne 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 3: No. 25, La poursuite on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven Osborne 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 3: No. 26, Petit air on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven Osborne 48 Esquisses, Op. 63, Book 3: No. 33, Fais dodo on Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63 by Charles-Valentin Alkan & Steven OsborneTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Etudes Op. 35 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Mark Viner | 2017 | Album |
| Piano Works | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Юрий Фаворин | 2017 | Album |
| Concerti Di Camera And Solo Piano Music | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Giovanni Bellucci, Orchestra Di Padova E Del Veneto, Roberto Fores Veses | 2017 | Album |
| Chanson De La Folle Au Bord De La Mer | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Vincenzo Maltempo | 2015 | Album |
| Genius-Enigma | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Vincenzo Maltempo | 2015 | Compil. |
| Solo Piano Music | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Costantino Mastroprimiano | 2014 | Album |
| Concerto For Piano Solo | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Vincenzo Maltempo | 2014 | Album |
| Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages" / Symphonie, For Piano Solo / Le Festin d'Esope / Miniatures | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Alan Weiss | 2014 | Album |
| Oeuvres Pour Piano | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Pascal Amoyel | 2013 | Album |
| Le Festin D'Esope | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Vincenzo Maltempo | 2013 | Album |
| Grande Sonate | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Vincenzo Maltempo | 2012 | Album |
| Piano Works | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Alan Weiss, Stanley Hoogland | 2010 | Compil. |
| Sonate De Concert Op. 47 / La Lugubre Gondole & Works For Cello And Piano | Charles-Valentin Alkan / Franz Liszt - Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel | 2008 | Album |
| Cello Sonatas | Charles-Valentin Alkan & Frédéric Chopin – Alban Gerhardt, Steven Osborne | 2008 | Album |
| Concerto For Solo Piano; Troisième Recueil De Chants | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Marc-André Hamelin | 2007 | Album |
| Esquisses, Op 63 | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Steven Osborne | 2003 | Album |
| Alkan: Piano Works | Charles-Valentin Alkan | 2003 | Compil. |
| Esquisses, Op. 63 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Laurent Martin | 2002 | Album |
| Symphony For Solo Piano • Trois Morceaux Dans Le Genre Pathétique | Charles-Valentin Alkan / Marc-André Hamelin | 2001 | Album |
| Ch. V. Alkan (In 1837) | Charles-Valentin Alkan – Michael Nanasakov | 2001 | Album |
| Piano Music | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Bernard Ringeissen | 2001 | Album |
| Oeuvres Pour Piano | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Hüseyin Sermet | 2001 | Album |
| Grand Duo Concertant, Op.21 • Sonate De Concert, Op.47 • Piano Trio In G Minor, Op.30 | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Trio Alkan | 2001 | Album |
| Piano Music Of Alkan | Raymond Lewenthal, Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1999 | Album |
| The Composer-Pianists | Marc-André Hamelin, Charles-Valentin Alkan • Ferruccio Busoni • Samuil Feinberg • Leopold Godowsky • Nikolai Medtner • Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff • Alexander Scriabine • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji | 1998 | Album |
| From 12 Etudes In Minor Keys, Op. 39 | Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1995 | Album |
| Grande Sonate: Les Quatre Âges . Sonatine . Le Festin D'Esope | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Marc-André Hamelin | 1995 | Album |
| The Railway · Préludes · Etudes · Esquisses And Others | Charles-Valentin Alkan / Laurent Martin · Bernard Ringeissen | 1995 | Album |
| 12 Études Op. 39 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Jack Gibbons | 1995 | Album |
| The Transcendental Piano | Mark Salman - Charles-Valentin Alkan / Ludwig van Beethoven / Franz Liszt | 1994 | Album |
| Piano Concerto Op16 / Variations De Concert Op11 (First Recording) / Concerto Da Camera Op10/1 (First Recording) / Concerto Da Camera Op10/2 | Adolph Von Henselt / Charles-Valentin Alkan - Marc-André Hamelin | 1994 | Album |
| Sonate De Concert Pour Violoncelle Et Piano Opus 47 . Grand Duo Concertant Pour Violon Et Piano Opus 31 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Tedi Papavrami, Christoph Henkel, Huseyin Sermet | 1993 | Album |
| Etudes Opp. 12 and 76 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Laurent Martin | 1993 | Album |
| "Les Quatre Ages", Grande Sonate Op. 33 / 4 Etudes Op. 39 / La Chanson De La Folle Au Bord De La Mer / Allegro Barbaro | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Ronald Smith | 1992 | Compil. |
| A Symposium | Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1992 | Compil. |
| Egon Petri - Volume II | Egon Petri - Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni · Franz Schubert · Frédéric Chopin · Franz Liszt · Richard Wagner · Giuseppe Verdi · Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1992 | Album |
| Les Oeuvres Pour Piano Vol. 1 | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Osamu Nakamura | 1989 | Album |
| The Alkan Project: Etude | Charles-Valentin Alkan / Ronald Smith | 1989 | Album |
| Alkan - Organ Music | Charles-Valentin Alkan / Kevin Bowyer | 1988 | Album |
| Trois Grandes Etudes Op. 76 • Trois Etudes de Bravoure (Scherzi) Op. 16 | Charles-Valentin Alkan – Ronald Smith | 1988 | Album |
| Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Ages' • Sonatine | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Ronald Smith | 1988 | Compil. |
| Ronald Smith Plays Alkan Piano Music | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ronald Smith | 1985 | Album |
| The Alkan Project: Grande Sonate, Op. 33 (Les Quatre Âges) | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ronald Smith | 1983 | Album |
| Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages", Menuet, Barcarolle, Fantaisie | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Pierre Reach | 1983 | Album |
| Sonate De Concert (For Violoncello & Piano) | Yehuda Hanani & Edward Auer - Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1981 | Album |
| Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages", Menuet, Barcarolle, Fantaisie | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Pierre Reach | 1979 | Album |
| Études Op 39 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ronald Smith | 1978 | Album |
| Pièces Pour Piano | Charles-Valentin Alkan - Bernard Ringeissen | 1977 | Album |
| Brilliant Romantic Trios By Four Of The Greatest Pianists Of The 19th Century: Henselt Thalberg Litolff Alkan | The Mirecourt Trio, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Henry Litolff, Adolph von Henselt, Sigismond Thalberg | 1975 | Album |
| Grande Sonate Op. 33 | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ronald Smith | 1974 | Album |
| John Ogdon Plays Alkan -- Concerto For Solo Piano | Charles-Valentin Alkan / John Ogdon | 1972 | Album |
| Lewenthal Playing And Conducting Funeral March For A Papagallo And Other Grotesqueries Of Alkan | Raymond Lewenthal - Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1971 | Single |
| Carnet De Notes 34 | Betsy Jolas, Marcel Mihalovici, François Couperin, Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1971 | Single |
| Piano Music Of Alkan | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ronald Smith | 1971 | Album |
| Alkan - Concerto For Solo Piano | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ronald Smith | 1970 | Album |
| Piano Miniatures | Charles-Valentin Alkan, Stanley Hoogland | Album |
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