He had formal music lessons until he was about sixteen, culminating in his first public recital at seventeen, on which he performed a composition of his own, a sonata with, he frequently boasts, a double fugue arguably the most technically challenging. But in contrast to liszts more serious workssay, the faust symphony or the sonatathe poporiented hungarian rhapsodies seem perfectly amenable to a certain amount of potchkeeing around by performers, especially when the alterations match the spirit of the original. Bearing that in mind, the following link is a prime example of the tradition of liszt playing that im talking on about. Jun 02, 2011 heres his 1981 recording of liszt s b minor sonata, a performance of fire and flamboyance that scotches the image of brendel as a coldblooded intellectual. Richard wagner venezia alfred brendel piano philips 475 8247. Kempffs complete liszt recordings for decca, from poetic performances of the two concertos, through to thundering, yet evocative renditions of the two legends, and a selection of pieces from the swiss and italian books of years of pilgrimage. Previously unpublished live and radio performances recoded at the bbc, 1968 to 2001.
Brendel counts as perhaps the foremost liszt interpreter among what can be called the modern germanoamerican school of pianists. There are few pianists who can preach the power of beethoven better than alfred brendel. Ii, an album by franz liszt, alfred brendel on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Alfred brendel piano, london philharmonic orchestra, bernard haitink. Thats endearingly the case with these heliumfilled readings, which.
Since the 1950s, brendel has been one of the most prolific recording artists in the world. Alfred brendel, liszt alfred brendel plays liszt hungarian. Alfred brendel kbe born 5 january 1931 is an austrian pianist, poet and author, known particularly for his performances of mozart, schubert, schoenberg, and especially beethoven. Alfred brendel plays liszt by alfred brendel on amazon. Liszt an addition to the series of artists choice albums in which alfred brendel has selected his preferred recordings from his liszt discography.
Liszt succeeds in offering relief without a trace of triviality. Martin in the fields, neville marriner with jessye norman somewhere near her vocal and theatrical best in non temer, and lovely solo playing from hugh maguire, marriners former colleague and leader at the lso, this is well worth. Three of alfred brendel s longoutofprint vox liszt lps manage a tight squeeze onto two cds. He was a student at the university of leipzig, university of berlin, and university of freiburg up until the year 1840. Liszt means different things to different people but dry, unevocative and thinlipped he aint. The old testament is bachs welltempered clavier, and the new testament is beethovens 32 sonatas.
Liszt does not appear as the most selfcritical of composers. Alfred brendel piano cd page 1 of 14 presto classical. The piano concertos alfred brendel, bernard haitink on allmusic 1990. Much of the scrupulously wrought character that is alfred brendel rests on his often discussed by himself especially autodidacticism. The brilliant performance was of liszt s sonata in b minor. Brendel has also written a number of books, and one collection of poetry including musical thoughts and afterthoughts, a pianists az. Listen to your favorite songs from alfred brendel plays liszt by alfred brendel now. At the age of thirtyfive he already had a reputation as a leading interpreter of the germanaustrian classical repertoire and many voices were raised in favour of his claims to be taken up by a major company, so that he could be heard in firstclass sound and with concerto and chamber partners on the highest level. Franz liszt has 524 books on goodreads with 3637 ratings. Alfred brendel plays liszt by franz liszt 14 editions published.
In this definitive collection of a renowned pianists writin. Brendel also published a book on franz liszt he was the editor of the neue zeitschrift. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. In its own way, brendels account of weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen is a variant of old maid dont be left with the joker in hand. Three of alfred brendels longoutofprint vox liszt lps manage a tight squeeze onto two cds. Hello select your address best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics gift cards customer service sell registry. Jessye norman soprano, hugh maguire violin, alfred brendel piano academy of st.
Background for detailed background on events before 1859, see new german school at the tonkunstlerversammlung musicians assembly of 1859 in leipzig, the organisers, liszt and brendel, wanted to open the path for the foundation of a allgemeiner deutscher musikverein general german music association, to embody what they thought of as the core principles of the new german school of music. The definitive collection of alfred brendel s writings combines his two classic books, musical thoughts and afterthoughts and music sounded out and also includes new, previously unpublished essays. Much of it derives from his earlier work, album dun voyageur, his first major published piano cycle, which was composed between 1835 and 1838 and published in 1842. Alfred brendel plays liszt by alfred brendel on amazon music. See the article in its original context from january 22, 1973, page 21. In 1846 he began teaching music history at the leipzig conservatory, and in 1852 he published a wellregarded general history of european music. Music go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. This cd includes performances of liszt solo piano music by alfred brendel. The best of alfred brendel on youtube music the guardian. The definitive collection of alfred brendels writings combines his two classic books, musical thoughts and afterthoughts and music sounded out and also includes new, previously unpublished essays.
Alfred brendel, london philharmonic orchestra, bernard haitink. Brendel performs 3 works for piano in carnegie series the. Lazar berman in tokyo schumann, liszt, rachmaninov 1988. Referring specifically to kempffs nonbombastic liszt, brendel called them the greatest we.
Bach, the welltempered clavier, book 1 sviatoslav richter 1969 duration. Franz liszt, alfred brendel lisztbrendel hungarian. Jan 22, 1973 brendel performs 3 works for piano in carnegie series. Alfred brendel is one of the greatest pianists in the world. Discover book depositorys huge selection of franz liszt books online. Heres his 1981 recording of liszt s b minor sonata, a performance of fire and flamboyance that scotches the image of brendel as a cold. Alfred brendel is another pianist who has received a fair share of ridicule in piano circles, but he was an important pianist of his time, and maybe the only modern exponent of wilhelm kempffs. Alfred brendel piano london philharmonic orchestra, bernard haitink liszt s sonata is seen to have an enlarged field of tension and here is a performance that, from a tension of expectancy in the dragged notes of the opening bars to the tensions of the bravura. Brendel performs 3 works for piano in carnegie series. Brendel did not bother with the three supplementary pieces that liszt added to his italian book, simply because they fall off seriously in quality. The final years, 18611886 cornell university press, 1997. Here he distils a lifetimes musical knowledge from how to play bach, mozart and liszt to when to cough during a recital.
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