Biography with overview of compositional and pianistic abilities, discography, works list, an essay on his "lost" symphony in b-minor, links, and bibliographic materials. alkan.bluestealth.com
MIDI audio files including Douze Études, dans les tons majeurs, Douze Etudes dans le tons mineurs, Esquisses, and Trois grandes Etudes pour le piano, plus portrait. From Kunst der Fuge. www.kunstderfuge.com/alkan.htm
Wikipedia article with biography and possibly apocryphal story of his death, summary of his compositional style and performing abilities, internal references, external links, and portrait photograph. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan
Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary. www.karadar.it/Dictionary/alkan.html