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Alfred Brendel on Music. (Books).
Chicago Review Press, 418 pages, $19.95
Brendel is, as almost everyone knows, one of the pre-eminent pianists of our age; he is also one of the most thought-provoking writers on music--its history, style, construction, and performance. Although English is not his first language, his vocabulary and use of the language are to be envied. He writes in a concentrated, serious style, always seeming to choose precisely the right words to express his ideas clearly and succinctly.
This is not a book for light reading. Rather it is an approach to music on an advanced, sophisticated level. The reader needs to peruse carefully, taking the time to digest the concepts Brendel introduces. The resultant dividend will be a deeper, richer insight into some pivotal and varied topics, introduced in this series of 37 essays.
Some of ...
- MOZART: Piano Concerto 25; Sonata 10; Fantasy in C minor, K 475; Romance in...
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide SCHONBERG, HAROLD C. September 1, 2000 700+ words
...HAYDN: Concerto in D Edwin Fischer; Philharmonia/ Josef...Vienna Philharmonic/ Edwin Fischer (Haydn) Appian 5525...This is Volume 3 of Edwin Fischer's Mozart concerto...responsible for the Mozart piano concerto revival, plays it...
- Mozart: Piano Concerto 22; 2-Piano Concerto; Serenade 10; Symphony 40. (From...
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Moses, Kurt November 1, 2002 700+ words
...geniality. The cadenzas are by the pianist (in I) and by Edwin Fischer (in III, somewhat simplified). This performance took...a theatre of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna. The Two-Piano Concerto was recorded in concert at the Musikverein on February 8...
- SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto 2; MOZART: Rondo in D, K382; BEETHOVEN: Concerto 4.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide MCCLAIN, THOMAS May 1, 2001 700+ words
...time or another, and a surprising number of them are very good. Robilette plays the Mozart Rondo much the way Schnabel or Edwin Fischer would have: stately, dignified, much too slow for even my antiquated tastes. Jeno Jando, Murray Perahia, and Mitsuko...
- Edwin Fischer, piano.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Morin, Alexander November 1, 2001 700+ words
BACH: Concertos 2, 4, 5; 3-Piano Concerto; Flute, Violin, & Piano Concerto; Musical Offering; BEETHOVEN: Fantasy...Arts 1080 [6CD] 6:25 The Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer (1886-1960) has been universally praised...
- MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto 1; Violin & Piano Concerto; Variations Serieuses.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide HALLER, STEVEN J. September 1, 2000 700+ words
...v-Intim 066 (Albany) 70 minutes Piano Concerto in A minor; Violin Concerto in D minor...Koch Berlin 3089 (Koch) 57 minutes 2-Piano Concerto in E with POULENC: 2-Piano Concerto Anna & Ines Walachowski; Wurttemberg...
- Bliss: Piano Concerto & Sonata; 2-Piano Concerto.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Mulbury September 1, 2004 700+ words
BLISS: Piano Concerto & Sonata; 2-Piano Concerto Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe; Scottish National Orchestra...Jones Naxos 557146--73 minutes Sir Arthur Bliss's Piano Concerto, written for the New York World's Fair of 1939 and...
- POULENC: Piano Concerto; 2-Piano Concerto; Aubade.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide VROON September 1, 2001 700+ words
POULENC: Piano Concerto; 2-Piano Concerto; Aubade Gabriel Tacchino & Bernard Ringeissen...are from 1965, 1966, and 1983. The latest is the Two-Piano Concerto, played by people who knew the composer well. The composer...
- Skalkottas: Piano Concerto 2; Theme & Variations; Little Suite; 4 Images.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Lehman January 1, 2006 700+ words
SKALKOTTAS: Piano Concerto 2; Theme & Variations...1333 (Sept/Oct 2003), First Piano Concerto on BIS 1014 (Nov/Dec 1999...begins with Skalkottas's Second Piano Concerto, a three-movement work from...
- MOZART: Piano Concerto 20; 2-Piano Concerto; Sonata 12.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide BEVERSLUIS, JOHN January 1, 2000 700+ words
MOZART: Piano Concerto 20; 2-Piano Concerto; Sonata 12 Jose Iturbi--Ivory 70908 (Allegro) 69...as music director for more than a decade. In the two-piano concerto, he is joined by his (also highly underrated) sister...
- Tippett: Piano Concerto; Handel Fantasia; Corelli Fantasia; Praeludium.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Hecht, Roger November 1, 2001 700+ words
TIPPETT: Piano Concerto; Handel Fantasia; Corelli Fantasia...Gieseking rehearse Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto in the late 40s he felt moved to...Midsummer Marriage is the same as the Piano Concerto. To know one is to appreciate the...