Alkan Discography  (3) - Works for Piano Solo opp. 63-76 and without opus

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Op 63     48 Motifs (Esquisses)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Marco Polo, 8.223352 (1992); partial reissue (nos 1-5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 32, 43 & 48) in: Naxos, 8.553434 (1995), full reissue Naxos, 8.555496 (2002)
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1992     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8016 (1992)
     Steven Osborne   rec. 2002    Hyperion, CDA67377 (2003)

no 1     La Vision
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1970     EMI, HQS 1247 [LP] (1971); Arabesque (USA), 6516 [LP] (1984)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
     Christine Stevenson   rec. 2004    Symposium 1346 (2005)

no 2     Le Staccatissimo
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990)
    Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)
     Jack Gibbons     rec 1995     ASV, CD DCS 227 [2 CDs] (1995)

no 3     Le Legatissimo
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)

no 4     Les Cloches
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx (UK) “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985) EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Jack Gibbons     rec 1995     ASV, CD DCS 227 [2 CDs] (1995)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
     Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 5     Les Initiés
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)

no 7     Le Frisson
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)

no 8     Pseudo-Naïveté
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
    Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)

no 10     Increpatio
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx (UK) “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523  CD] 7523 [cass] (1985) EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990); Brilliant Classics 93568 (2007)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)
    Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
    Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 11     Les Soupirs
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985); EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990); Brilliant Classics 93568 (2007)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)
     Jack Gibbons     rec 1995     ASV, CD DCS 227 [2 CDs] (1995)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
     Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 12     Barcarollette
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)

no. 14   Duettino
     Viktoria Lassikova  rec 2005(?)   Labor Records (USA) LAB7077 (2005?)

no 18     Liedchen
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)

no 21     Morituri te salutant
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx (UK), “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985) EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990); Brilliant Classics 93568 (2007)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)

no 29     Délire
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx (UK),“Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523  [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985) EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)

no 32     Minuetto
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)

no 34     'Odi profanum vulgus et arceo: favete linguis'
     Joachim Draheim               FSM Audite, 53 179 [LP] (1978)

no 35     Musique Militaire
    Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)

no. 37 Scherzettino
    Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 39     Héraclite et Démocrite
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)

no 41     Les Enharmoniques
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx (UK), “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985) EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)

no 43     Notturno-innamorato
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
      Bart van Oort (on 1837 Erard piano)   rec. 2003   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92002/4 (2004)

no 45     Les Diablotins
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1970     EMI, HQS 1247 [LP] (1971); Arabesque (USA), 6516 [LP] (1984)
     John Bingham               Deutsche Harmonia Mundi/EMI Electrola (RFA), HM 065-099 843 & EMI 1C 065-99                                    843 [LP] (1979)
     Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 46     Le Premier Billet Doux
     Ronald Smith      rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx (UK), “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP] Z6523; EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990); Brilliant Classics 93568 (2007)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)
     Marc-André Hamelin rec 1998 Hyperion, CDA67050 (1998)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)


no 47     Scherzetto
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990); Brilliant Classics 93568 (2007)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)
     Marc-André Hamelin rec 1998 Hyperion, CDA67050 (1998)

no 48     En songe
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969). Musical Heritage Society OR 174 [LP]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP] Z6523 EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Naxos, 8.553434 (1995)
     Jack Gibbons     rec 1995     ASV, CD DCS 227 [2 CDs] (1995)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
     Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 49    Laus Deo
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)

Op 64     13 Prières pour orgue, transcribed for piano by José Vianna da Motta

no 12     Allegretto [da Motta's collection: No 8]
     Ronald Smith          rec 1970     EMI, HQS 1247 [LP] (1971); Arabesque (USA), 6516 [LP] (1984)

Op 65     3e Recueil de Chants
     Jacqueline Méfano     rec 1992     2e2m collection (France), 2e2m 1002 (1995)
      Marc-André Hamelin rec 2006 Hyperion CDA67569 (2007)

no 5     Horace et Lydie
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)

no 6     Barcarolle     
     Raymond Lewenthal rec 1965     RCA, LM 2815 [LP mono], LSC 2815 [LP stereo]; RB 6660 [LP mono], SB 6660 [LP stereo] (1966); GL 42689 [LP stereo], GK 42689 [cass] (1979), Elan CD 82276,  remastered: BMG High Performance Series 633310 (1999)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1968 [on Viennese piano of 1851] Oryx “Collectors' Series” 1803 [LP] (1969)
     Pierre Réach          rec 1979     RCA (France), RL 37243 [LP] (1979)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523  [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)
     Marc-André Hamelin rec 1994 [live]  Danacord, DAOCD 429 (1995)
     Marc-André Hamelin rec 1994     Hyperion, CDA66794 (1995)
     Jack Gibbons     rec 1995     ASV, CD DCS 227 [2 CDs] (1995)
     Florian Uhlig       rec ?             Black Box, BBM 1054 (2001)
    Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
    Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)
    arr. violin and piano (Heifetz?): Sherry Kloss (vn)/Mark Westcott (pno) rec. 1997 Kloss Classics (1997)

Op 67     4e Recueil de Chants
     Jacqueline Méfano     rec 1992     2e2m collection (France), 2e2m 1002 (1995)
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1992     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8021 (1992)

no 2     Chanson de la bonne vielle
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)

no 6     Barcarolle
     Bernard Ringeissen     rec 1971     Harmonia Mundi, HM927 [LPL 2863] [LP] (1977); MHS 1344 [LP]; HM B40.927 [cass]; HMA 190927 (1988)

Op 70     5e Recueil de Chants
     Stephanie McCallum rec1990     MBS (Australia), MBS 24 CD (1991)
     Jacqueline Méfano     rec 1992     2e2m collection (France), 2e2m 1002 (1995)
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1992     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8021 (1992)

no 6     Barcarolle
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985); Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985)

Op 74     Les Mois
     Daniel Capelletti               René Gailly (Belgium), CD87 007 (1988)
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1989     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8003 (1989)
     François Bou          rec 1990     Adda (France), 581 285 (1991)

no 1     Une nuit d'hiver
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
      Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 2     Carnaval
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985). Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985)
     Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)  

no 6     Promenade sur l'eau
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985). Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985)
     Alan Weiss    rec. March 2007   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 93568 (2007)

no 10     Gros temps
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985). Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523  [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985).
     Jack Gibbons     rec 1995     ASV, CD DCS 227 [2 CDs] 1995)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
      Alan Weiss    rec. March 2007   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 93568 (2007)

no 12   L'Opéra
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)

Op 75     Toccatina
     Raymond Lewenthal          Westminster, XWN 18362 [LP mono] (1956)
     Werner Haas                    Philips, 6504.077 & 837 916 AY [LP] (1968), 4FM 10001 (LP)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985). Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP], Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985). EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Alan Weiss          rec 1989     Fidelio (Netherlands), 8839 (1990); Brilliant Classics 93568 (2007)
     Huseyin Sermet     rec 1991     Valois (France), V 4659 (1992)

Op 76     Trois Grandes Études pour les deux mains separées et réunies
     Stephanie McCallum rec 1985 [live]  Société Alkan (France), [cass] (1986)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1987     EMI, EG 7 69630 1 [LP], CDM 7 69630 2 [CD], EG7 69630 4 [cass], (1988); EMI  Angel, TOCE 6240 [CD], Arabesque (USA), Z6604. EMI 7243 575649 2 2 [2 CDs] (2002)
     Laurent Martin     rec 1990     Marco Polo, 8.223500 (1993)
     Marc-André Hamelin rec 1994 [live]  Hyperion, CDA66765 (1994)

no. 2    Fantaisie (pour la mian gauche)
      Laurent Martin     rec. 2002   Ligia Digital 0103121-03 (2003)

no 3     Étude à mouvement semblable et perpétuel pour les deux mains
     Bogdan Czapiewski               Gdynia Wifon (Poland), ST LP 054 [LP] (1983)

no 3     Étude à mouvement semblable et perpétuel pour les deux mains, arr McDowell
     Austin Conradi     [piano roll transfer, c1923]     Symposium (UK), 1002 [cass] (1983)
     Ernest Hutcheson     [piano roll transfer, 1923]     Symposium (UK), 1002 [cass] (1983)

WORKS WITHOUT OPUS NUMBER

12 Études pour les pieds seulement
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1992     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8020 (1992)

Impromptu
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1989     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8003 (1989)

Désir - petite fantaisie
     John Kersey  rec 2004-2005  Romantic Discovery Recordings, CD 8 (2005)

Palpitamento
     John Kersey  rec 2004-2005  Romantic Discovery Recordings, CD 8 (2005)

Petit conte
     Raymond Lewenthal          Columbia, M 30234 [LP] (1971); CBS 61117 [LP] (1981); Elan CD 82284 (1999)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1984     EMI, EG 27 0187 1 [LP], MC 27 0187 4 [cass] (1985). Arabesque (USA) 6523 [LP] Z6523 [CD], 7523 [cass] (1985); EMI Gemini [2 CDs], 585 4842 (2003)
     Osamu Nakamura     rec 1992     Epic/Sony, ESCK 8016 (1992)
     Stanley Hoogland    rec. 2002   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 92109 (2003)
     Alan Weiss    rec. March 2007   Brilliant Classics (Netherlands) 93568 (2007)

Les Regrets de la nonnette
     Ronald Smith          rec 1991     Symposium (UK), 1062 (1992)
     Ronald Smith          rec 1995 [live]  Danacord (Denmark), DACOCD449 (1996)

Zorcico, danse ibérienne
     Bernard Ringeissen     rec 1971     Harmonia Mundi, HM927 [LPL 2863] [LP] (1977); MHS 1344 [LP]; HM B40.927 [cass];  HMA 190927 (1988), HMA43 927 [cass]