RIP Alfred Brendel

brianvds · Tuesday at 5:38 PM

Not a good week or two for famous musicians...

Alfred Brendel's disciplined musicianship was tempered by a deliberately off-beat view of the world.

www.bbc.com

Hermes2020 · Tuesday at 8:36 PM

I hadn't heard. He was one of the giants.

stlukesguild · Thursday at 5:02 PM

Brendel was a masterful pianist without bombast. He remains my “go to” artist for Schubert’s Impromptus:

I also love his performances of Mozart:

His performances of Mozart’s piano concertos with Sir Neville Marriner led me to a great appreciation of even the earlier works:

Hermes2020 · 2025-06-21T00:49:15-0700