As they have been issued, each volume in this comprehensive survey of Alkan’s (1813-1888) piano music has been eagerly awaited by the piano press and enthusiastically reviewed. In his playing, his research and his writing, Mark Viner has become the pre-eminent modern advocate of a composer still widely misunderstood and perennially underrated. Volume 8 of the survey is organised according to Alkan’s treatment of three genre types: the Nocturne, the Impromptu and the Zorcico.