 Those encountering Alkan at this phase included the young Vincent d 'Indy , who recalled Alkan 's " skinny , hooked fingers " playing Bach on an Érard pedal piano : " I listened , riveted to the spot by the expressive , crystal @-@ clear playing . " Alkan later played Beethoven 's Op. 110 sonata , of which d 'Indy said : " What happened to the great Beethovenian poem ... I couldn 't begin to describe – above all in the Arioso and the Fugue , where the melody , penetrating the mystery of Death itself , climbs up to a blaze of light , affected me with an excess of enthusiasm such as I have never experienced since . This was not Liszt — perhaps less perfect , technically — but it had greater intimacy and was more humanly moving ... " 
 Those encountering Alkan at this phase included the young Vincent d 'Indy , <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>recalled Alkan <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>" skinny , hooked fingers " playing Bach on an Érard pedal piano : " I listened , riveted to the spot by the expressive , crystal @-@ clear playing . " Alkan later played Beethoven <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Op. 110 sonata , of which d 'Indy said : " What happened to the great Beethovenian poem ... I couldn 't begin to describe – above all in the Arioso and the Fugue , where the melody , penetrating the mystery of Death itself , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>climbs</mark></a> up to a blaze of light , affected me with an excess of enthusiasm such as I <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> never experienced since . This <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>not</mark></a>Liszt — perhaps less perfect , technically — but it had greater intimacy and was more humanly moving ... " 
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