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Alfred Brendel, 1931-2025

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    He was humble about his success.

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    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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      Link to video

      Education is extremely important.

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        @Horace

        Interesting presentation. Beehoves me to listen again to some of Brendel’s recordings of Beethoven. Not sure about Liszt though - I remain convinced that he never “got” Liszt the same way as did the likes of Horowitz, Arrau, Cziffra, Ogden, Wild, Bolet and Argerich.

        Elbows up!

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          I did a search in my email on his name to see if I could find the ticket receipt to see when I saw him.

          What came up instead was me emailing a friend saying that Brendel’s LvB Cm variations were my favorite interpretation.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            @Horace

            Interesting presentation. Beehoves me to listen again to some of Brendel’s recordings of Beethoven. Not sure about Liszt though - I remain convinced that he never “got” Liszt the same way as did the likes of Horowitz, Arrau, Cziffra, Ogden, Wild, Bolet and Argerich.

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            @Renauda

            I agree, having listened to his Bm sonata last night.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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              @Renauda

              I agree, having listened to his Bm sonata last night.

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              @jon-nyc

              Had to listen to Brendel’s recording of Liszt’s B minor Sonata recording during an undergrad Music History course. The prof, a vocal disparager of Liszt and his music, loved the recording and praised it to no end in class. At the time I had already owned two recordings (still have the vinyls) of the sonata - Arrau’s and Argerich’s.

              The word “trite” best describes Brendel’s interpretation in comparison to Arrau and, at the time, a very youthful, Martha Argerich.

              Elbows up!

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                It was better than I could ever do but not particularly inspiring.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                  https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BZy16Tb62/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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                    I listened to him and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau perform Schubert's Winterreise tonight. Fabulous.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                      Listening to his Schubert Impromptus.

                      Sublime.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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