Alfred Brendel discography
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The pianist
, Alfred Brendel
KBE
(born 5 January 1931) was a recording artist for more than half a century, from his first record of Prokofiev
's Piano Concerto No. 5
at the age of 21, to his farewell concerts in 2008, recorded in Hanover
and Vienna
. He has recorded with only three record companies: Vox Records
, DECCA
and Philips
. His discography contains many albums and compilations of multiple recordings from different composers featuring him as a pianist.
. He has also recorded works by Mozart
, Liszt
, Brahms
, Schumann
and Schubert
. However, unlike virtually all classical pianists, he has recorded very little Chopin
.
Brendel recorded extensively for the VOX
label, providing them his first of three sets of the complete Beethoven sonatas. He did not secure a major recording contract until the 1970s. His breakthrough came after a recital of Beethoven at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
in London, the day after three major record labels called his agent. Since the 1970s, Brendel has recorded for Philips Classics
.
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel KBE is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia and a resident of the United Kingdom. He is also a poet and author.-Biography:...
KBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 5 January 1931) was a recording artist for more than half a century, from his first record of Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
's Piano Concerto No. 5
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev)
The last complete piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, dates from 1932.-Background:Prokofiev's last piano concerto dates from 1932, a year after he finished the fourth piano concerto, whose solo part is for left hand only...
at the age of 21, to his farewell concerts in 2008, recorded in Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
and Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. He has recorded with only three record companies: Vox Records
Vox Records
VOX Records is a budget classical record label. The name is Latin for "voice."-History:Vox was founded in 1945, starting out with 78-rpm discs, specializing in licensed pressings of classical recordings made in Europe. It was one of the last major recording companies to adopt stereo recording,...
, DECCA
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
and Philips
Philips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
. His discography contains many albums and compilations of multiple recordings from different composers featuring him as a pianist.
Overview
Alfred Brendel made his first recording at the age of 21 and has since recorded a wide range of piano repertoire. He was the first pianist ever to record the complete solo piano works of BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
. He has also recorded works by Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
, Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
and Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
. However, unlike virtually all classical pianists, he has recorded very little Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
.
Brendel recorded extensively for the VOX
Vox Records
VOX Records is a budget classical record label. The name is Latin for "voice."-History:Vox was founded in 1945, starting out with 78-rpm discs, specializing in licensed pressings of classical recordings made in Europe. It was one of the last major recording companies to adopt stereo recording,...
label, providing them his first of three sets of the complete Beethoven sonatas. He did not secure a major recording contract until the 1970s. His breakthrough came after a recital of Beethoven at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a music venue on the South Bank in London, United Kingdom that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances. The QEH forms part of Southbank Centre arts complex and stands alongside the Royal Festival Hall, which was built for the Festival...
in London, the day after three major record labels called his agent. Since the 1970s, Brendel has recorded for Philips Classics
Philips Classics Records
Philips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists including Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St...
.
Albums
| Year of Issue | Album Title | Label | |
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| Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano | Philips Philips Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company.... |
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| Schumann: Kreisleriana; Kinderszenen; Fantasiestücke | |||
| Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 | |||
| The Artist's Choice: Alfred Brendel - Live at the BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... |
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| Schumann: Piano Concerto; Fantasy Op.17 | |||
| Schubert: Winterreise | |||
| Schubert: The Complete Impromptus / Moments Musicaux | |||
Schubert: Impromptus D899, Op90; Impromptus D935, Op142
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| Schubert: Complete Impromptus, D899 & D935; 11 Ecossaises, etc. | |||
| Schubert: Forellenquintett / Mozart: Piano Quartet In G Minor
Trout Quintet The Trout Quintet is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major by Franz Schubert. In Otto Erich Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's works, it is D. 667... Piano Quartet No. 1 (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478, is considered the first major piece composed for piano quartet in the chamber music repertoire.-Composition and reception:... |
1994 | Philips | |
| Schubert: Piano Sonatas in A minor and D major, D784 & D850 | 1987 | Philips | |
| Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D.959 / No.20; Hungarian Melody; 16 German Dances etc. | |||
| Schubert: Piano Sonata In C minor, D958; 6 Moments Musicaux, D.780 | |||
| Mozart: Piano Concertos No.22 in E flat, K.482 ; No.27 in B flat, K.595 | Philips | ||
| Mozart: Piano Concertos No.21 in C, K.467; No.15 in B flat, K.450; No.23 in A, K.488 | Philips | ||
| Mozart: Piano Concertos No.20 in D minor, K.466 ; No.24 in C minor, K.491 | Philips | ||
| Beethoven: Diabelli Variations | Philips | ||
| Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 26 & 29 | |||
| 1985 | Beethoven: Für Elise; Eroica Variations, Op.35; 6 Bagatelles Op.126; 6 Ecossaises | DECCA | |
| 1989 | 6 Moments musicaux, Op.94 D.780 - No.1 in C (Moderato) | Philips | |
| 1989 | Schubert: Piano Works 1822-1828 | Philips | |
| 1989 | Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845; 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946
Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, composed in May 1825. The sonata is in four movements:*I. Moderato*II. Andante, poco mosso in C major... / Three impromptus for piano, D. 946 Impromptus (Schubert) Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each: the first set was published in the composer's lifetime as Op. 90, and the second set was published posthumously as Op. posth. 142. They are now... |
1987 | Philips |
| 1992 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5; Fantasia in C minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera... / London Philharmonic Choir London Philharmonic Choir The London Philharmonic Choir is one of the leading independent British choirs in the United Kingdom based in London. The Patron is Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy and Sir Roger Norrington is President. The choir, comprising over 200 members, holds charitable status and is governed by a... / John Alldis John Alldis John Alldis was an English chorus-master and conductor.After his education at Felsted, Alldis studied as a choral scholar under Boris Ord at King's College, Cambridge, from 1949 to 1952.... , Conductor Conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble... |
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| 1993 | Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas
Piano Sonata No. 27 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor is Ludwig van Beethoven's Op. 90. The work, written in the summer of 1814 in Beethoven's late Middle period, was dedicated to Count Moritz von Lichnowsky.- Form :... / Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 Piano Sonata No. 28 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, was written in 1816 and was dedicated to the pianist Baroness Dorothea Ertmann. This piano sonata runs for about 20 minutes and consists of four movements:... / Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the antepenultimate of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge Hammerklavier sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character... / Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas.... / Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ("Hammerklavier"), Op. 106 Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 is a piano sonata widely considered to be one of the most important works of the composer's third period and among one of the great piano sonatas... / Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Piano Sonata No. 32 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, is the last of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas. Along with Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 and his two collections of bagatelles—Opus 119 and Opus 126 —this was one of Beethoven's last compositions for piano. The... |
1970–1975 | Philips |
| Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas
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1971–1974 | Philips | |
| 1993 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 53, 54 & 101; Andante favori | DECCA | |
| 1993 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16-18
Piano Sonata No. 16 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1, was composed between 1801 and 1802. Although it was numbered as the first piece in the trio of piano sonatas which were published as Opus 31 in 1803, Beethoven actually finished it after the Op. 31 No... / No.17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" Piano Sonata No. 17 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was composed in 1801/02 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is usually referred to as "The Tempest" , but this title was not given by him, or indeed referred to as such during his lifetime; instead, it comes from a claim by his associate Anton Schindler... / No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 "The Hunt" Piano Sonata No. 18 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3, is a sonata for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, the third and last of his Op. 31 piano sonatas. The work dates from 1802... |
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| 1994 | Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas | Philips | |
| 1994 | Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.1 | DECCA | |
| 1994 | Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 15, 22, 25 & 27 | Philips | |
| 1994 | Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky... / No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Moonlight" Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata , was completed in 1801... / No.15 In D major, Op.28 Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was named Pastoral or Pastorale by Beethoven's publisher at the time, A. Cranz. While nowhere near as widely recognised as its predecessor, the Piano Sonata No. 14, known often as the Moonlight Sonata, it is... / No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a Piano Sonata No. 26 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a, known as the Les Adieux sonata, was written during the years 1809 and 1810.The title Les Adieux implies a programmatic nature... / No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "The Tempest" Piano Sonata No. 17 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was composed in 1801/02 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is usually referred to as "The Tempest" , but this title was not given by him, or indeed referred to as such during his lifetime; instead, it comes from a claim by his associate Anton Schindler... / No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, also known as the Waldstein, is considered to be one of Beethoven's greatest piano sonatas, as well as one of the three particularly notable sonatas of his middle period . The sonata was completed in the summer of 1804... / No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 is a piano sonata. It is considered one of the three great piano sonatas of his middle period . It was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick... |
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| 1994 | Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 26, Op. 27 No. 1, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" & Op. 49 No. 1 | Philips | |
| 1995 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 Nos. 1-3 | DECCA | |
| 1995 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8-11 | DECCA | |
| 1996 | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Piano & Orchestral versions) | Philips | |
| 1996 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 5, 6 & 7 | DECCA | |
| 1997 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 7 & 28 Pastoral & 49 No. 2 | DECCA | |
| 1999 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 109, 110 & 111 | DECCA | |
| 1999 | Schubert: Piano Sonata No.20, D 959; Hungarian Melody; 16 German Dances etc.' | Philips | |
| 1999 | Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Books 1-3 | Philips | |
| 1999 | Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D 845; 3 Klavierstücke, D 946 | 1987 | Philips |
| 1999 | Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos
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| 2000 | Mozart: Piano Sonatas
Rondo for Piano No. 3 (Mozart) Rondo in A minor, K. 511, for piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1787. It is in one movement: Andante. The rondo follows an A-B-A-C-A pattern. The principal theme in A minor primarily uses eighth notes while the first episode is in F major using sixteenth notes and the second episode... Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 is a sonata in three movements:#Andante grazioso — a theme with six variations#Menuetto — a minuet and trio#Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor and major.... Piano Sonata No. 16 (Mozart) The Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was described by Mozart himself in his own thematic catalogue as "for beginners," and it is sometimes known by the nickname Sonata facile or Sonata semplice.... Piano Sonata No. 10 (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K 330 is among one of the three works in the cycle of piano sonatas K.330-332. The sonata was composed in 1783, when Mozart was twenty-seven years old... |
1998 / 1999 | Philips |
| 2000 | Schubert: Piano Sonata No 21, D 960; Wanderer Fantasie, D760 | Philips | |
| 2000 | Mozart: Piano Sonatas No.11 in A, K.331 -"Alla Turca"; No.17 in B flat, K.570; No.10 in C major, K.330 | Philips | |
| 2000 | Beethoven: Bagatelles Opp.33, 119 & 126; Für Elise; Rondo in C; Allegretto in C minor; Klavierstück in B flat | DECCA | |
| 2001 | Mozart: Piano Sonatas K.322, K.333 & K.457 | Philips | |
| 2001 | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 | ||
| 2001 | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 | DECCA | |
| 2002 | Mozart: Piano Concertos K.271 "Jeunehomme" & K.503 | DECCA | |
| 2002 | Mozart: Piano Concertos K.271 "Jeunehomme" & K.503 | DECCA | |
| 2002 | Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos | Philips | |
| 2003 | Mozart: Piano Sonatas K 310, 311, 533/494; Fantasy K.397 | Philips | |
| Schubert: Piano Quintet - "Trout”
Trout Quintet The Trout Quintet is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major by Franz Schubert. In Otto Erich Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's works, it is D. 667... |
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| 2005 | Schubert: Schwanengesang; Beethoven: An die Ferne Geliebte
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of... - An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98 An die ferne Geliebte , opus 98, is a composition by Ludwig van Beethoven in April 1816. It is considered to be the first example of a song cycle by a major composer.-Beethoven's :... Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music... – Herbst ("Es rauschen die Winde"), song for voice & piano, D. 945 / Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957 Schwanengesang Schwanengesang is the title of a posthumous collection of songs by Franz Schubert.Unlike the earlier Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise, it uses poems by three poets, Ludwig Rellstab , Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl . Schwanengesang has the number D 957 in the Deutsch catalogue... |
2003 | DECCA |
| 2005 | Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.20, 23 & Concert Rondos | DECCA | |
| 2006 | Mozart: Complete Edition Box 6: Quintets, Quartets etc | Philips | |
| 2006 | Mozart: Piano Concertos K414 & K453 | Philips | |
| 2006 | Liszt: Sonata in B minor etc | Philips | |
| 2007 | JS Bach: Italian Concerto, etc.
Orgelbüchlein The Orgelbüchlein was written by Johann Sebastian Bach during the period of 1708–1714, while he was court organist at the ducal court in Weimar... / Prelude (Fantasy) in A minor, BWV 922 / Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 / Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade 1740-1750, from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist... / Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 |
1976 | Philips |
| 2008 | Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings (36CDs) | numerous, mainly 1959-1962 | Brilliant Classics (original by Vox) |
| 2008 | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
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| 2009 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5; Piano Sonata Op. 57, "Appassionata"
Simon Rattle Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002 has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic .... , Conductor Conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble... |
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| 2009 | The Farewell Concerts | 2008 | DECCA |
| 2009 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14, 23 & 26 | Philips | |
Compilations
| Year of Issue | Details | Recording Date(s) | Label |
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| 1998 | Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Alfred Brendel I
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1982–1991 | Philips Classics Philips Classics Records Philips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists including Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St... |
| 1999 | Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Alfred Brendel II
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1963–1995 | Philips Classics Philips Classics Records Philips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists including Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St... |
| 1999 | Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Alfred Brendel III Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Alfred Brendel III Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alfred Brendel III is volume 14 of the Great Pianists of the 20th Century box set and is the third of three volumes dedicated to him. It features music by the composers Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Maria von Weber, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and... |
1968–1989 | Philips Classics Philips Classics Records Philips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists including Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St... |
| 2006 | The Artist's Choice Collection: Alfred Brendel | Philips | |
| 2006 | The Artist's Choice: Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven | Philips | |
| 2006 | The Artist's Choice: Alfred Brendel plays Haydn and Mozart | Philips | |
| 2006 | The Artist's Choice: Alfred Brendel plays Liszt and Schumann | Philips | |
| 2006 | The Artist's Choice: Alfred Brendel plays Schubert | Philips | |
| 2007 | Alfred Brendel in Recital
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of... : Diabelli Variations Diabelli Variations The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz composed by Anton Diabelli... / Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 Piano Sonata No. 28 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, was written in 1816 and was dedicated to the pianist Baroness Dorothea Ertmann. This piano sonata runs for about 20 minutes and consists of four movements:... Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano".... : Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text... : Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:... : Elegies Elegies (Busoni) Elegies by the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni is a set of solo piano pieces which can be played as a cycle or separately. Initially published in 1908 with six pieces, it was subsequently expanded to seven by the addition of the Berceuse... Nos. 3 and 6 |
1968–2001 | Philips Philips Records Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also... |
| 2007 | Alfred Brendel – Unpublished Live and Radio Performances 1968–2001 Alfred Brendel – Unpublished Live and Radio Performances 1968–2001 Alfred Brendel – Unpublished Live and Radio Performances 1968–2001 is a 2-CD compilation album of solo piano music selected by the performer Alfred Brendel. The album was released in 2007 and features music by the composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn, and Ferruccio... |
1968–2001 | Philips |
Boxed Sets
| Year of Issue | Details | Recording Date(s) | Label |
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| 1986 | Haydn: 11 Piano Sonatas | Philips | |
| 1996 | Mozart: Favourite Works for Piano | DECCA | |
| 1996 | Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
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| 2001 | Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos.9,18,20, & 21 | DECCA | |
| 2004 | Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano & Cello | DECCA | |
| 2005 | Complete Mozart Edition: Piano Concertos
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Philips |