If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed.
Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all. - Alfred Brendel
Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all.
- Alfred Brendel
Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from chaos and contains a bit of it… - Alfred Brendel
Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from chaos and contains a bit of it…
A work of art is like a person: it has more than one soul in its breast. - Alfred Brendel
A work of art is like a person: it has more than one soul in its breast.
You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts. - Alfred Brendel
You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts.
In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of a sleepwalker. To wande… - Alfred Brendel
In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of a sleepwalker. To wande…
If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece … - Alfred Brendel
If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece …
You need three or five hands to play Ligeti. - Alfred Brendel
You need three or five hands to play Ligeti.
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.' - Alfred Brendel
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.'
I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano. - Alfred Brendel
I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.
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