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BBC Radio 3Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:15 BBC Radio 3
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From the Chapel of New College, Oxford.
Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:15 BBC Radio 3
Piers Lane explores the mysterious life and music of French pianist and composer Charles Valentin Alkan. The Italian composer Busoni considered him to be one of the five greatest writers for the piano since Beethoven. He was a friend and neighbour of Chopin and possessed what Liszt called the 'greatest technique' he had ever heard. Piers asks why, by the end of his life, this Romantic virtuoso was all but forgotten.
BBC Radio 3Sat 25 Apr 2009 12:15 BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:15 BBC Radio 3
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