List of compositions by Charles-Valentin Alkan explained
The following is a list of all the musical compositions of Charles-Valentin Alkan in order of opus number. Transcriptions are excluded from this list. All dates are publication dates except for unpublished works:
With opus numbers
- Op. 1, Variations on a theme from Steibelt's Orage concerto in E major (1828)
- Op. 2, Les omnibus, variations in C major (1829)
- Op. 3, Rondoletto Il était un p'tit homme in A major (1833)
- Op. 4, Rondo brillant in A major (1833)
- Op. 5, Largo al factotum, air du Barbier de Séville arrangé en rondo brillant (1833, lost)
- Op. 8 See 12 morceaux caractéristiques in 'Without opus numbers' below.
- Op. 10, Two Concerti da camera (1832–1837?)
No. 1 Concerto da Camera in A minor (1832)
Allegro moderato in A minor; Adagio in E major; Rondo: Allegro in A major
No. 2 Concerto da Camera in C minor (1834)
Allegro moderato in C minor; Adagio in A major; 1re movimento in C major
No. 3 Concerto da Camera in C major (1837) (= orchestral version of Op. 13 No. 2. Orchestral parts lost, reconstructed by Hugh Mcdonald)
- Op. 12, Rondeau Chromatique in B minor (1834)
- Opp. 12, 13, 15 and 16 (nos. 1-3) below were published as 12 caprices en 4 livres (4 Livres d'Études-Caprices) (1837):
- Op. 12 (duplicated opus number), Trois improvisations dans le style brilliant (1837)
No. 1 Prestissimo in E major; No. 2 Allegretto in D major; No. 3 Allegro marziale in B minor
- Op. 13, Trois andantes romantiques (1837)
No. 1 Andante in B major; No. 2 Andante con moto in C major (= solo piano version of Op. 10 No. 3); No. 3 Andante in G major
No. 1 Aime-moi in A minor; No. 2 Le vent in B minor; No. 3 Morte in E minor
- Op. 16 nos. 1–3, Trois études de bravoure, Tre scherzi ou Caprices (1837)
No. 1 Mouvement de valse in C major; No. 2 Moderato (quasi Minuetto) in C minor; No. 3 Prestissimo in B minor
- Op. 16 no. 4 Variations sur "Ah! segnata é la mia morte" in D major (1834)
- Op. 16 no. 5 Variations sur un thème de Bellini "La tremenda ultrice spada" in G major (1834)
- Op. 16 no. 6 Variations quasi-fantaisie sur une barcarolle napolitiane in B major (1834)
- Op. 16 (duplicate opus number) - See 12 morceaux caractéristiques in 'Without opus numbers' below.
- Op. 17, Le preux, étude de concert in B major (1844), See also below 'Works without opus numbers - Piano 4 hands', Finale (duplicate opus number)
- Op. 21, Grand duo concertant in F minor for violin and pianoforte (1842)
Assez anime in F minor; L'enfer (Lentement) ("Hell") in C major; Aussi vite que possible in F major
- Op. 22, Premier Nocturne in B major (1844)
- Op. 23, Saltarelle in E minor (1844)
- Op. 24, Gigue et air de ballet dans le style ancien (1844)
Presto in A minor
Modéré in D minor
- Op. 25, Alleluia in F major (1844)
- Op. 26, Marche funèbre in E minor (1846). See also below 'Works without opus numbers - Piano 4 hands', Fantaisie à 4 mains sur Don Juan (duplicate opus number)
- Op. 27, Marche triomphale in B major (1846)
- Op. 27, Le chemin de fer in D minor (1844) (duplicate opus number)
- Op. 29, Bourrée d'Auvergne in C minor (1846)
- Op. 30, Premier Trio pour Piano, Violon, et Basse in G minor (1841)
Assez largement in G minor; Très vite in G minor; Lentement in G major; Vite in G minor
- Op. 31, 25 Préludes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs pour le piano ou orgue (1847)
- Op. 32 no. 1, 1er recueil d'impromptus (1845–1848, published 1848).
No. 1 Vaghezza in B major (1847); No. 2 L'amitié in B major (1845); No. 3 Fantasietta alla moresca in G major (1847); No. 4 La foi in B major (1848?).
- Op. 32 no. 2, 3 Airs à cinq temps et 1 air à sept temps, 2e. Recueil d'Impromptus (1849)
No. 1 Andantino in A minor; No. 2 Mesto, allegretto in D minor; No. 3 Vivace in F major; No. 4 Andante flebile in A minor.
20 ans in B minor; 30 ans: Quasi-Faust in D minor; 40 ans: Un heureux ménage in G major; 50 ans: Prométhée enchaîne in G minor
- Op. 34, Scherzo-focoso in B minor (1848)
- Op. 35, Douze études dans tous les tons majeurs (1848)
- Op. 37, Trois marches quasi da cavalleria (1857)
No. 1 Molto Allegro in A minor; No. 2 Allegro vivace in A minor; No. 3 Allegro - Più Presto in C minor
- Op. 38a, Premier recueil de chants (1857)
- Op. 38b, Deuxième recueil de chants (1857)
- Op. 40, 3 marches for piano 4 hands (1857)
No. 1 Allegro in A major; No. 2 Allegro moderato in E major; No. 3 Modérément in B major
- Op. 41, Trois petites fantaisies (1857)
No. 1 Assez gravement in A minor; No. 2 Andantino in G major; No. 3 Presto in B major
- Op. 42, Réconciliation - petit caprice mi-partie en forme de zorcico, ou Air de Danse Basque à cinq temps in C major (1857)
- Op. 45, Salut, cendre de pauvre!, paraphrase (texte de Legouvé) in B major (1856)
- Op. 46, Minuetto alla tedesca in A minor (1857)
- Op. 47, Sonate de concert in E major for cello and pianoforte (1857); viola and piano transcription by Casimir Ney
Allegro molto in E major; Allegrettino in A major; Adagio in C major; Finale alla Saltarella in E minor
- Op. 50, Capriccio alla soldatesca in A minor (1859)
- Op. 50 bis, Le tambour bat aux champs, esquisse pour piano in B minor (1859)
- Op. 51, Trois menuets (1859)
No. 1 Tempo giusto in E major; No. 2 Tempo debole in G minor; No. 3 Tempo nobile in G major
- Op. 52, Super flumina Babylonis, paraphrase du psaume 137 in G minor (1859)
- Op. 53, Quasi-caccia in A major (1859)
- Op. 54, Benedictus for pedal piano in D minor (1859)
- Op. 55, Une fusée, Introduction et impromptu in D minor (1859)
- Op. 57, 2e.et 3e. Nocturnes (1859)
No. 1 Deuxième Nocturne in B minor; No. 2 Troisième Nocturne in F major
- Op. 60, Deux petites pièces pour piano (1859)
No. 1 Ma chère liberté in F major; No. 2 Ma chère servitude in A minor
- Op. 60bis, Le grillon (Quatrième Nocturne) in B major (1859)
- Op. 61, Sonatine pour piano in A minor (1861)
Allegro vivace in A minor; Allegramente in F major; Scherzo-Minuetto in D minor; Tempo giusto in A minor
- Op. 63, 48 Motifs (Esquisses) (1861). Despite the title given by the composer, there are in fact 49 pieces in the collection.
- Op. 64, 13 prières for organ or pedal piano (1866)
- Op. 65, Troisième recueil de chants (1866)
- Op. 66, 11 grands préludes et un transcription du Messie de Hændel for organ, harmonium or pedal piano (1865)
- Op. 67, Quatrième recueil de chants (1868)
- Op. 69, Impromptu sur le choral de Luther "Un fort rempart est notre Dieu" for pedal piano in E major (1866)
- Op. 70, Cinquième recueil de chants (1872)
- Op. 72, 11 pièces dans le style religieux, et un transcription du Messie de Hændel for organ, harmonium or pedal piano (1867)
- Op. 74, Les Mois (1838) - See 12 morceaux caractéristiques in 'Without opus numbers' below.
- Op. 75, Toccatina in C minor (1872)
- Op. 76, Trois grandes études for piano (1839). Originally published without opus number.
No. 1 Fantaisie in A major for the left hand; No. 2 Introduction, Variations et Finale in D major for the right hand; No. 3 (Rondo-Toccata) in C minor for hands reunited
Without opus numbers
Piano solo
- 12 morceaux caractéristiques (c. 1838). Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 12 subsequently published as 6 morceaux caractéristiques op. 8 (in Leipzig) and op. 16 (Paris). Later republished complete as op. 74.
- Étude in A minor (1840)
- Jean qui pleure et Jean qui rit (1840)
No. 1 Jean qui pleure in E minor
No. 2 Jean qui rit in C major
- Variations à la vielle in C major (1841)
- Variations sur un air favori de l'opéra Ugo (1842)
- Désir. Fantaisie pour piano in A major (1844)
- Impromptu in F major, for piano (1845)
- Appassionato in D major, sketch of op. 63, no. 29 (1847, unfinished)
- Ouverture de l'opéra 'Le prophète' de Meyerbeer arrangée pour piano (1850)
- Les Regrets de la Nonnette. Petite mélodie pour piano in G minor (1854)
- Palpitamento in A major (1855)
- Etude alla Barbaro in F major, for piano (1857)
- Petit conte pour le Piano in E major (1859)
- Pour Monsieur Gurkhaus in G major (1863)
- Zorcico. Danse Iberienne in D minor, for piano (1864)
- Fantasticheria pour Piano in B minor (1868)
- Chapeau bas! in F minor (1872)
Piano 4 hands
- Finale (1840) (later published with the duplicate opus number op. 17)
- Fantaisie à 4 mains sur Don Juan in E minor–C major (1844) (later published with the duplicate opus number op.26)
- Ouverture de l'opéra 'Le prophète' de Meyerbeer arrangée pour piano à quatre mains. (1850).
- Saltarelle, Finale de la Sonate de Concert pour Piano et Violoncelle, arrangée à 4 mains (1866)
Organ
- Pro Organo in C minor, for organ (1850)
- Petits préludes sur les huit gammes du plain-chant, for organ (1859)
Organ or pédalier
- 12 Études d'orgue ou piano à pédalier pour les pieds seulement (12 Etudes for organ or pedal piano for the feet only) (1866)
- Bombardo-Carillon in B major for pedal duet (four feet) (1872)
Pédalier
- Etude, pour Piano à Clavier de Pedales in D major (1872) (ms., unfinished)
Vocal
- Hermann et Ketty, for soprano, tenor and orchestra (1832) (ms., unpublished)
- L'Entrée en loge, for tenor and orchestra (1834) (ms., unpublished)
- , for two sopranos, tenor and bass without accompaniment in C major (1847)
- Trois Anciennes Mélodies Juives (Three old Jewish melodies), for voice and piano (1854)
No. 1 Chant de Nouvel An in D minor
No. 2 Consolation et espérance in A minor
No. 3 Quand Israël sortit d'Égypte in F major
- 2er verset du 41me Psaume (42me de la Vulgate) (Verse 2 of the 41st Psalm (42nd of the Vulgate)), for voice and piano in E major (1855) (ms., unpublished)
- Air tiré de J.S. Bach de la cantate 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern' arr. soprano and piano in A major (1855) (ms., unpublished).
- Halelouyoh, for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass and piano or organ in G minor (1857)
- Stances de Millevoye, for three female voices and piano (1859)
- Marcia funèbre, sulla morte d'un Pappagallo in C minor, for two sopranos, tenor, bass, three oboes and bassoon (1859)
- Paix à la paix, hymn for solo voice in A major (1867)
Other
- Pas-redoublé in E major, for concert band (1840)
- Allegro agitato (A son confrère P: Cavallo), for string quartet in C minor (1846, 6 bars, unfinished ms.)
Lost works (without opus numbers)
These works are listed in François-Sappey and Luguenot's biography on Alkan.[1]
- Allegretto and Finale of the Seventh Symphony of Beethoven, arr. for two pianos, eight hands (1838)
- Works for string quintet and string sextet (1840s)
- Symphony for large orchestra (1844–46) (Not the same as the Symphony for piano solo)
- Acte d'opéra (unperformed, mentioned the press in 1846 and 1847)
- Romance du phare d'Eddystone for voice and piano (1847)
- Cadenza for the first movement of a piano concerto of Handel (1869)
- 1st Marche Militaire of Schubert (op. 51, D. 733), arr. for piano four hands (1877)
- Fiat lux, 1e. étude biblique pour orchestre, orchestral version and version arranged for piano (before 1881)
External links
Notes and References
- Book: François-Sappey, Brigitte . Charles-Valentin Alkan . Luguenot . François . Bleu Nuit . 2013 . 978-2-35884-023-1 . Paris . 160–165 . fr . Brigitte François-Sappey.
