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About the artist Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel's place among the greatest musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is assured. Renowned for his masterly interpretations of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Liszt, he is one of the indisputable authorities in musical life today and one of the very few living pianists whose name alone guarantees a sell-out anywhere in the world he chooses to play. He was not a child prodigy, his parents were not musicians and there was no music in the house. He was given his first piano lessons at the age of six but after the age of sixteen, the little formal training he had had came to an end. Apart from attending a few master classes he had no further teachers. To this day, Alfred Brendel regards his unconventional musical background as something of an advantage. He gave his first public recital in Graz age 17 and in 1949 he won fourth prize in the prestigious Busoni Competition in Bolzano, Italy. It was enough to launch his career as a performing musician. During the 1950s he made his first recordings. These served to confirm his stature as an authoritative keyboard artist and, during the 1960s, became the first pianist ever to record the entire piano works of Beethoven (on the Vox label), a set which, in the opinion of one critic, contains 'some of the finest Beethoven ever recorded'. In the 1970s, Brendel returned to Beethoven with a complete cycle of the piano sonatas on the Philips label for which he now recorded exclusively. Brendel's discography is now among the most extensive of any pianist, reflecting a repertoire of solo and orchestral works that ranges from Bach and Haydn to Weber to Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Mussorgsky and Schoenberg. Among the countless prizes he has won (sometimes on more than one occasion) are the Grand Prix of the Liszt Society, the Gramophone Award, Grand Prix du Disque, the Japan Record Academy Award, the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, the Grand Prix de l'Academie du Disque Francais, the Edison Prize and the British Music Trades Association Prize to name but a few. Important musical awards include the Léonie Sonning Prize, the Siemens Prize and the Prix Venezia. He holds honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford and Yale and was made an honorary KBE in 1989. He is a recipient of the Hans von Bilow medal of the Berlin Philharmonic and in December 1998, he was made an honorary member of the Wiener Philharmoniker. Since this orchestra's foundation in 1842, it is an honour that has been conferred on only two other pianists, Emil von Sauer and Wilhelm Backhaus.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Alfred Brendel

CATALOGUE NR: OA0811D  (barcode: 8717056560021)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2001

TITLE: Alfred Brendel - In Portrait
TRACKS: Recital - Piano Sonata in E flat major HobXVI/49 (Haydn). Piano Sonata in C minor K457 (Mozart). Impromtu Number 3 in G flat D899 (Schubert). Documentary Film. Rehearsal Conversation.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DVD 10 - All Regions - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 703408  (barcode: 0814337010348)
RECORD LABEL: C Major Entertainment
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

TITLE: Alfred Brendel on music - Three Lectures
TRACKS: Does Classical music have to be entirely serious?. Musical Character(s) as exemplified in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. Light and Shade of Interpretation.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS 5.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 224 minutes / Subtitles: English - original language Chinese French German Italian Japanese Korean Spanish

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CATALOGUE NR: CDX5172  (barcode: 0047163517228)
RECORD LABEL: Vox
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TRACKS: Piano Concerto Number 1 in E flat. Piano Concerto Number 2 in A. Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra. Malediction for Piano and Orchestra. Piano Sonata in B minor. Dante Sonata. Mephisto Waltz.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michael Gielen
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

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CATALOGUE NR: CDX5181  (barcode: 0047163518126)
RECORD LABEL: Vox
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 21-Jan-2002

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TRACKS: Opera Transcriptions: Paganini Etudes. Sonetti dei Petrarca. Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

- Apr-2002 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4623122  (barcode: 0028946231227)
RECORD LABEL: Philips Duo
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 19-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Annees de Pelerinages
TRACKS: Book 1-III complete.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel   Zoltan Kocsis    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Brendel performs the first and second years and Kocsis the third year. 'Brendel's performances are of superlative quality' Penguin Guide - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 232920  (barcode: 4011222329202)
RECORD LABEL: Fab Four
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 22-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Alfred Brendel
TRACKS: Fantaisie quasi sonate 'Apres une lecture du Dante' (Liszt). Sonata in B minor (Liszt). Mephisto Waltzes (Liszt). Hungarian Dances for two pianos : Hungarian Dance Number 1 in G minor / Hungarian Dance Number 2 in D minor / Hungarian Dance Number 3 in F major / Hungarian Dance Number 4 in F minor / Hungarian Dance Number 5 in F-sharp minor / Hungarian Dance Number 6 in D-sharp major / Hungarian Dance Number 7 in A major / Hungarian Dance Number 8 in A minor / Hungarian Dance Number 9 in E minor / Hungarian Dance Number 10 in E major / Hungarian Dance Number 11 in D minor / Hungarian Dance Number 12 in D minor / Hungarian Dance Number 13 in D major / Hungarian Dance Number 14 in D minor / Hungarian Dance Number 15 in B-flat major / Hungarian Dance Number 16 in F minor / Hungarian Dance Number 17 in F-sharp minor / Hungarian Dance Number 18 in D major / Hungarian Dance Number 19 in B minor / Hungarian Dance Number 20 in E minor / Hungarian Dance Number 21 in E minor (Brahms). Slavonic Dances Opus 46 for two pianos : Number 1 in C major Furiant / Number 2 in E minor Dumka / Number 3 in D major Sousedska / Number 4 in F major Sousedska / Number 5 in A major Skocna / Number 6 in A major Polka / Number 7 in C minor Skocna / Number 8 in G minor Furiant. Slavonic Dances Opus 72 for two pianos : Number 1 in B major Odzemek / Number 2 in E minor Dumka / Number 3 in F major Skocna / Number 4 in D-sharp major Dumka / Number 5 in B-flat minor Spacirka / Number 6 in B-flat major Polonaise / Number 7 in C major Srbske Kolo / Number 8 in A-flat major Sousedska (Dvorak). Three Movements from Petruschka : Danse russe / Chez Petrouchka / La semaine grasse (Stravinsky). Pictures At An Exhibition : Promenade / Gnomus / Promenade / Il vecchio castello / Promenade / Tuileries - Dispute d'enfants apres jeux / Bydlo / Promenade / Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks / Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle / Promenade / Limoges / Catacombae - Sepulcrum romanum / Cum mortuis in lingua mortua / The Hut on Fowl's Legs - Baby-Yaga / The Bogatyr Gates in the Capital in Kiev (Mussorgsky).
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1955-1959

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CATALOGUE NR: 93786  (barcode: 5028421937861)
RECORD LABEL: Brilliant Classics
FORMAT: 10 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 24.95
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Great Liszt interpreters play Liszt
TRACKS: Earl Wild - Reminiscences de 'Robert le Diable' de Meyerbeer : Valse infernale S413. Gnomenreigen. Mephisto Polka. Mephisto Waltz Number 1. Reminiscences de 'Don Juan' - Mozart. Waltz from 'Faust' - Gounod. Lazar Berman - Annees de pelerinage Book I: Suisse : Chapelle de Guillaume Tell / Au lac de Wallenstadt / Vallee d'Obermann / Le Mal du Pays / Les Cloches de Geneve. Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata in B minor S178. Gyorgy Cziffra - Paraphrases and transcriptions - Tannhauser - Wagner / Rigoletto - Verdi / A Midsummer Night's Dream : Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies - Mendelssohn / La Muette de Portici - Auber. Grand galop chromatique. Valse oubliee Number 1. Waldesrauschen. Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este. Gnomenreigen. Valse-Impromptu. Hungarian Rhapsody Number 19. Vladimir Ovchinikov - Etudes d'execution transcendante. Artur Pizarro - Hungarian Rhapsodies. Emil Gilels - Waldesrauschen. Gnomenreigen. Liebestraum Number 3 in A flat. Mephisto Waltz Number 1. Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este. Piano Sonata in B minor. Alfred Brendel - Opera transcriptions and paraphrases : Lucia di Lammermoor : Sextet - Donizetti / Il trovatore : Miserere - Verdi / Norma Fantasy - Bellini / Oberon Overture - Weber / Benvenuto Cellini : Benediction & Oath - Berlioz / Tannhauser : Pilgrims' Chorus - Wagner / Paganini Etudes : Tremolo / Octave in E flat / La campanella / Arpeggio / La Chasse / Variations. Annees de pelerinage : Deuxieme Annee: Italie : Tre sonetti di Petrarca. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses. Lazar Berman - Sonata 'Apres une lecture de Dante' from Anneées de pelerinage II : Italie. Mephisto Waltz Number 1. Etudes d'execution transcendante : Prelude / Paysage / Feux follets / Vision / Appassionata / Harmonies du soir / Chasse-neige / Rhapsodie espagnole.
ARTISTS: Earl Wild   Gyorgy Cziffra   Alfred Brendel   Artur Pizarro

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758247  (barcode: 0028947582472)
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Originals
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TRACKS: Sonata for Piano in B minor S178. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses S173 : Number 7 Funerailles. Nuages gris S199. 5 Kleine Klavierstucke S192 : Number 3 in F sharp. En reve - nocturne for piano S207. Richard Wagner Venezia - piano S201.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

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CATALOGUE NR: ATMCD1213  (barcode: 0699675121327)
RECORD LABEL: Vanguard
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Piano Masterpieces
TRACKS: Sonata for Piano in B minor S178. 6 Transcendental Etudes after Paganini S140 : Etude Number 3 'La Campanella'. 4 Valses oubliees for Piano S215 : Number 1 in F sharp major. 3 Petrarca Sonnets for Piano S158 : Number 3 Sonetto 123. 12 Transcendental Etudes for Piano S139 : Number 11 Harmonies du soir. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies for Piano S244 : Number 2 in C sharp minor / Number 3 in B flat / Number 8 in F sharp minor / Number 13 in A minor / Number 15 in A miinor 'Rakoczy March / Number 17 in D minor. 2 Csardas for Piano S225 : Number 2 Csardas obstine.
ARTISTS: Jeanne-Marie Darre   Alfred Brendel    

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC1362  (barcode: 5055031313624)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.15
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: The Two Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 1 in E flat S124. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 2 in A S125. Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses : excerpt.
ORCHESTRA: Pro Musica Orchestra of Vienna
CONDUCTOR: Michael Gielen
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: newly re-mastered

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CATALOGUE NR: 4757188  (barcode: 0028947571889)
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.66
RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Alfred Brendel plays Liszt and Schumann
TRACKS: Sonata for Piano in B minor S178. Totentanz. Annees de pelerinage : Premiere annee Suisse - Number 6 Valle d'Obermann. Piano Concerto Number 2 in A major S125 (Liszt). Kreisleriana Opus 16. Fantasy in C major Opus 17 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Haitink
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1972-1997

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CATALOGUE NR: PCLD0016  (barcode: 5065001863356)
RECORD LABEL: Piano Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.79
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jun-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Liszt 200 Series
TRACKS: Hungarian Rhapsodies: Number 15 'Rakoczy March' / Number 3 andante / Number 2 lento a capriccioso / Number 13 andante sostenuto / Number 8 lento a capriccio / Number 17 lento Csardas obstine. Opera Transcriptions and Paraphrases : Lucia di Lammermoor: Sextet (Donizetti). Il Trovatore: Miserere (Verdi). Norma Fantasy (Bellini). Oberon Overture (Weber). Benvenuto Cellini: Benediction & Oath (Berlioz). Tannhauser: Pilgrim's Chorus (Wagner). Paganini etudes: Tremolo in G minor Octave in E flat major. La Campanella in G sharp minor. Arpeggio in E major. La Chasse in E major. Variations in A minor.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782825  (barcode: 0028947828259)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 21.49
RELEASE DATE: 15-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Liszt
TRACKS: CD1 - Piano Sonata in B minor S178. Annees de pelerinage: Troisieme annee : Number 4 Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este. Unstern Sinistre - Disastro. Trube Wolken - Nuages gris. Annees de pelerinage: Troisieme annee : Number 7 Sursum corda. Weihnachtsbaum-Suite : Number 9 Abendglocken. Variations on Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen. Totentanz. CD2 - Annees de pelerinage: Deuxieme annee: Italie. Annees de pelerinage: Premiere annee: Suisse : Number 6 Vallee d'Obermann. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses : Funerailles. Csardas macabre. CD3 - 2 Legendes : Saint Francois d'Assise: la predication aux oiseaux / Saint Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots. La lugubre gondola Number 1. La lugubre gondola Number 2. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses : Invocation. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses : Pensees des morts. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses : Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude. Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC1378  (barcode: 5055031313785)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.15
RELEASE DATE: 12-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: The Debut Recording
TRACKS: Grandes Etudes de Paganini S141 : Etude in G minor - Tremolo Study / Etude in E flat Major - Octave Study / Etude in G sharp minor 'La campanella' / Etude in E major - Arpeggio Study / Etude in E major La Chasse / Etude in A minor - Theme and Variations. Weihnachtsbaum S186 - Christmas Tree Suite. Opera Transcriptions - Reminiscences de 'Lucia di Lammermoor' (Donizetti) / Miserere du 'Trovatore' (Verdi).
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

- Jan-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This richly comprehensive reissue shows Brendel in his early years as a towering Lisztian proclaiming Liszt's genius at a time when there were still accusations of vulgarity.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ALC1040  (barcode: 0894640001400)
RECORD LABEL: Alto
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Piano Sonata Number 19 in C Minor D958. Piano Sonata Number 15 in C major D840 'Relique'. 16 German Dances Opus 33 D783.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

- Aug-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CD3X3041  (barcode: 0047163304125)
RECORD LABEL: Vox
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.89

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Impromptus Opus 90. Moments Musicaux Opus 94. Three Pieces Opus posth. Fantasia in F minor. Allegro in A minor. Grand Duo Sonata in C for Paino Four Hands. Fantasy in C Opus 15. Impromptus Opus 142 (Schubert). Fantasy in C for Piano and Orchestra (Schubert / Liszt).
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4387032  (barcode: 0028943870320)
RECORD LABEL: Philips Duo
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Piano Sonata Number 19 in C minor D958. Piano Sonata Number 20 in A D959. Piano Sonata Number 21 in B flat D960. Three Piano Pieces D946.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

- Penguin Guide 1994 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4565732  (barcode: 0028945657325)
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 15-Jan-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Piano Sonatas
TRACKS: Sonata D894. Sonata D575. Sonata D959. Sonata D960.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes Brendel's first ever recording of D575 - Apr-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2001 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Brendel's Schubert is a fresh and all-seeing as it always is when Brendel is at his best.' - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4460012  (barcode: 0028944600124)
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass in A D667 'Trout' (Schubert). Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello in G minor K478 (Mozart).
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel   Thomas Zehetmair   Tabea Zimmerman   Richard Duven

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4560612  (barcode: 0028945606125)
RECORD LABEL: Philips Duo
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 130 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-1997

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Impromptus D899 : Impromptu Number 1 in C minor / Impromptu Number 2 in E flat / Impromptu Number 3 in G flat / Impromptu Number 4 in A flat. Impromptus D935 : Impromptu Number 1 in F minor / Impromptu Number 2 in A flat / Impromptu Number 3 in B flat / Impromptu Number 4 in F minor. 16 German Dances D783. 3 Klavierstucke Impromptus D946 : Impromptu Number 1 in E flat minor / Impromptu Number 2 in E flat / Impromptu Number 3 in C. 6 Moments musicaux D780 : Number 1 in C / Number 2 in A flat / Number 3 in F minor / Number 4 in C sharp minor / Number 5 in F minor / Number 6 in A flat. 12 German Dances D790.
ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: '..unaffected eloquence..' - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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