Alfred Brendel
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Alfred Brendel was a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer and lecturer, based in London. He is noted for his performances of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and
Brendel in 2010
Wilhelm Kempff
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Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff was a German pianist, teacher and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for hi
Alfred Brendel
…responsible to the composer, and particularly to the piece". Brendel cited, in addition to his mentor and teacher Edwin Fischer, pianists Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff, and the conductors Bruno Walter and Wilhelm Furtwängler as particular influences on his musical development. Reviewing his 1993 Beethoven: The Late…
Album cover for Wilhelm Kempff's recording of Beethoven Piano Sonatas on DG 139 935 (1965), which received the Grand Prix du Disque
Kempff (right) with Ernest Ansermet (left) in 1965