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Charles-Valentin Alkan - A Complete Catalogue of Music PDF
Charles-Valentin Alkan - A Complete Catalogue of Music PDF
1813 ~ 1888
A COMPLETE
CATALOGUE OF MUSIC
EDITED BY:
JAMES HUON
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-sharp minor (1834)
Allegro moderato in C-sharp minor;; Adagio in A major;; 1re movimento in C-sharp major
No. 3 Concerto da Camera in C-sharp 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-flat major;; No. 2 Allegretto in D-flat major;; No. 3 Allegro marziale in B
minor
Op. 13, Trois andantes romantiques (1837)
No. 1 Andante in B-flat major;; No. 2 Andante con moto in C-sharp major (= solo piano version
of Op. 10 No. 3);; No. 3 Andante in G-flat major
Op. 15, Souvenirs. Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique (1837)
No. 1 Aime-moi in A-flat minor;; No. 2 Le vent in B minor;; No. 3 Morte in E-flat minor
Op. 16, Trois études de bravoure, Tre scherzi ou Caprices (Nos. 1–3) (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-flat 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-flat major (1844), See also below 'Works without opus
numbers - Piano 4 hands', Finale (duplicate opus number)
Op. 21, Grand duo concertant in F-sharp minor for violin and pianoforte (1842)
Assez anime in F-sharp minor;; L'enfer (Lentement) ("Hell") in C-sharp major;; Aussi vite que
possible in F-sharp 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-flat 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)
No. 1 Lentement in C major
No. 2 Assez lentement in F minor
No. 3 Dans le genre ancien in D-flat major
No. 4 Prière du soir in F-sharp minor
No. 5 Psaume 150me in D major
No. 6 Ancienne mélodiee la synagogue in G minor
No. 7 Librement mais sans secousses in E-flat major
No. 8 La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer in A-flat minor
No. 9 Placiditas in E major
No. 10 Dans le style fugué in A minor
No. 11 Un petit rien in F major
No. 12 Le temps qui n'est plus in B-flat minor
No. 13 J'étais endormie, mais mon cœur veillait in G-flat major
No. 14 Rapidement in B minor
No. 15 Dans le genre gothique in G major
No. 16 Assez lentement in C minor
No. 17 Rêve d'amour in A-flat major
No. 18 Romance in C-sharp minor
No. 19 Prière du matin in A major
No. 20 Modérément vite et bien caractérisé in D minor
No. 21 Doucement in B-flat major
No. 22 Anniversaire in E-flat minor
No. 23 Assez vite in B major
No. 24 Prestissimo in E minor
No. 25 Prière in C major
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-flat 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.
Op. 33, Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges' (1848)
20 ans in B minor;; 30 ans: Quasi-Faust in D-sharp minor;; 40 ans: Un heureux ménage in G
major;; 50 ans: Prométhée enchaîne in G-sharp minor
Op. 34, Scherzo-focoso in B minor (1848)
Op. 35, Douze études dans tous les tons majeurs (1848)
No. 1 Allegretto in A major
No. 2 Allegro in D major
No. 3 Andantino in G major
No. 4 Presto in C major
No. 5 Allegro barbaro in F major
No. 6 Allegramente in B-flat major
No. 7 L'incendie au village voisin ("Fire in the neighboring village") in E-flat major
No. 8 Lento appassionato in A-flat major
No. 9 Contrapunctus in C-sharp major
No. 10 Chant d'amour - Chant de mort: Et quando expectavi lumen, venit caligo ("Song of love
- Song of death: And when I looked for light, darkness came") in G-flat major
No. 11 Posément in B major
No. 12 Andando: Technique des octaves in E major
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)
No. 1 Assez vivement in E major
No. 2 Sérénade in A minor
No. 3 Chœur in A major
No. 4 L'offrande in A major
No. 5 Agitatissimo in F-sharp minor
No. 6 Barcarolle in G minor
Op. 38b, Deuxième recueil de chants (1857)
No. 1 Hymne in E major
No. 2 Allegretto ("Fa") in A minor
No. 3 Chant de Guerre in A major
No. 4 Procession-Nocturne in A major
No. 5 Andantino in F-sharp minor
No. 6 Barcarolle en chœur in G minor
Op. 39, Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (1857)
No. 1 Comme le vent ("Like the wind") in A minor
No. 2 En rhythme molossique ("In Molossian rhythm") in D minor
No. 3 Scherzo diabolico ("Diabolic scherzo") in G minor
No. 4 Symphony for solo piano: Allegro moderato in C minor
No. 5 Symphony for solo piano: Marche funèbre (Andantino) in F minor
No. 6 Symphony for solo piano: Menuet in B-flat minor
No. 7 Symphony for solo piano: Finale (Presto) in E-flat minor
No. 8 Concerto for solo piano: Allegro assai in G-sharp minor
No. 9 Concerto for solo piano: Adagio in C-sharp minor
No. 10 Concerto for solo piano: Allegretto alla barbaresca in F-sharp minor
No. 11 Ouverture in B minor
No. 12 Le festin d'Ésope (Aesop's feast) in E minor
Op. 40, 3 marches for piano 4 hands (1857)
No. 1 Allegro in A-flat major;; No. 2 Allegro moderato in E-flat major;; No. 3 Modérément in B-
flat 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-flat 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-flat 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-flat 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-flat 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-sharp major
Op. 60, Deux petites pièces pour piano (1859)
No. 1 Ma chère liberté in F-sharp 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.
No. 1 La Vision, C major
No. 2 Le Staccatissimo, F minor
No. 3 Le Legatissimo, D major
No. 4 Les Cloches, G minor
No. 5 Les Initiés, E major
No. 6 Fuguette, A minor
No. 7 Le Frisson, F-sharp major
No. 8 Pseudo-Naïveté, B minor
No. 9 Confidence, A-flat major
No. 10 Increpatio, C-sharp minor
No. 11 Les Soupirs, B-flat major
No. 12 Barcarollette, E-flat minor
No. 13 Ressouvenir, C minor
No. 14 Duettino, F major
No. 15 Tutti de Concerto dans le genre ancien, D minor
No. 16 Fantaisie, G major
No. 17 Petit prélude à 3, E minor
No. 18 Liedchen, A major
No. 19 Grâces, F-sharp minor
No. 20 Petite Marche Villageoise, B major
No. 21 Morituri te salutant, G-sharp minor
No. 22 Innocenzia, D-flat major
No. 23 L'homme aux sabots, B-flat minor
No. 24 Contredanse, E-flat major
No. 25 La Poursuite, C major
No. 26 Petit Air, G minor
No. 27 Rigaudon, D major
No. 28 Inflexibilité, A minor
No. 29 Délire, E major
No. 30 Petit Air Dolent, B minor
No. 31 Début de Quatuor, F-sharp major
No. 32 Minuettino, alla "vedrai carino" de Mozart, C-sharp minor
No. 33 Fais Dodo, A-flat major
No. 34 Odi profanum vulgus et arceo: favete linguis, E-flat minor
No. 35 Musique Militaire, B-flat major
No. 36 Toccatina, F minor
No. 37 Scherzettino, C minor
No. 38 Les Bons Souhaits: Le ciel vous soit toujours prospère!, G major
No. 39 Héraclite et Démocrite, D minor
No. 40 Attendez-moi sous l'orme, A major
No. 41 Les Enharmoniques, E minor
No. 42 Petit Air à 5 voix, B major
No. 43 Notturnino-Innamorato, F-sharp minor
No. 44 Transports, C-sharp major
No. 45 Les diablotins, G-sharp minor
No. 46 Le Premier Billet Doux, E-flat major
No. 47 Scherzetto, B-flat minor
No. 48 En Songe, F major
No. 49 Laus Deo, C major
Op. 64, 13 prières for organ or pedal piano (1866)
No. 1 Andantino, G major
No. 2 Moderato, A major
No. 3 Poco adagio, E minor
No. 4 Moderatamente, B-flat major
No. 5 Adagio, F major
No. 6 Moderato, D major
No. 7 Maestoso, A minor
No. 8 Deus Sabaoth, B-flat major
No. 9 Doucement, E major
No. 10 Assez lentement, B-flat major
No. 11 Andantino, E major
No. 12 Allegretto, F major
No. 13 Largement et majesteusement, G major
Op. 65, Troisième recueil de chants (1866)
No. 1 Vivante in E major
No. 2 Esprits follets in A minor
No. 3 En canon à l'octave in A major
No. 4 Tempo giusto in A major
No. 5 Horace et Lydie in F-sharp minor
No. 6 Barcarolle in G minor
Op. 66, 11 grands préludes et un transcription du Messie de Hændel for organ, harmonium or
pedal piano (1865)
No. 1 Allegro in F major
No. 2 Allegro moderato in D minor
No. 3 Andantino in B-flat major
No. 4 Moderamento in G minor
No. 5 Quasi-Adagio in E-flat major
No. 6 Andantino in C minor
No. 7 Andante in A-flat major
No. 8 Tempo giusto in F minor
No. 9 Langsam in D-flat major
No. 10 Scherzando in B-flat minor
No. 11 Lento in F-sharp major
No. 12 Nos. 26 et 27 du Messie de Hændel in E-flat minor
Op. 67, Quatrième recueil de chants (1868)
No. 1 Neige et lave in E major
No. 2 Chanson de la bonne vieille in A minor
No. 3 Bravement in A major
No. 4 Doucement in A major
No. 5 Appassionato in F-sharp minor
No. 6 Barcarolle in G minor
Op. 69, Impromptu sur le choral de Luther "Un fort rempart est notre Dieu" for pedal piano in
E-flat major (1866)
Op. 70, Cinquième recueil de chants (1872)
No. 1 Duettino in E major
No. 2 Andantinetto in A minor
No. 3 Allegro vivace in A major
No. 4 La voix de l'instrument in A major
No. 5 Scherzo-coro in F-sharp minor
Récapitulation en guise de Transition, ou Introduction, pour le numéro suivant
No. 6 Barcarolle in G minor
Op. 72, 11 pièces dans le style religieux, et un transcription du Messie de Hændel for organ,
harmonium or pedal piano (1867)
No. 1 Tempo giustissimo in C major
No. 2 Andantino in A major
No. 3 Quasi-Adagio in D minor
No. 4 Assez doucement in G major
No. 5 Lentement in D minor
No. 6 Majesteusement in B-flat major
No. 7 Molto moderato in F major
No. 8 Assez vite in A minor
No. 9 Assez lentement in E-flat major
No. 10 Modérément in D minor
No. 11 Dolcemente in A minor
No. 12 No. 13 du Messie de Hændel in B major
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-flat major for the left hand;; No. 2 Introduction, Variations et Finale in D
major for the right hand;; No. 3 Mouvement semblable et perpetuel (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 Lepizig) and op. 16 (Paris). Later republished complete as
op. 74.
No. 1 Une nuit d'hiver in G minor
No. 2 Carnaval in E minor
No. 3 La retraite in D major
No. 4 La Pâque in A major
No. 5 La Sérénade in F-sharp minor
No. 6 Promenade sur l'eau in A major
No. 7 Une nuit d'été in A major
No. 8 Les moissonneurs in E-flat major
No. 9 L'hallali in D major
No. 10 Gros temps in F major
No. 11 Le mourant in C minor
No. 12 L'opéra in D-flat major
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-flat major (1844)
Impromptu in F-sharp 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-flat major (1859)
Pour Monsieur Gurkhaus in G major (unpublished) (1863)
Zorcico. Danse Iberienne in D minor, for piano (1864)
Fantasticheria pour Piano in B minor (1868)
Chapeau bas! in F-sharp 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)
No. 1 Moderato in D Dorian
No. 2 Andantino in D Hypodorian
No. 3 Tempo giusto in E Phrygian
No. 4 Vivace in E Hypophrygian
No. 5 Andante in F Lydian
No. 6 Poco lento in F Hypolydian
No. 7 Andantino in G Mixolydian
No. 8 Moderato in G Hypomixolydian
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)
No. 1 Moderato in C minor
No. 2 Adagio in C minor
No. 3 Fughetta - Moderato in A minor
No. 4 Moderato in E-flat major
No. 5 Moderato in A minor
No. 6 Adagio in C-sharp minor
No. 7 Allegro in A major
No. 8 Enérgicamente in D minor
No. 9 Leggiermente - Moderato in D major
No. 10 Moderato in D major
No. 11 Adagio in F minor
No. 12 Tempo giusto in C major
Bombardo-Carillon in B-flat 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)
Etz chajjim hi, 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)
(ms., unpublished).
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-flat 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) (ms., unpublished)
Other:
Pas-redoublé in E-flat major, for concert band (1840)
Allegro agitato (A son confrère P: Cavallo), for string quartet in F minor (1846, 6 bars,
unfinished ms.)
Lost works (without opus numbers):
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)