June 22, 2025

S2. E78. R.I.P. Alfred Brendel

S2. E78. R.I.P. Alfred Brendel

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Welcome back to Perfect Pitch with Nick Healy Hutchinson and his fresh approach to the world of classical music. Whether you're an expert or a beginner, old or young. Perfect Pitch has something for everyone.

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The celebrated pianist Alfred Brendel died a few days ago at the age of 94. There are plenty of lengthy and effective pictures about him, but I can't let his death go unrecognized on this podcast. And much more importantly, probably the average account of me to that man to the repertoire for all the big names that show it now. But it was random who brought this average achievement to our attention or his enormous recording output. And it was only offered to the third time or default again. And sometimes you couldn't have wondering why he wanted to take a hold of the glasses, because you only rarely looked at the keyboard. And when you weren't looking at it, his eyes were closed much of the time. Which occasionally verbs it on the doctor or you can provide it in the code or like a lot of forms of affinity with a good test or which I think would have been surrounded by what he was. And it was only found by his publisher after his death in 1827. And it was around this time that he was determined to article later called by himself. The title apparently came to the publisher. Between the brothers of the Linux of the player, nothing better than the photo. The other thing to mention is his absolutely dislikeful melody. And yet this is never far away. Coming from the man for whom the ability to hear was obviously the most important of senses. The internet or an AI access to absolutely anything. My father wrote an adjustment about Levin, following an article he written in the times, asking him from which it's going to play. Levin had made a particular quote in any officers. When you listen to another Haydn and Mozart, the former born and only twenty years before the letter, it's easy enough to tell their music apart. But there are definitely passages later Haydn. Which would be forgiven if I think it was written by Mozart. But here and there you do get a clear knowledge of the younger genius. It's also a fitting way to contribute by attendance to show appreciation for an extraordinary man. Whether on his own with all the greatest ones, you can see that the blue.