[VIDEO] Charles-Valentin Alkan Grande sonate, Op. 33, "Quasi-Faust"

[jlh]

From a recital I gave earlier this month..

[pbryld]

Very nice. I wish I could play that piece.

[pbryld]

Btw, what piano is that? You get so much sound from the upper register.

[jlh]

Btw, what piano is that? You get so much sound from the upper register.

It's the monstrous Bosendorfer Imperial 290... quite a fun piano to play.

Thanks!

[cmg]

Just recently returned here, so I may have missed more recent posts of yours.

Lord, what an ambitious undertaking!  Beautiful sound, Josh, and that impossible fugue actually made sense to me!  Such a mammoth piece will undoubtedly be a work in progress for the rest of your performing life.  Congratulations.

Are you working on a DMA now?  Or done with schooling?

Best,

Michael

[jlh]

https://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6e/IMSLP309094-PMLP07477-Alkan_-_Grande_Sonate_30_ans_Op.33.pdf

Follow along... it's much more fun that way!

[jlh]

Just recently returned here, so I may have missed more recent posts of yours.

Lord, what an ambitious undertaking!  Beautiful sound, Josh, and that impossible fugue actually made sense to me!  Such a mammoth piece will undoubtedly be a work in progress for the rest of your performing life.  Congratulations.

Are you working on a DMA now?  Or done with schooling?

Best,

Michael

Thanks!  I'm actually now a DMA Candidate, and all but dissertation is done.  Getting closer!

Josh