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ALBUMLiszt: Années de pèlerinage II, La lugubre gondola & Csárdás macabreAlfred Brendel
Albums by Alfred Brendel
ALBUMLiszt: Années de pèlerinage II, La lugubre gondola & Csárdás macabreAlfred Brendel
ALBUMLiszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S. 173 & Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke"Alfred Brendel
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Music, Vol. 9Alfred Brendel
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Music, Vol. 11Alfred Brendel
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Music, Vol. 1Alfred Brendel
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Music, Vol. 4Alfred Brendel
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Music, Vol. 8Alfred Brendel
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 "Emperor" & Rondo, WoO 6 (1995 Remastered Version)Alfred Brendel, Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg, Zubin Mehta & Vienna Philharmonic
ALBUMSchubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960Alfred Brendel
ALBUMSchubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959Alfred Brendel
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Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: I. Allegro (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: 1. Molto moderato (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: II. Adagio (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: IV. Allegro (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: III. Menuetto. Allegro (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: 2. Andante sostenuto (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: 4. Allegro ma non troppo (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: 2. Andantino (Stereo)
Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: 1. Allegro (Stereo)
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Artist Biography
By the time the Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel retired from concert-giving in 2008, aged 77, he was universally regarded as one of the world’s greatest pianists. His path to eminence was, however, far from conventional. Although Brendel—born in Wizemberk, Czechoslovakia, in 1931—took piano lessons as a boy, he was largely self-taught from age 16 onward, and avoided the glitzy competition circuit viewed by many young pianists as a path to stardom. Adopting a slower-burn approach, Brendel’s serious, self-effacing style of playing gradually gained him admiring audiences. Between 1958 and 1964, he became the first pianist to record Beethoven’s complete solo piano music (for Vox), cementing his international reputation. Although Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert featured constantly in his music-making, Brendel also made acclaimed recordings of Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms, and raised the profile of Haydn’s hitherto underappreciated piano sonatas. Brendel’s cultural interests extended well beyond the piano. He wrote widely on musical subjects, published poetry, and was a gifted painter. His glinting curiosity and lively sense of humor frequently fed into his piano playing, along with a deep vein of feeling that never tipped over into sentimentality. The well-nigh perfect balance Brendel struck between intellect and emotion has been matched by few other classical pianists.
Hometown
Wiesenberg, Czechoslovakia
Genre
Classical