Maltempo plays Alkan - Quasi Faust Audio + Sheet music

Vincenzo Maltempo gives an epic performance of Quasi Faust, the 2nd movement, 30 ans from Charles-Valentin Alkan’s daunting Piano Sonata, entitled “Grande Sonate Les Quatre Ages“. Australian pianist Piers Lane said: “Whenever I performed pieces like Quasi Faust with its demonic battle between good and evil and its audacious pianistic demands, the audience has been polarized: some listeners have dismissed its language as trite, others have thought it was the most exhilarating and involving piece they’ve hea