If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from chaos and… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all. — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
A work of art is like a person: it has more than one soul in its breast. — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent. — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
