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The Boston Symphony Orchestra community joins the music world in celebrating the life of outstanding pianist 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, who appeared with the 𝗕𝗦𝗢 and in recital at 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 and 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 on numerous occasions…

𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 Alfred Brendel occupies a singular place in the history of twentieth-century pianism. He was not the glamorous prodigy, not the thunderous virtuoso, not…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦.𝟭𝟳𝟴 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsY7shQNos 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦.𝟭𝟳𝟴 — 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Franz Liszt’s 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦.𝟭𝟳𝟴 stands as one…

𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮𝟬, 𝗞. 𝟰𝟲𝟲 / 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹; 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆: 𝗩𝗣𝗢 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟱.𝟳.𝟮𝟵 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHub_GpmRGs&t=165s

𝗔𝗟𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 — 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Alfred Brendel (1931–2025) built one of the most distinctive artistic identities in pianism. His repertoire was selective, intellectually coherent, and centred on the Austro-German tradition, with carefully…

𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 & 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsrV2ylqhlw Few artistic collaborations in the history of Lieder feel as intellectually and emotionally profound as the partnership between Dietrich…

𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 — 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 Alfred Brendel was not only one of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century but also one of the most intellectually…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗭𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘆𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Arthur Maria Rabenalt 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 —…

# 𝗩𝗢𝗫 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟵 VOXNX2570 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 20 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 VOXNX2571 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - Piano Concertos Nos. 17, 22 & 25 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 VOXNX2572 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 - Piano…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 5** VOXNX2300 𝗖𝗵á𝘃𝗲𝘇 - Complete Symphonies Vol. 1 - 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗮 VOXNX2301 𝗖𝗵á𝘃𝗲𝘇 - Complete Symphonies Vol. 2 - 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗮 VOXNX2302 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻 - Études, Opp. 10 & 25 -…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 4 ** VOXNX2233 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - Piano Music Vol. 1 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 VOXNX2234 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - Piano Music Vol. 2 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 VOXNX2235 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - Piano Music Vol. 3 -…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 1** VOXNX2000 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗻 - Symphony No. 2 - 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗹𝘆 VOXNX2001 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗻 - Symphony No. 4 - 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 VOXNX2002 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 - Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments -…

# **Beulah Collection 3 ** * Alfred Brendel Early Recordings 1 – **Beethoven, Liszt & Mozart – Alfred Brendel** (1957–1962) * Alfred Brendel Early Recordings 2 – **Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Balakirev & Liszt – Alfred…

# **Abbey Simon, Eugene List, Jerome Rose, Michael Ponti & Walter Klien - VOX Recordings ** **01.** **Abbey Simon** – The Piano Virtuoso **02.** Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, Choral Fantasy – **Walter…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧’𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 Franz Liszt’s reputation has often been distorted by two opposing myths. To some listeners, he remains primarily the supreme nineteenth-century virtuoso: the dazzling showman who transformed the piano into…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Selecting the fifteen greatest achievements in solo piano literature cannot be reduced to choosing fifteen isolated compositions.…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Bernard Haitink’s greatness was rarely proclaimed through theatrical gestures, violent tempo manipulation or the deliberate imposition of a conductor’s personality upon the score. His authority emerged gradually,…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟭 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟭 — Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Vojtech Spurny - Baroque Bohemia & Beyond I 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟮 — Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Vojtech Spurny - Baroque Bohemia & Beyond II 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟯 — Czech Chamber…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 11** VOXNX2696 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 - The Story of J.S. Bach in Words & Music VOXNX2697 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 - The Story of Mozart in Words & Music VOXNX2698 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 -…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 10 ** VOXNX2635 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 - String Quartets Nos. 12 & 14 - 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝘆𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 VOXNX2636 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 30 & 32 - 𝗠𝗶𝗲𝗰𝘇𝘆𝘀ł𝗮𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘇𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 VOXNX2637 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 -…