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"The mix of thoughtfulness and brilliance that irradiates [Brendel's] performances infuses these spirited essays."--Susan Sontag 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, Brendel is also one of the world's most remarkable writers on music--possessed of the rare ability to bring together the clarity and originality of expression that characterised his performances to the printed page. The definitive collection of his award-winning writings and essays,Music, Sense and Nonsensecombines all of his work originally published in his two classic books,Musical Thoughts and AfterthoughtsandMusic Sounded Out, along with significant new material on a lifetime of recording, performance habits, and reflections on life and art. As well as providing stimulating reading, this new edition yields a unique insight into the exceptional mind of one of the outstanding musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Whether discussing Bach or Beethoven, Schubert or Schoenberg, Brendel's essays are both illuminating and challenging, a treasure for the specialist and the music lover alike. Alfred Brendelis known for his recordings, international concert appearances and writings. He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1989.… (meer)
In these essays and lectures, Brendel considers sound, silence, sublimity, humor, and the performer’s critical role in the experience of music. What also makes this collection so relevant is just how appealing his analysis and commentary are to scholar, performer, and amateur listener alike—a rare accomplishment for anyone writing about classical music.
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SINCE THE LAST collection of my writings, Alfred Brendel on Music, appeared in 2007 a number of things have happened.
LET THIS BE the first warning to the Mozart performer: piano playing, be it ever so faultless, must not be considered sufficient. Mozart’s piano works should be for the player a receptacle full of latent musical possibilities which often go far beyond the purely pianistic.
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To deal with a late Beethoven quartet invariably amounts to a voyage of discovery – in spite of George Bernard Shaw who famously declared that the late quartets were simple, unpretentious and thoroughly accessible. He also wrote about Schubert’s Great C major Symphony that it was one of the most provocatively brainless compositions ever penned on paper.
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For me, the most phenomenal blessings I could discover on this planet next to love were music and humour. They imbue life with sense. (And nonsense.)
"The mix of thoughtfulness and brilliance that irradiates [Brendel's] performances infuses these spirited essays."--Susan Sontag 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, Brendel is also one of the world's most remarkable writers on music--possessed of the rare ability to bring together the clarity and originality of expression that characterised his performances to the printed page. The definitive collection of his award-winning writings and essays,Music, Sense and Nonsensecombines all of his work originally published in his two classic books,Musical Thoughts and AfterthoughtsandMusic Sounded Out, along with significant new material on a lifetime of recording, performance habits, and reflections on life and art. As well as providing stimulating reading, this new edition yields a unique insight into the exceptional mind of one of the outstanding musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Whether discussing Bach or Beethoven, Schubert or Schoenberg, Brendel's essays are both illuminating and challenging, a treasure for the specialist and the music lover alike. Alfred Brendelis known for his recordings, international concert appearances and writings. He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1989.