Alfred Brendel, one of the m outstanding pianists of our time, is famous for his magn interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, as well as for having rescued from oblivion the piano work of Schubert's last years. In this definitive anthology of his texts on m use, Brendel also reveals himself to us as a brilliant essayist, endowed with the unusual ability to give prose the clarity and expressive originality that characterize his piano performances.