Charles-Valentin Alkan: The Forgotten Virtuoso

Charles-Valentin Alkan was a pianist and composer of unparalleled brilliance, whose intricate compositions and extraordinary skill at the keyboard earned him the admiration of contemporaries such as Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin. Yet, despite his immense talent, Alkan''s name has faded into relative obscurity, overshadowed by the towering figures of the Romantic era.In Charles-Valentin Alkan: Th...