{"product_id":"alkan-nosrati-piano-con-cd-426008553104","title":"Alkan\/Nosrati - Concerto Pour Piano Seul [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles-Valentin Alkan is fairly unknown. A contemporary of Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin in the 19th century but mostly living in Paris and enjoying the life in the salons. From Nosrati's notes: Alkan's music is at times so unconventional and sarcastic that audiences may have experienced more irritation than enthusiasm. His style feeds on abrupt contrast; it features a great deal of counterpoint and is thus more akin to the so-called \"German School\" than to French salon music. Anyone who dares to explore Alkan's music more closely will be richly rewarded: these are works capable of displaying the utter extremes of the human condition: alongside one another: seriousness and humor, intellect and emotion, tradition and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"206","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50786431631656,"sku":"426008553104","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3738121-2529207.jpg?v=1763991184","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/alkan-nosrati-piano-con-cd-426008553104","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}