You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts. — 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
