Alfred Brendel, one of the most notable pianists of our time, is famous for his magnificent performances of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, as well as for having rescued from oblivion the piano work of Schubert's later years. In this definitive anthology of his texts on Brendel music, he is also revealed to us as a brilliant essayist, endowed with the unusual ability to give prosa the clarity and expressive originality that characterize his piano performances. His lucid and provocative ideas for Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Busoni and Schsnberg are a treasure for musicians and melomaniac.