Music Sounded Out

Alfred Brendel

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With chapter headings such as “Must Classical Music Be Entirely Serious?”  and “A Mozart Player Gives Himself Advice”, Brendel’s sense of fun and the delight he takes in his music are both readily apparent.  But this is a serious book too, and the essays on the Diabelli Variations and on Schubert’s last sonatas make fascinating reading for the enthusiastic listener or concert-goer. - review by Dan Fenton