ピアノ作品集　ホーホランド（1858年プレイエル）

CHARLES VALENTIN ALKAN
Piano Miniatures



Stanley Hoogland, Piano Pleyel 1858

Charles Valentin Alkan (1813 1888) was a contemporary of Liszt, and he was the only pianist for whom Liszt was nervous to play, which is saying something…
Alkan, though possessing colossal pianistic qualities, never gained the fame of the more flamboyant Liszt, and he bitterly drew back from public life, becoming a recluse. He did continue to compose however, and he wrote the most virtuoso piano music imaginable, often even unplayable. Next to the large scale piano works (like a Concerto for Piano solo, and a Symphonie for Piano Solo) he wrote many miniatures, sometimes, simple and sweet, sometimes eccentric and bizar. This disc contain a selection of these works, with titles such as Le premier billet doux, Un petit rien, Le temps qui n á plus, La Chanson de la folle au bord de la mer, en Pseudo Naivité, also the title of this CD, as it characterises the music, which in its simplicity sometimes hides deep secrets.
Played on an instrument from Alkan´s time, a beautiful Pleyel grand piano, with great knowledge and feeling played by Stanley Hoogland.
New recording.




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CD1
From: 25 Préludes, dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, Op. 31 (1847)
1. No. 1 in C major
2’23
2. No. 6 in G minor “Ancienne mélodie de la synagogue” 3’08
3. No. 11 in F major “Un petit rien” 0’53
4. No. 12 in B flat minor “Le temps qui n’est plus” 1’11
5. No. 13 in G flat major “J’étais endormie, mais mon coeur veillait” 3’23
6. No. 14 in B minor 2’43
7. No. 8 in A flat minor “La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer” 3’47
8. No. 15 in B major “Dans le genre gothique” 2’10
From: Les mois, 1-ière Suite Op. 74 (1872)
9. No. 1 “Une nuit d’hiver” 4’12
From: Les mois, 4-ième Suite Op. 74 (1872)
10. No. 1 “Gros temps”
4’19
11. No. 3 “L’opéra” 1’35
From: Trente Chants, 3-ième Suite Op. 65 (ca. 1869)
12. No. 5 “Horace et Lydie”
3’48
13. No. 6 “Barcarolle” 3’34
From: Trente Chants 4-ième Suite Op. 67 (ca. 1873)
14. No. 2 “Chanson de la bonne vieille” 3’27
From: Esquisses, 48 Motifs, en quatre suites, Op. 63 (1861)
15. No. 1 “La vision” 2’21
16. No. 4 “Les cloches” 0’53
17. No. 8 “Pseudo-Naïvité” 2’00
18. No. 10 “Increpatio” 1’42
19. No. 11 “Les soupirs” 1’44
20. No. 35 “Musique militaire” 1’15
21. No. 43 “Notturnino innamorato” 1’58
22. No. 46 “Le premier billet doux” 1’05
23. No. 48 “En songe” 1’18
24. No. 49 “Laus Deo” 3’42
25. Petit Conte (1859) 3’57
Total time: 62’38
Stanley Hoogland, Piano (Pleyel 1858)

Recording: 16-18 September 2002, Maria Minor, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Producer & engineer: Arts Music Recording, Rotterdam
Pleyel from the collection of Edwin Beunk