"I was not a child prodigy; indeed, I had none of the requisite qualities for making a successful career." This "shortcoming" has not prevented Alfred Brendel from becoming one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. His solo recitals and...
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"I was not a child prodigy; indeed, I had none of the requisite qualities for making a successful career." This "shortcoming" has not prevented Alfred Brendel from becoming one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. His solo recitals and...
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The problem with Brendel is his almost religious respect for the composers; that's why he is so unfair to Glenn Gould that believed that a performer should have all the freedom he wanted when interpreting a musical text.