Alfred Brendel

[Mark Taylor]

I recently found a number of essays by Alfred Brendel downloadable from here.

 

Okay, these essays are not about organs, but I thought this was such an interesting link that it was worth sharing here. Moreover, Brendel does touch on issues which will have a resonance with organists:

• Adjusting to different instruments.
  
• Usefulness of knowing what goes on “under the bonnet” (he supports the idea an examination in organ building for organ students).
  
• The extent to which an historically “authentic” sound is possible or desirable.
  
• The relative merits of the piano verson and the organ version of Liszt’s “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”.