John Law's New Congregation review – gifted jazz maverick is full of surprises
The British pianist’s impeccably reshaped group is more contemporary-music recital than jazz burnup
January 2016
Alfred Brendel on a life in music: ‘Impatience was not a vice’
The great pianist at 85, looking back on ‘playing, writing, living, loving’ and wondering how he managed to fit so much in
September 2015
Book of the day
Music, Sense and Nonsense by Alfred Brendel review – a great pianist’s thoughts on his art
From memories of recording in ice-cold mansions to a moving essay on his fading hearing, this is an eloquent volume from a formidable intellect
August 2013
An A-Z of the piano: Alfred Brendel's notes from the concert hall
Alfred Brendel is one of the greatest pianists in the world. Here he distils a lifetime's musical knowledge from how to play Bach, Mozart and Liszt to when to cough during a recital
June 2011
Tom Service on classical music
The best of Alfred Brendel on YouTube
Tom Service: A selection of moments of brilliance from pianist Alfred Brendel
February 2011
The Saturday poem
The Saturday poem
The Saturday poem: Cologne by Alfred Brendel
January 2011
Books to look out for in the next six months
From 'oikophilia' to Snowball Earth, by way of poetry and a kaleidoscope of fiction
October 2010
Best of Brendel: the pianist on YouTube
Alfred Brendel: 'I am a pessimist who enjoys being pleasantly surprised'
November 2009
Alfred Brendel: The Farewell Concerts
Alfred Brendel's last live recordings show him to be one of the supreme pianists of our time, writes Nicholas Kenyon
July 2009
Williams/Brendel/Fellner
Classical review Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham Harrison Birtwistle's birthday tribute to Alfred Brendel leaves all else in the shade, writes Andrew Clements
February 2009
Get me Gerhartz!
Jasper Rees meets Ulrich Gerhartz, the German master who keeps the giants of piano playing in tune
