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Alfred Brendel
Austrian pianist
Loučná nad Desnou, Czech Republic · 1931-01-05 – 2025-06-17
Alfred Brendel is credited on 2,179 releases across 386 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,179
Credits
386
Albums
8
Decades active
20
In collections
Biography
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Alfred Brendel was an Austrian classical pianist, born January 5, 1931 in Vizmberk, Czechoslovakia (now Loučná nad Desnou, Czech Republic), and grew up in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), and Graz, Austria. He died June 17, 2025 in London, UK. He studied with Edwin Fischer among others, and was mainly an interpreter of German speaking, classical composers (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms...). Father of Doris Brendel and Adrian Brendel.
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Credited work
2,179 releases · 386 albums · active 1955–2026
- Performance · 2,453
- Other credits · 348
Studios: Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt · The Maltings · Orchestra Hall, Chicago · Henry Wood Hall, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Für Elise - Rhapsody In Blue - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude - Winter From/Aus Le Quattro Stagioni - "Va Pensere" From/Aus Nabucco And Other Works
The Piano Concerto In B Flat / Overtures: Cosi Fan Tutte, The Impresario, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni
1976
Piano Music Vol. V
1964
Piano Sonatas KV 330, 331, 570 Rondo In A Minor KV 511
2000
The Great Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
1994
The Great Piano Concertos, Vol. II
1994
Impromptus Op. 90 & Op. 142
1989
Die Späten Klaviersonaten Op. 90, 101, 106
1975
Piano Concertos K.466 And K.491
1974
Klavier Konzerte D-moll KV 466 / A-dur KV 488
1974
Sonata In A, D.959 / German Dances, D.790
1973
Alfred Brendel Speelt Mozart - Pianoconcerten KV 414 En KV 453
1972
2 Sonatas - "Appassionata" "Waldstein"
1964
Piano Sonata No. 12 In A Flat Major, Op. 26 / Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No.2, "Moonlight" / Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"
Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K. 466 / Quintet In E Flat For Piano & Wind, K. 452
The Best Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frequent collaborators
- Beethoven
- Mozart
- Schubert
- Various
- Liszt
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Franz Schubert
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