I had never heard of the composer Alkan, and I had been taking music lessons since I was seven years old. Why? He is a revelation to me. More than Beethoven, whom I loved until now, but which is now only a poor substitute for Alkan, unfortunately. Just a few bars in the second movement of the Appassionata, with which Beethoven now approaches Alkan. I don't understand why Alkan was kept from me and all of us. He is so beautiful, great, unique! Thanks to Mr. Vincenzo Maltempo for his great work!

Alkan was genius. This is one of the best sonatas ever composed. Alkan show his ginialityy, creativity and innovation. And Maltempo's interpretation is one of the best!

Une pianiste extraordinaire!! Bravissimo, Vincenzo Maltempo!!!

14:43 cant imagine someone writing this, Alkan is a genius, truly genius

@benz1436

3 жыл бұрын

That's an 8 part fugue for solo piano lol. it's is terribly difficult I cannot even begin to imagine how much more difficult it was to write Its gorgeous tho

@aakarshitsingh1535

3 жыл бұрын

That's the fugue

this recording is a real treassure.

I'm 15 and I love this so much. Vincenzo's tempo and emotional control is incredible, and so is his technique. The 30 years movement is by far better than Hamelin's pretty goofy recording.

Maltempo's quite a talent. It's strange that I've never heard of him.

@anti-hermes2541

3 жыл бұрын

Not that strange - he plays Alkan.

16:53 Alkan is a genius

He is a gifted master ...

Starting at 30:48 magic happens. That part in the third movement gives me shivers in the most positive way. Its so melancholic and sad somehow. I interprete it as the part where the middle aged man realizes he is getting old.

@stephanjwilliams

2 жыл бұрын

That's also one of my favorite parts. The whole sonata is one of the greatest ever written, in my opinion.

@leonardmartin6048

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanjwilliams Yea, certainly. Alkan doesnt get enough attention. I guess thats due the lack of melodic structure of some of his weaker pieces as well as due to the horrible difficulties you encounter while playing many of his pieces.

@TheCarlos7454

Жыл бұрын

Odd, I realized I was getting old upon my 20th birthday!

Maltempo is a music genius. Extremely original and individual playing as Horowitz would have put it

Alkan's music makes me think of Mendelssohn overdosing on Red Bull.

@marlenerosario2800

4 жыл бұрын

Adderall

@thecozytrader00

3 жыл бұрын

Nah

@hyseo1121

3 жыл бұрын

Also i can see beethoven's shadow.

@Andrea-hc4kz

3 жыл бұрын

Why is this so true

Para mi un desconocido Alkan...Sorprendente el virtuosismo de Maltempo ( 35 años en 2020 )

the 3rd mov is so underated but so magical

@stephanjwilliams

2 жыл бұрын

Of the sonata?

There is nothing more beautiful

Nice name for a musician

You need 10 hands and 120 fingers to play Alkan !

@fishingtrio7823

4 жыл бұрын

Or maybe only one hand with 5 fingers if you are Alkan

@aakarshitsingh1535

3 жыл бұрын

@@fishingtrio7823 lmao

Amazing performance!

5:20 The only performance I've currently heard that pressed that particular note to transition to the beautiful part perfectly well.

Grazie!;)

Preston and Child's "Book of the Dead" brought me here.

@joseph_b319

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!! I Love P&C books

@Tru_G.R.I.T

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

bravissimo.outstanding. great pianism. maybe the the piano isn t well recorded, or maybe it s me. bravo again.

Just the thought of Liszt being nervous in ANY pianist's presence makes me giggle. Then again, he also thought he wasn't worthy when compared to Anton Rubinstein. History begs to differ, but it is what it is.

6:15 Chopin Scherzo no. 1

5:22 is so good

*IT’S TOOOOOOOOO GOOD...*

@video1248

5 жыл бұрын

OMG! *IMPOSSIBLE*

@atassano2001

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssssss!!!

@aakarshitsingh1535

3 жыл бұрын

indeed!

명곡이다

リストをかなりの得意とするマルテンポを持ってしてもこの曲の真価は発揮されていない...なんと恐ろしい曲。アルカンは真の救世主です

@user-lj1sc9bs4t

Жыл бұрын

彼はこの曲を十分に引き出す能力を持ち合わせていますが、ただ彼の冷静な性分が仇となっている...リストの場合ではそれで良いのだがアルカンには赤い情熱的な演奏が良いはずだ

8:28 damn.

6:33

41:14 - Chopin's Polonaise in C minor Op. 40 No. 2

Maltempo? the tempo is bien

@dansmusicandshogi4852

2 жыл бұрын

😂, that’s hilarious

Piano technique at his highest it is composed to suffer and punish piano players but apparently Maltempo is getting amused great performance .

The chords at the end of op33 40 are the lost chords.

5:40, 8:47

33:31

14:56

@elinathanferlay1013

2 жыл бұрын

The famous eight-voice fugue !

who from nor genius, of course both

noice

2:30 3:20 5:20

@Elopierek

4 жыл бұрын

4:20 :)

@ScarboroughAJishot

4 жыл бұрын

I love those parts they’re the best out of the whole 20abs

14:43 30:48 1:03:00

@teodorb.p.composer

Жыл бұрын

Alkan was genius in polyphony!

5:06

Very quick but glosses over many details

11:15

He slowed down on quite a few of the more technical sections... Still an incredibly performance, but I prefer Hamelin's take on several of these pieces.

@Ar1osssa

4 жыл бұрын

Jake Payne Hamelin plays it very fast. I don't like it. Maltempo has more orgasmic sound)

@Jamric-gr8gr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ar1osssa More orgasmic sound😂😂😂

@CalamityInAction

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jamric-gr8gr 😂😂😂

@CalamityInAction

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jamric-gr8gr Thank you Franz Liszt for keeping a mask on 😷

@michaelherring1944

3 жыл бұрын

Hamelin plays it faster but with a lot of mistakes. I never heard any in Maltempo's performance.