Alfred Brendel stood up for both Haydn and Schubert as a serious sonata writer and experienced and even lived the whole, tormented Robert Schumann. He blew away the icing sugar coating from Mozart and promoted the Schönberg piano concerto sustainably worldwide. And yet, Alfred Brendel only played a subordinate reference role in the end of the Beethoven anniversary year. People preferred to remember the very old and the eccentric. The younger listeners, on the other hand, practiced the ubiquitous Igor Levit.
Alfred Brendel: The great pianist whose legacy will be forgotten
2021-01-05T06:38:57.610Z
Alfred Brendel is alien to the great show by Lang Lang or Igor Levit. The gifted pianist does not bewitch with keyboard magic, but touches with humility and interpretational depth. We should remember his work - and hear, read and understand it.
Source: welt