One of the greatest pianists of his generation who bestrode the musical world for six decades In the postscript to his 1998 book of poetry One Finger Too Many, the pianist Alfred Brendel cites among ...

‘Alfred Brendel's playing of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor) is remarkable for the freshness of his approach to familiar music. It is as if he has forgotten all the many ...

His was perhaps the most famous wrinkled brow in classical music, framing the bespectacled eyes of a pianist who penetrated to the very heart of the Austro-Germanic tradition like few others have ever ...

Alfred Brendel (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Mackerras Decca 478 2116 (2 CDs) ***** Alfred Brendel's final appearances were not originally planned for CD. These recordings of the great ...

June 17, 2025 • Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed ...

Alfred Brendel is an Austrian pianist as well as an established poet and author. Alfred Brendel studied piano, composition and conducting in Zagreb and Graz and completed his piano studies with Edwin ...