Charles-Valentin Alkan – Grande Sonate ‘Les Quatre Ages’ – 40 Ans ‘Un Menage Heureux’ 2/2
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‘amoureusement’ a clock strikes ten, an hour of strange significance for Alkan. It is said that when he heard the ten strokes he would habitually withdraw, even in mid-conversation.” “A domestically harmonized hymn-tune announces family prayers. The children join in; the hymn gains confidence. A brief, lingering reference to the opening song provides the cue for an even briefer exit by the children, and the movement ends with a feminine cadence quite impossible to play as Alkan has …
