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Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano / MARK LATIMER:ZEITGEIST
 
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Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano / MARK LATIMER:ZEITGEIST
~ Valentin Alkan (Composer), Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Composer), Mark Latimer (Performer)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)

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  • Composer: Valentin Alkan, Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
  • Performer: Mark Latimer
  • Audio CD (3 Jun 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Apr /MUNITIONS FACTORY
  • ASIN: B000065AI9
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 353,777 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. allegro assai
2. adagio
3. allegretto alla barbaresca
4. BALAKIREV - Oriental Fantasie Islamey totally LIVE and unedited
On this CD:
  1. (12) Études dans les tons mineurs
    Composed by Valentin Alkan
    with Mark Latimer

  2. (12) Études dans les tons mineurs
    Composed by Valentin Alkan
    with Mark Latimer

  3. (12) Études dans les tons mineurs
    Composed by Valentin Alkan
    with Mark Latimer

  4. Islamey
    Composed by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
    with Mark Latimer

Product Description
The Independent
"Mark Latimer is the man who plays the Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano like a bat out of Hell - AND FROM MEMORY!"

The Guardian
"A FIRESTORM OF SOUND! Breathtaking - the piano sounded like an orchestra in Latimer's hands."

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Richter, Gould, LATIMER!!!, 1 Sep 2003
By Ben Clift (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This astonishing recording has suffered some pretty dismal criticism along the lines of "unlistenable piano sound", which even Latimer feels the need to comment on in his entertaining notes. Forget all that, the sound is perfectly good if you aren't an anal hi-fi buff, to my ears it's preferable to the unfocussed "bloom" on many digital piano CD's. What matters here is a.) Alkan's phenomenal composition, and b.) a live performance of mind boggling brilliance. I've not heard anything so visceral, raw and exciting since Earl Wild's wonderful Vanguard recording of Liszt's transcription from Meyerbeer's opera entitled Reminiscences de Robert le Diable - Valse Infernale. By about 9 minutes into the piece it feels like you're in the clutches of a thrashing, monstrous beast, which isn't going to let go for a long time (49 minutes), but although Latimer takes it to the very edge in terms of dynamics, volume, mood and so on, he's always in control. Hamelin is great, but this knocks his recording for six in terms of raw excitement. Why is this British pianist not better known? Maybe the name is too, well, British. Not only is he a truly mephistophelean classical piano master, he's a jazzbo to boot! CD of the year, no contest. Marko Latimerovich, we salute you!
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