Artist In Focus: Alfred Brendel. For over three decades the Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel has often been regarded as the foremost living exponent of the music of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. During this period Brendel has recorded and broadcast frequently for the BBC. This week Humphrey Burton trawls through the rich Brendel archive, and the programmes are punctuated by observations from
Brendel himself. Mozart Sonata in C minor, K457Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante, Op 22Schubert
German Dances, D 790 Bach, transcr Busoni Nun Kommt der Heiden Heiland
Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op 7 Producer Adam Gatehouse