Charles Valentin Alkan
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888) was a brilliant and enigmatic French composer and pianist whose music pushed the technical and expressive limits of the piano to unprecedented extremes. A contemporary of Chopin and Liszt, Alkan was renowned for his prodigious virtuosity and intellectual depth, yet lived much of his life in relative seclusion.
His piano works—ranging from intimate character pieces to monumental cycles such as the Études in All the Major and Minor Keys, which include a symphony and concerto for solo piano—combine fearless technical demands with complex harmony, counterpoint, and often dark, introspective character. Long overlooked, Alkan’s music has been rediscovered in the modern era and is now recognized as some of the most original and challenging writing in the piano repertoire.
MIDI Files
- 001 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Alleluia’ Op 25 (seq Yogore)
- 002 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Bourree d’Auvergne’ Op 29 (seq Yogore)
- 003 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Chemin De Fer’ Op 28 [1844] (seq Yogore)
- 004 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Concerto Da Camera’ Op 10 No 01 A min (seq Yogore)
- 005 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Concerto Da Camera’ Op 10 No 02 C sharp min (seq Yogore)
- 006 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Gigue et air de ballet dans le style ancien’ Op 24 No 1 (seq Yogore)
- 007 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Gigue et air de ballet dans le style ancien’ Op 24 No 2 (seq Yogore)
- 008 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Jean Qui Pleure’ (seq Yogore)
- 009 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Jean Qui Rit’ (seq Yogore)
- 010 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Laus Deo’ (seq Yogore)
- 011 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Ma chere Liberte’ Op 60 No 1 (seq Yogore)
- 012 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Ma chere Servitude’ Op 60 No 2 (seq Yogore)
- 013 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Mozart Concerto’ D min No 1 (seq Yogore)
- 014 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Mozart Concerto’ D min No 2 (seq Yogore)
- 015 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Mozart Concerto’ D min No 3 (seq Yogore)
- 016 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Mozart Menuet’ Op 39 (seq Yogore)
- 017 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Rondeau Chromatique’ Op 12b (seq Yogore)
- 018 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Rondo Brilliant’ Op 4 (seq Yogore)
- 019 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Rondoletto Il etait un p’tit homme’ Op 3 (seq Yogore)
- 020 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Salut, cendre de pauvre’ Op 45 (seq Yogore)
- 021 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Scherzo Focoso’ Op 34 (seq Yogore)
- 022 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Toccatina’ Op 75 (seq Yogore)
- 023 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Trois Andantes Romantiques’ Op 13 No 1 (seq Yogore)
- 024 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Trois Andantes Romantiques’ Op 13 No 2 (seq Yogore)
- 025 ALKAN, Charles V ‘Trois Andantes Romantiques’ Op 13 No 3 (seq Yogore)
- 026 ALKAN, Charles V Bach Siciliano (seq Yogore)
- 027 ALKAN, Charles V Beethoven Concerto (seq Yogore)
- 028 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38a No 1 ‘Assez vivement’ (seq Yogore)
- 029 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38a No 2 ‘Serenade’ (seq Yogore)
- 030 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38a No 3 ‘Choeur’ (seq Yogore)
- 031 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38a No 4 ‘l’Offrande’ (seq Yogore)
- 032 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38a No 5 ‘Agitatissimo’ (seq Yogore)
- 033 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38a No 6 ‘Barcarolle’ (seq Yogore)
- 034 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38b No 1 ‘Hymn’ (seq Yogore)
- 035 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38b No 2 ‘Allegretto’ (seq Yogore)
- 036 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38b No 3 ‘Chant de Guerre’ (seq Yogore)
- 037 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38b No 4 ‘Procession Nocturne’ (seq Yogore)
- 038 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38b No 5 ‘Andanto’ (seq Yogore)
- 039 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 38b No 6 ‘Barcarolle en choeur’ (seq Yogore)
- 040 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 65 No 1 ‘Vivante’ (seq Yogore)
- 041 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 65 No 2 ‘Esprits follets’ (seq Yogore)
- 042 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 65 No 3 ‘En Canon a l’Octave’ (seq Yogore)
- 043 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 65 No 4 ‘Tempo Guisto’ (seq Yogore)
- 044 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 65 No 5 ‘Horace et Lydie’ (seq Yogore)
- 045 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 65 No 6 ‘Barcarolle’ (seq Yogore)
- 046 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 67 No 1 ‘Neige et Lave’ (seq Yogore)
- 047 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 67 No 2 ‘Chanson de la Bonne Vieille’ (seq Yogore)
- 048 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 67 No 3 ‘Bravement’ (seq Yogore)
- 049 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 67 No 4 ‘Doucement’ (seq Yogore)
- 050 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 67 No 5 ‘Appassionato’ (seq Yogore)
- 051 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 67 No 6 ‘Barcarolle’ (seq Yogore)
- 052 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 70 No 1 ‘Duettino’ (seq Yogore)
- 053 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 70 No 2 ‘Andantinetto’ (seq Yogore)
- 054 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 70 No 3 ‘Allegro vivace’ (seq Yogore)
- 055 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 70 No 4 ‘La voix de l’instrument’ (seq Yogore)
- 056 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 70 No 5 ‘Scherzo Coro’ (seq Yogore)
- 057 ALKAN, Charles V Chants Op 70 No 6 ‘Barcarolle’ (seq Yogore)
- 058 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 01 ‘La Vision’ C Maj (seq Yogore)
- 059 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 02 ‘Le Staccatissimo’ F min (seq Yogore)
- 060 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 03 ‘Le Legatissimo’ D Maj (seq Yogore)
- 061 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 04 ‘Les Cloches’ G Maj (seq Yogore)
- 062 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 05 ‘Les Inities’ E Maj (seq Yogore)
- 063 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 06 ‘Fuguette’ A min (seq Yogore)
- 064 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 07 ‘Le Frisson’ F sharp Maj (seq Yogore)
- 065 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 08 ‘Pseudo Naivete’ B min (seq Yogore)
- 066 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 09 ‘Confidence’ A flat Maj (seq Yogore)
- 067 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 10 ‘Increpatio’ C sharp min (seq Yogore)
- 068 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 11 ‘Les Soupirs’ B flat Maj (seq Yogore)
- 069 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 1 Op 63 No 12 ‘Barcarollette’ E flat min (seq Yogore)
- 070 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 13 ‘Ressouvenir’ C min (seq Yogore)
- 071 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 14 ‘Duettino’ F Maj (seq Yogore)
- 072 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 15 ‘Tutti de Concerto, dans le genre ancien’ D min (seq Yogore)
- 073 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 16 ‘Fantasie’ G Maj (seq Yogore)
- 074 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 17 ‘Petit prelude a trois’ E min (seq Yogore)
- 075 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 18 ‘Liedchen’ A Maj (seq Yogore)
- 076 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 19 ‘Graces’ F sharp min (seq Yogore)
- 077 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 20 ‘Petit marche villageoise’ B Maj (seq Yogore)
- 078 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 21 ‘Morituri te salutant’ G sharp min (seq Yogore)
- 079 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 22 ‘Innocenzia’ D flat Maj (seq Yogore)
- 080 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 23 ”L’homme aux sabots’ B flat min (seq Yogore)
- 081 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 2 Op 63 No 24 ‘Contredanse’ E flat Maj (seq Yogore)
- 082 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 25 ‘La poursuite’ C Maj (seq Yogore)
- 083 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 26 ‘Petit air, Genre ancien’ G min (seq Yogore)
- 084 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 27 ‘Rigaudon’ D Maj (seq Yogore)
- 085 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 28 ‘Inflexibilite’ A min (seq Yogore)
- 086 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 29 ‘Delire’ E Maj (seq Yogore)
- 087 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 30 ‘Petit air dolent’ B min (seq Yogore)
- 088 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 31 ‘Debut de quatuor’ F sharp Maj (seq Yogore)
- 089 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 32 ‘Minuetto’ C sharp min (seq Yogore)
- 090 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 33 ‘Fais dodo’ A flat Maj (seq Yogore)
- 091 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 34 ‘Odi profanum vulgus et arceo, Favete linguis’ E flat min (seq Yogore)
- 092 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 35 ‘Musique militaire’ B flat Maj (seq Yogore)
- 093 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 3 Op 63 No 36 ‘Toccatina’ F min (seq Yogore)
- 094 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 37 ‘Scherzettino’ C min (seq Yogore)
- 095 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 38 ‘Le ciel vous soit toujours prospere’ G Maj (seq Yogore)
- 096 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 39 ‘Heraclite et Democrite’ D min (seq Yogore)
- 097 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 40 ‘Attendez moi sous l’orme’ A Maj (seq Yogore)
- 098 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 41 ‘Les enharmoniques’ E min (seq Yogore)
- 099 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 42 ‘Petit air a 5 voix’ B Maj (seq Yogore)
- 100 ALKAN, Charles V Esquisses, Book 4 Op 63 No 43 ‘Notturino Innamorato’ F sharp min (seq Yogore)