Browse: Alkan - Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Ages', Op. 33

It takes a certain kind of temperament and a superior finger technique to take [Alkan] on. Those who cut the mustard are few and far between. Mark Viner is such a one and with this, the third... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2020 More…

Hamelin's power and conviction turn the Grand Sonata on the Four Ages of Man into a statement of inspired profundity. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007 More…

Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It’s a steal. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018 More…

Amoyel celebrates Alkan’s bicentenary in style with the remarkable Grande Sonate and some fascinating and sublime miniatures — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013 More…

[Maltempo] opted to play a 19th-century instrument, an 1899 Erard which was, apparently, Alkan’s favourite make of instrument. It’s the lack of homogeneity on such a piano, the distinctive character... — The Guardian, 27th March 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…