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Charles-Valentin Alkan, Grande Sonate & Symphonie pour Piano Solo & Barcarolle
Charles-Valentin Alkan

Schaghajegh Nosrati

Charles-Valentin Alkan, Grande Sonate & Symphonie pour Piano Solo & Barcarolle

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Format: CD
Label: CAvi
UPC: 0028948686575
Catnr: AVI 4868657
Release date: 24 April 2026
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Label
CAvi
UPC
0028948686575
Catalogue number
AVI 4868657
Release date
24 April 2026
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About the album

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN - an stunning outsider

"For 20 years, I have been studying the music of Charles-Valentin Alkan, and I continue to feel a
strong connection to this composer. After numerous public performances of his Grande Sonate ‘Les
Quatre Âges’ and the Symphonie pour piano seul, the time now seemed ripe to record those two
works, along with the enchanting Barcarolle Op. 65 No. 6, which is an example of Alkan‘s talent
not only for large-scale works but also for musical miniatures.....

Fortunately, Alkan is gradually enjoying greater popularity than he did two decades ago, at least among performers and lovers of Romantic piano music. Nevertheless, his works rarely appear on concert programmes, which is truly regrettable, as this music speaks to audiences so directly and vividly, especially when performed live. Alkan published the Grande Sonate in 1847 and dedicated it to his father. At first glance, it appears
to be a homage to the sonata genre we know so well from the Viennese Classical tradition, but on
closer inspection, it proves to be highly experimental and innovative.......

The Symphonie pour piano seul was published in 1857 as part of Twelve Studies in all minor keys
(Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs). Although it is embedded in a cycle of etudes, the Sym-
phonie is clearly designated as such and is therefore usually performed as a separate work in four
movements. Similar to the Grande Sonate, the individual movements are in different keys......."
(excerpts from the liner notes by Schaghajegh Nosrati)
www.nosrati-pianist.com
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN - an stunning outsider

"Seit nunmehr 20 Jahren beschäftige ich mich mit der Musik Charles Valentin Alkans und fühle mich
diesem Komponisten nach wie vor sehr verbunden. Nach zahlreichen Aufführungen seiner Grande
Sonate `Les Quatre Âges´ und der Symphonie pour piano seul schien die Zeit reif, diese beiden
Werke aufzunehmen, ebenso wie die zauberhafte Barcarolle op. 65 Nr. 6, die ein Beispiel dafür ist,
dass Alkan nicht nur einen Sinn für großangelegte Werke, sondern auch für musikalische
Miniaturen hatte...…Glücklicherweise erfreut sich Alkan allmählich einer größeren Bekanntheit als noch vor zwei Jahrzehnten, zumindest unter Musikern und Liebhabern romantischer Klaviermusik.

Dennoch
landet nur selten eines seiner Werke auf dem Konzertprogramm, was wahrlich bedauerlich ist, teilt
sich diese Musik doch gerade im lebendigen Vortrag so unmittelbar und eindrücklich mit.
Die Grande Sonate wurde 1847 veröffentlicht und ist Alkans Vater gewidmet. Sie wirkt auf den
ersten Blick wie eine Hommage an die Tradition der Sonatenkompositionen, wie man sie aus der
Wiener Klassik kennt, erweist sich aber bei näherem Hinsehen als äußerst experimentell und
neuartig. .....

Die Symphonie pour piano seul wurde 1857 als Teil der 12 Etüden in allen Molltonarten (Douze
études dans tous les tons mineurs) veröffentlicht. Obwohl sie in einen Etüdenzyklus eingebettet ist,
wird die Symphonie eindeutig als solche bezeichnet und daher üblicherweise als eigenständiges
Werk mit vier Sätzen aufgeführt. Ähnlich wie in der Grande Sonate, stehen die einzelnen Sätze in
unterschiedlichen Tonarten,......."

(excerpts from the liner notes by Schaghajegh Nosrati)
www.nosrati-pianist.com

Artist(s)

Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)

Born in Bochum in 1989, Schaghajegh Nosrati is highly regarded as a versatile musician. Due to her outstanding reputation as an interpreter of Bach’s music, she was able to establish herself as a concert pianist at a young age. Her international breakthrough came with her success as a prizewinner at the 2014 Leipzig Bach Competition, but above all through her increasing musical collaboration with Sir András Schiff, who praised the “astounding clarity, purity, and maturity” of her musical approach, particularly reflected in her renditions of Bach. In recent years, the pianist has performed at many renowned venues, including a solo recital at the Essen Philharmonie (as part of the Ruhr Piano Festival, standing in for Daniel Barenboim), at the Palais des...
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Born in Bochum in 1989, Schaghajegh Nosrati is highly regarded as a versatile musician. Due to her outstanding reputation as an interpreter of Bach’s music, she was able to establish herself as a concert pianist at a young age. Her international breakthrough came with her success as a prizewinner at the 2014 Leipzig Bach Competition, but above all through her increasing musical collaboration with Sir András Schiff, who praised the “astounding clarity, purity, and maturity” of her musical approach, particularly reflected in her renditions of Bach.
In recent years, the pianist has performed at many renowned venues, including a solo recital at the Essen Philharmonie (as part of the Ruhr Piano Festival, standing in for Daniel Barenboim), at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (Bozar), the Lucerne Festival, the Tonhalle Zürich, the Vancouver Playhouse, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall in London, the Montreal International Bach Festival, Koerner Hall in Toronto, the Royal Albert Hall / BBC Proms, and Carnegie Hall in New York. In the 2022/23 season, Schaghajegh Nosrati was “Artist in Residence” at the Beethovenhaus Bonn and soloist with the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra.
Nosrati accepted invitations from the Bochum Symphony Orchestra to perform at the Anneliese Brost Forum. At the Montreal International Bach Festival, she performed with the festival orchestra under the direction of Reinhard Goebel, and she also made her highly successful début with the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra with Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 467 at the Bremen Glocke.
She gave her debut performance at the Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin in 2019, standing in for Radu Lupu, who was ill at the time. Further performances at the Boulez Hall followed in 2022, 2024, and 2025, including complete performances of the 1st Volume of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and the Six Partitas.

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