Alfred Brendel: 2 books
Music, Sense and Nonsense
Collected Essays and Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and has been credited with rescuing from oblivion the piano music of Schubert's last years. Far from having merely one string to his bow, however,...
A Pianist's A–Z
A piano lover's reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic profession.'
Ever since Alfred Brendel bid farewell to the concert stage after six decades of performing, he has been passing on his insight and experience in the form of lectures,...