Haydn, Franz Joseph > Brendel, Alfred

50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Casa, Lisa della; Domingo, Placido; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Hetzel, Gerhart; Jurinac, Sena; Lorengar, Pilar; Moll, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Norman, Jessye...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fricsay, Ferenc; Abbado, Claudio; Rizzi, Carlo; Böhm, Karl; Mehta, Zubin; Bernstein, Leonard; Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Boulez, Pierre

The Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable music events- operas, concerts and recitals- for 50 years. Here is a unique...continue...
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Farewell Concerts

2 CD / Decca / 2010-01-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Sonata for Piano in F major, K. 533/494; Franz Joseph Haydn: F Minor Variations; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Alfred Brendel has for many years been among the world's greatest pianists: in concert, recital and on many best-selling recordings. Here, in his last CD...continue...

Piano Sonatas

4 CD / Decca Import / 2009-01-27

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 33 in C minor, H 16 no 20; Sonata for Piano no 59 in E flat major; Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Sonata for Keyboard no 47 in B minor, H...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred

Although Haydn's piano sonatas are less known than his symphonies or quartets, they do merit attention. I think there is much higher variety of musical...continue...

Alfred Brendel - Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings

38 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-09-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Concerto for Piano no 14 in E flat major, K 449; Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Concerto for Piano n...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Klien, Walter
Conductors: Janigro, Antonio; Angerer, Paul; Boettcher, Willfried; ; Wallberg, Heinz; Mehta, Zubin; Gielen, Michael; Sternberg, Jonathan
Ensemble: Hungarian Woodwind Quintet members; I Solisti di Zagreb; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-B; Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Teacher's Choral Society; Vienna Chamber Orche...

Alfred Brendel retires this year from public performance. He will give his last recital in December 2008 at Vienna's Musikverein, in the city where he...continue...

The Artist's Collection: Alfred Brendel [Box Set]

8 CD / Philips Import / 2008-04-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126; Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Sonata for...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard

Haydn: 4 Piano Sonatas; Mozart / Alfred Brendel

2 CD / Philips Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Keyboard Sonata in G major, H. 16/40; Sonata for Keyboard no 56 in D major, H 16 no 42; Sonata for Keyboard no 62 in E flat major...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

"[Brendel's] playing throughout is of real distinction, aristocratic without being aloof, concentrated with being too intense. Everything is cleanly articulated and finely characterized. He is...continue...

Young Brendel - The Vox Years

6 CD / Traditions Alive / 2001-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K 382; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595; Ludwig van...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Klien, Walter [Piano]
Conductors: Angerer, Paul; ; Boettcher, Willfried; Gielen, Michael; Sternberg, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Members of the Hungarian Quintet (Members); Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

"This compendium is a treasurable legacy of Brendel's early (1955-66) recordings. The Vox editors have made a discerning selection of these; there are many great...continue...