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6 hours agoJoseph Nolan: The Complete Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1 album review seething with quasi-orchestral colour
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a great composer whose complex, virtuosic keyboard works remain largely unknown despite admiration from Chopin and Liszt, though Joseph Nolan's organ recordings demonstrate his genius through immaculate craftsmanship and extraordinary harmonic complexity.