Illuminating and challenging, 'Alfred Brendel on Music' provides an insight into the exceptional mind of a great pianist.

Discusses the creative process in classical music, examining such composers as Mozart, Busoni, Beethoven, and Liszt

"In a series of dialogues with Martin Meyer, Brendel speaks about his life, the development of his career, his music-making, his travels, his poems and essays;

Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and has

'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic profession.' Ever since Alfred Brendel bid f