Stephanie MacCallum records Alkan’s ‘Recueils de Chants’

Sydney pianist Stephanie McCallum has released the first volume of Recueils de Chants a series of tone poems for piano by Charles-Valentin Alkan.

This first edition contains the first three of five books, adding a world premiere recording of  Une fuse a spinning song.tone poems by Charles-Valentin Alkan. Recorded in the Recital Hall West, of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music during 2012, there is nearly 75 minutes of music on this CD, released on the Toccata label ( TOCC 0157).

Click here to read the review in MusicWeb International.

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