Alfred Brendel - The Farewell Concerts Album

Tracklist

1	4. Allegro Ma Non Troppo	9:19
2	2. Andante, K.533	9:38
3	Variations In F Minor	11:38
4	Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659	5:45
5	3. Adagio Con Espressione	3:05
6	1. Molto Moderato	15:17
7	4. Andante	3:33
8	2. Andante Sostenuto	9:10
9	No.3 In G Flat Major (Andante)	6:16
10	4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 (Franz Schubert)
11	Piano Sonata No.15 In F, K.533/494 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
12	2. Allegro Molto E Vivace	2:00
13	3. Rondo (Allegretto), K.494	7:23
14	Piano Sonata No.21 In B Flat, D.960 (Franz Schubert)
15	Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major, K.271 - "Jeunehomme" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
16	Piano Sonata No.13 In E Flat, Op.27 No.1 (Ludwig Van Beethoven)
17	1. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I	4:47
18	Variations In F Minor (Franz Joseph Haydn)
19	7 Bagatelles, Op.33 (Ludwig Van Beethoven)
20	Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
21	4. Allegro Vivace - Tempo I - Presto	6:31
22	2. Andantino	13:17
23	1. Allegro, K.533	7:55
24	1. Allegro	10:43
25	3. Rondeau (Presto)	10:45
26	3. Scherzo (Allegro Vivace Con Delicatezza)	4:05

Credits

• Conductor – Sir Charles Mackerras (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3)
• Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3)
• Producer [Produzent] – Florian Rosensteiner (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3), Rita Hermeyer (tracks: 1-4 to 2-11)

Notes

1-1 to 1-3
Aufnahmedatum: December 2008
Live / Studio: Live
Ort: Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

1-4 to 2-11
Aufnahmedatum: December 2008
Live / Studio: Live
Ort: Grosser Sendesaal des Landesfunkhauses Niedersachsen, NDR, Germany

Barcodes

• Barcode: 028947821168
• Other (Cat # CD 1): 4782117
• Other (Cat # CD 2): 4782118

Companies

• Record Company – Decca Music Group Limited

Album

For his last pair of concerts in a 60-year-long career, Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel went out with a superlatively chosen selection of some of his favorite works by some of his favorite composers, most of whom, unsurprisingly, were also Austrian. There are pairs of works by Mozart: the Piano Concerto in E flat major, K. 271, and Piano Sonata in F major, K. 533 Beethoven: the Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op. Listen free to Alfred Brendel The Farewell Concerts 1. Allegro, 2. Andantino and more. 17 tracks 134:50. 9 in E flat, - Jeunehomme : 2. Alfred Brendel. Alfred Brendel: The Farewell Concerts. Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659. Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach. Album 2009 18 Songs. Variations in F Minor. Piano Sonata No. 15 in F Major, K. 15 in F, K. Allegro, K. 533 - 494: II. Andante, K. 533 - 494: III. Rondo Allegretto, K. The pianist Alfred Brendel KBE born 5 January 1931 was a recording artist for more than half a century, from his first record of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5 at the age of 21, to his farewell concerts in 2008, recorded in Hanover and Vienna. He has recorded with only three record companies: Vox Records, Decca and Philips. His discography contains many albums and compilations of multiple recordings from different composers featuring him as a pianist. Alfred Brendel: The Farewell Concerts, 2009. Now playing . TITLE added to MP3 Basket. 1 Jan 2009. Please retry. Recorded in Hanover and Vienna as the culmination of extensive farewell tours in 2008, these CDs capture the last ever public performances of one of the greatest and most well-loved pianists of our time, Alfred Brendel. A peerless exponent of Mozarts concertos, the 77-year-old chose to bow out defiantly with the youthful instead of, say, the more autumnal . The impression left after Brendels final UK appearance, a month earlier with the same work and conductor, was of age-belying ebullience this performance is more elegiac. These CDs from farewell concerts in Vienna and Hanover include one concerto and a complete solo recital and show Brendel as one of the supreme pianists of our time. The deliberately un-virtuosic repertory carries an almost unbearable inwardness of feeling: that quintessential Brendel mixture of intellect and emotion balances Haydn's double variations with ideal poise. Some of the