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‘It is impossible to recall him without smiling’: Simon Rattle on Alfred Brendel
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The conductor first heard Brendel as a schoolboy. He was to become his cherished friend, inspirational collaborator and valued mentor for many decades. Simon Rattle remembers the great pianist’s wi…
26 days ago
Majestic, rigorous and sheer fun: the best of Alfred Brendel’s recordings
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
As the musical world mourns the celebrated pianist, we assess his wide recording legacy and pick the 12 best, from Russian rarities to quickfire Beethoven
In the two decades before he retired from con…
Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Widely regarded as the ‘musicians’ musician’ Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven’s piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years
The celebrated pianist and author A…
32 days ago
The Lost Tapes, Beethoven sonatas 18,27, 28 & 31 album review – Richter always found something fresh to say
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Sviatoslav Richter
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Sviatoslav Richter’s already huge catalogue is enriched by these rediscovered recordings of recitals of Beethoven’s piano sonatas from 1965
Though he claimed to …
47 days ago
Beethoven's true face is revealed for the first time in 200 YEARS - and it's every bit as 'intimidating' as his reputation suggests
81 days ago
Nicola Benedetti: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto album review – warm and deliciously playful throughout
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Benedetti/Aurora Orchestra/Collon
(Decca)
Benedetti and the Aurora, who play from memory, have fun and freedom here, augmenting the role of the drum in an ebullient recording
We tend to have an unhealth…
2 months ago
Osaka Expo 2025 opens with Beethoven's 9th Symphony and futuristic exhibits
4 months ago
The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams…
Facing the Music Radio 3/BBC Soun…
5 months ago
Beethoven and Marie Curie compete with birds to appear on new euro notes
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
European Central Bank picks two themes for redesign submissions: ‘iconic personalities’ or rivers and birds
He was a master of notes, and now the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven could be one of t…