Alfred Brendel
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3 out of 5 stars.The British pianist’s impeccably reshaped group is more contemporary-music recital than jazz burnup
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The great pianist at 85, looking back on ‘playing, writing, living, loving’ and wondering how he managed to fit so much in
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From memories of recording in ice-cold mansions to a moving essay on his fading hearing, this is an eloquent volume from a formidable intellect
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Alfred Brendel is one of the greatest pianists in the world. Here he distils a lifetime's musical knowledge from how to play Bach, Mozart and Liszt to when to cough during a recital
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Tom Service: A selection of moments of brilliance from pianist Alfred Brendel
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The Saturday poem: Cologne by Alfred Brendel
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From 'oikophilia' to Snowball Earth, by way of poetry and a kaleidoscope of fiction
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Alfred Brendel's last live recordings show him to be one of the supreme pianists of our time, writes Nicholas Kenyon
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Classical review
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham Harrison Birtwistle's birthday tribute to Alfred Brendel leaves all else in the shade, writes Andrew Clements
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Jasper Rees meets Ulrich Gerhartz, the German master who keeps the giants of piano playing in tune
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The great pianist gave his last ever concert last week. Ed Vulliamy was there
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Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of his, or any, age sat down to play in public for the last time on Thursday
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The great pianist Alfred Brendel performs his last concert this week. His former pupil Imogen Cooper salutes a musical colossus
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