{"product_id":"1127250","title":"Schaghajegh Nosrati - Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePianist Schaghajegh Nosrati performs works by Charles-Valentin Alkan.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchaghajegh Nosrati on her encounters with Charles-Valentin Alkan. \\r\u003cbr\u003e'I started to become fascinated with composer Charles Valentin Alkan when I was very young. The groundwork was laid by my teacher Rainer M. Klaas, whose curiosity and commitment in favour of a seldom performed and unjustly forgotten repertoire I still regard as an unrivalled source of inspiration. Klaas played a decisive role. At a time when few had ever listened to Alkan's music or had even heard the composer's name, I had already assimilated and learned to appreciate many of Alkan's works thanks to his teaching. My brother Shafagh had also cultivated an interest in Alkan and performed several of his pieces. I found a further source of inspiration in pianist Marc-Andr\\xe9 Hamelin, who recorded Alkan's piano music in an unprecedented quality and helped make them known to a much wider audience. \\r\u003cbr\u003eApart from my intense exploration of the music of J. S. Bach, I also began to learn and perform compositions by Alkan when I was still quite young\\u2026 Last not least, Alkan's music is at times so unconventional and sarcastic that audiences may have experienced more irritation than enthusiasm. His style feeds on abrupt contrast; it features a great deal of counterpoint and is thus more akin to the so-called 'German School' than to French salon music. Even today, Alkan's music poses great challenges to listeners and performers, but I find those barriers by no means impossible to overcome. Anyone who dares to explore Alkan's music more closely will be richly rewarded: these are works capable of displaying the utter extremes of the human condition alongside one another: seriousness and humor, intellect and emotion, tradition and modernity. ' \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Bochum, pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati has enjoyed a solo career marked not only by major prizes at international competitions, but also by a great number of successful concert performances and tours. Her international breakthrough came in 2014 when she won Second Prize at the renowned International Bach Competition in Leipzig, and particularly through her increasing musical collaboration with Sir Andr\\xe1s Schiff, who has praised the 'astounding clarity, purity, and maturity' of her Bach interpretations and the musical insight she displays therein.\\r\u003cbr\u003eShe was invited to play a concert tour with Sir Andr\\xe1s Schiff and the Capella Andrea Barca Chamber Orchestra in 2018. They performed together in Dortmund (Konzerthaus), D\\xfcsseldorf (Tonhalle), Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts), Vienna (Musikverein), Bratislava (Philharmonic Concert Hall), Lucerne (KKL), and Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie). Highlights of Schaghajegh Nosrati's 2020\/21 concert season shall include d\\xe9but appearances at Wigmore Hall in London and at Carnegie Hall in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 1 La Vision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 2 Le Staccatissimo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 48 En Songe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Toccatina, Op. 75\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 31 Debut De Quatuor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 43 Notturino \\u2013 Inamorata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Etude \\u2013 Alla Barbaro,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 26 Petit Air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 11 Les Soupirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan:  Equisses, Op. 63 - No. 12 Barcarlorette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan:  Concerto pour Piano Seul - I. Allegro assai (\\xc8tude, Op. 39, No. 8)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan:  Concerto pour Piano Seul - II. Adagio (\\xc9tude, Op. 39 No. 9)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlkan: Concerto pour Piano Seul - III. Allegro alla barbaresca (\\xc9tude, Op. 39 No.10)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55133616603521,"sku":"1127250","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/512VqnXaZ6L._SL1500.jpg?v=1767069350","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1127250","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}