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Alfred Brendel | Format: Audio CD
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ALFRED BRENDEL

Alfred Brendel studied piano, composition and conducting in Zagreb and Graz, and completed his piano studies with Edwin Fischer, Paul Baumgartner, and Edward Steuermann. His international career began after winning a prize at the 1949 Busoni Competition and he now performs regularly at the world's major musical centres and festivals. He was the first pianist to record Beethoven's… Read more in Amazon's Alfred Brendel Store

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  • Audio CD (4 Nov 2004)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B0002LGWEA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 19,972 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2 - 1a. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivoAdrian Brendel 5:34£0.79
Listen  2. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2 - 1b. Allegro molto più tosto prestoAdrian Brendel10:18£1.49
Listen  3. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2 - 2. Rondo (Allegro)Adrian Brendel 9:00£0.79
Listen  4. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.4 in C, Op.102 No.1 - 1. Andante - Allegro vivaceAdrian Brendel 8:31£0.79
Listen  5. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.4 in C, Op.102 No.1 - 2. Adagio - Tempo d'andante - Allegro vivaceAdrian Brendel 8:02£0.79
Listen  6. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A, Op.69 - 1. Allegro ma non tantoAdrian Brendel12:38£1.49
Listen  7. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A, Op.69 - 2. Scherzo (Allegro molto)Adrian Brendel 5:28£0.79
Listen  8. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A, Op.69 - 3. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivaceAdrian Brendel 8:39£0.79
Listen  9. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Theme. AllegrettoAdrian Brendel0:32£0.39
Listen10. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation IAdrian Brendel0:35£0.39
Listen11. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation IIAdrian Brendel0:35£0.39
Listen12. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation IIIAdrian Brendel0:32£0.39
Listen13. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation IVAdrian Brendel0:41£0.39
Listen14. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation VAdrian Brendel0:33£0.39
Listen15. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation VIAdrian Brendel0:30£0.39
Listen16. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation VIIAdrian Brendel0:43£0.39
Listen17. 12 Variations On "Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen" For Cello And Piano, Op. 66 - Variation VIIIAdrian Brendel0:31£0.39
Listen18. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation IXAdrian Brendel0:40£0.39
Listen19. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation X. AdagioAdrian Brendel 1:16£0.79
Listen20. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation XI. Poco Adagio, quasi AndanteAdrian Brendel0:49£0.39
Listen21. 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 - Variation XII. AllegroAdrian Brendel 2:06£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Thema. AllegrettoAdrian Brendel0:45£0.39
Listen  2. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation IAdrian Brendel0:37£0.39
Listen  3. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation IIAdrian Brendel0:42£0.39
Listen  4. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation IIIAdrian Brendel0:45£0.39
Listen  5. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation IVAdrian Brendel0:46£0.39
Listen  6. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation VAdrian Brendel0:54£0.39
Listen  7. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation VIAdrian Brendel0:45£0.39
Listen  8. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation VIIAdrian Brendel0:39£0.39
Listen  9. 12 Variations On "See The Conquering Hero Comes" For Cello And Piano, Woo 45 - Variation VIIIAdrian Brendel0:46£0.39
Listen10. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation IXAdrian Brendel0:53£0.39
Listen11. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation X. AllegroAdrian Brendel0:41£0.39
Listen12. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation XI. AdagioAdrian Brendel 3:15£0.79
Listen13. 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 - Variation XII. AllegroAdrian Brendel 1:02£0.79
Listen14. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2 - 1. Allegro con brioAdrian Brendel 6:41£0.79
Listen15. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2 - 2. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affettoAdrian Brendel 9:14£0.79
Listen16. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2 - 3. Allegro - Allegro fugatoAdrian Brendel 4:34£0.79
Listen17. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1 - 1. Adagio sostenuto - AllegroAdrian Brendel18:21£2.29
Listen18. Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1 - 2. Rondo (Allegro vivace)Adrian Brendel 6:57£0.79
Listen19. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Theme. AndanteAdrian Brendel0:47£0.39
Listen20. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation IAdrian Brendel0:41£0.39
Listen21. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation IIAdrian Brendel0:45£0.39
Listen22. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation IIIAdrian Brendel 1:03£0.79
Listen23. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation IVAdrian Brendel 1:24£0.79
Listen24. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation V. Si prenda il tempo un poco più vivaceAdrian Brendel0:43£0.39
Listen25. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation VI. AdagioAdrian Brendel 2:26£0.79
Listen26. 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 - Variation VII. Allegro, ma non troppoAdrian Brendel 2:14£0.79

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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Superb Playing 2 May 2007
Format:Audio CD
I recently bought this recording. I have been listening to Opus 102 played by Casals and Serkin on an old recording remastered for CD. The sound quality was quite poor and also, sorry to say, the performance was very weak. The two great players are frequently not together with piano chords falling distinctly behind by Casals in a very disconcerting manner.

The Brendel and Brendel set is superb. In the Judas Maccabeus variations you hear several lines of music, Brendel father plays with such care and attention that the inner voices sing - even the most apparently insignificant parts can suddenly add a voice. In the Opus 102 #2 sonata in D, once again, the shaping of each individual part is superb and they make of the final fugue a superbly astringent dance rather than a 'would be' Hammerklavier finale [Brendel pere knowing the Hammerklavier as he does it is clear that he is well placed to differentiate the cello and piano fugue from the great solo fugue].

As to Adrian Brendel, his tone is mellow and warm throughout with no lack of virtuosity when required. He must have a superb instrument to play on and I would love to hear him play the cello in the variations to the Opus 127 quartet with the wonderful high cello voicings. Whatever advantages he has had in the music world from his famous father must not take away from his own talent, I have rarely heard such warmth. That he plays in great sympathy with his father is I suppose unsurprising: their performance of the Adagio from Opus 102 #2 is like one long canticle, the intensity of the melisma [so reminiscent of the piano sonata Opus 101] are very finely played.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Dr Karl
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This version of Beethoven's extraordinary set of 5 cello and piano sonatas has been rightly praised. Brendel father and son play beautifully, in total harmony. It must be so rewarding for a father to be able to play these eternally youthful masterpieces with his son. The recording is excellent and the tone of the instruments just lovely. I did feel occasionally I needed this extra bit of momentum, the hell for leather quality that Richter and Rostropovich bring to these works, but these are admirable performances. It annoyed me a bit that the sonatas are not in their Opus number sequence, but the sets of variations are just wonderful. I have to admit that when Beethoven brings his own extraordinary twist to Papageno's tune from the Magic Flute in the concluding variation, Alfred Brendel had me chuckling with delight to myself. Inspiring.
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I've been an admirer of Alfred Brendel since witnessing his rendition of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations at a late night concert during the Edinburgh Festival some years ago. This recording of Beethoven's works for Piano and Cello by the Brendel duo is so close-up and intimate that you feel you are actually there right in front of them. I also have the Naxos issue of this work which has been a long-term favourite of mine, but this more recent recording has become my first preference.
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