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Stephanie Mccallum
Alkan & Magnard / Stephanie McCallum - Piano
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7: I Allegro Allegro Moderato (Op. 39, No. 4)
2. Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7: II Marche Fun?bre Andantino
3. Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7: III Menuet Tempo Di Minuetto
4. Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7: IV Finale Presto
5. Chanson de la Folle Au Bord de la Mer, prelude for piano in A flat minor (Pr?ludes dans tous les tons majeurs No. 8), Op. 31/8
6. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 1, Envoi, Tendre
7. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 2, Bois de Boulogne, El?gant: Bois De Boulogne El?gant
8. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 3, Villebon, Myst?rieux: Villebon Myst?rieux
9. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 4, St Cloud, Avec franchise: St. Cloud Avec Franchise
10. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 5, St Germain - Amoureusement: St. Germain - Amoureusment
11. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 6, Trianon - Large - Joliment: Trianon - Large - Joliment
12. Promenades (7) for piano, Op. 7: No. 7, Rambouillet, Nuptial: Rambouillet Nuptial

CD Details

All Artists: Stephanie Mccallum
Title: Alkan & Magnard / Stephanie McCallum - Piano
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tall Poppies
Release Date: 3/31/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Short Forms, Instruments, Keyboard, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 034060278123, 9399011008121

CD Reviews

A fine exponent of Alkan's music

L. Sarro | Brazil | 09/15/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"McCallum's Alkan is quite special. Her clarity and colorful insights into the music are revealing. She's more faithful to the score than the average, and her dynamics are more contrasting. The Finale of the Symphonie is exciting, although not as passionate as Gibbons', with the only restriction of a lack of technical endurance in the middle of the movement, the brilliant passage before re-exposition. Even so, most of the time she negotiates the difficulties of the piano writing very well.

The Magnard is not familiar to me, but I really liked it. Her performance is penetrating and inviting. It was a revelation to me.

I didn't rate this CD a 5 star because of Alkan's performance of Marche Funebre and Chanson de La Folle Au Bord La Mer which sounded a little cold to me."