Alfred Brendel, Andante spianato et Grande Polonesa Brillante. Chopin

[T2Step]

Wonderful playing. Wish Chopin featured more in his repertoire.

[KarloFeder]

in der Tat: hervorragend. Klang und vor allem Konsistenz des Tempos. Ich habe Brendel regelrecht entdeckt, vorher zu wenig wahrgenommen. Sein Anschlag ist einzigartig.

[Discerninator]

@KarloFeder - guter Beitrag - I translated ur post using google and glad you liked this recording , and for the reasons sited

[berlinzerberus]

..This is played very nice indeed by Alfred Brendel. The question is 'why didnt he play much more so called genuine piano composers in his career?'

More a structural than a poetical Chopin, less from the point of view of a virtuoso, but it suits to the Polonaise Brillante and also with a good sound and technique. I must say this is amazing! :-)

[chrish12345]

@berlinzerberus I think he said he would have had to have specialised in Chopin if he was going to play it, which he obviously chose not to do.

[FABrendel]

@berlinzerberus As far as Chopin goes, he said once that the way Alfred Cortot played him will be the best. Therefore it was better to leave him [Chopin] alone.