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 Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: 79. Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts by Alfred Brendel |
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Alfred Brendel is one of my favorite pianists. He leans towards the literal, "straight" school of playing, and while he's been criticized for being a little "cool" I find his performances wear well in the long run.
This book is a collection of essays about Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Busoni, Edwin Fischer, and pianos. It helps to have a firm grounding in these works if you want to understand everything (I came up a little short.)
Some interesting stuff in the book:
* "Beethoven composed like an architect, Schubert like a sleepwalker."
* The 2nd mvt of Beethoven's sonata op 10 #1 is a sonata without a development, unless you accept the broken chord at bar 45 as the world's shortest development section.
* He cannot stand to hear Scarlatti's music played on a modern piano.
The best thing about this book is that it's got me thinking about learning some more Schubert.
It feels a little strange to be reading a book where no one gets murdered. |
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