{"id":20011,"date":"2016-01-06T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T11:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=20011"},"modified":"2016-01-06T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T11:23:06","slug":"the-complete-philips-recordings-alfred-brendel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=20011","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Philips Recordings &#8211; Alfred Brendel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20012\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/images.jpg\" alt=\"images\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/images.jpg 225w, https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/images-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Legendary pianist Alfred Brendel celebrated his 85th birthday on January 5, 2016. Commemorating Brendel&#8217;s life of achievements, on the 8th of January, Decca will release a 114 boxed CD set <em>The Complete Philips Recordings &#8211; Alfred Brendel\u00a0 <\/em>which will include recordings made for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon \u00a0and EMI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">This comprehensive set documents his studio albums, live broadcasts and radio broadcasts. Accompanying the set is a 200 page booklet with a note by Brendel&#8217;s personal choice of writer, Misha Donat, an article by Brendel (himself a poet and writer) and a detailed list of tracks from which Brendel has indicated his favorite recordings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Considered one of the greatest pianists of our time, Alfred Brendel is especially respected for his interpretations of the piano repertoire of Haydn and Mozart and the great Romantics &#8211; Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Liszt. Brendel lists &#8220;laughing&#8221; as one of his favourite pastimes &#8211; something that is reflected in his playing which shows a gift for highlighting unexpected elements of humour.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the CD set:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\">\u2022 Complete Mozart, Bach and Haydn recordings including a Mozart concerto cycle with\u00a0Neville Marriner and Academy of St Martin in the Fields<br \/>\n\u2022 Complete Beethoven recordings, including 3 concerto cycles (WP\/Rattle, CSO\/Levine,\u00a0LPO\/Haitink), 2 Piano Sonatas Cycles (1970-77 and 1992-96)<br \/>\n\u2022 The solo and concerto recordings of the Romantics includes 2 cycles of late piano\u00a0works by Schubert. Other composers include Liszt, Mussorgsky, Berg, Busoni and\u00a0Schoenberg<br \/>\n\u2022 Live, Chamber and Lieder recordings \u2013 radio performances of Beethoven, Busoni,\u00a0Mendelssohn and Chopin; Schubert and Schumann lieder with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau\u00a0and Matthias Goerne,<br \/>\n\u2022 Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas with his son Adrian Brendel<br \/>\n\u2022 One disc of Live Recitals in Salzburg<br \/>\n\u2022 Farewell Concerts from 2008<br \/>\n\u2022 Also includes recordings made for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and EMI<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Accompanying 200 page booklet includes:<br \/>\n\u2022 Extensive tracklists indicating some of Alfred Brendel&#8217;s favourite recordings (Artist\u2019s\u00a0Choice)<br \/>\n\u2022 Timeline \u2014 Key Events<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cVoyage of Discovery\u201d \u2013 a note by Brendel\u2019s personal choice of writer, Misha Donat<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cA Lifetime of Recording\u201d \u2013 an article by Alfred Brendel, first published in Gramophone\u00a0in August 2013<br \/>\n\u2022 Alfred Brendel: Selected Bibliography<br \/>\n\u2022 Index of works by composer<br \/>\n\u2022 Index of works by recording date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary pianist Alfred Brendel celebrated his 85th birthday on January 5, 2016. 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