Alkan, Charles-Valentin - Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
Charles Alkan - 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.
Charles-Valentin Alkan - Picture, biography, works list, related composers, and recommended discography from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
Charles-Valentin Alkan - 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.
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) - Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary.