"He was at his best: relaxed, sensitive and spontaneous. Mr. Brendel captured the music's fantastical elements in his vibrant yet lucidly structured performance." —The New York Times

"He was at his best: relaxed, sensitive and spontaneous. Mr. Brendel captured the music's fantastical elements in his vibrant yet lucidly structured performance." —The New York Times

"A revelatory collection." —CDReview

"If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like." —Alfred Brendel

A revelatory collection. The sonata is thick with energy barely contained; the fantasy grows with swelling drama. Brendel plays the delicately witty variations with a keen and delightfully lean touch. -CD Review

"Perhaps the finest collection of Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies in the current catalogue. The charisma of the playing brings a degree of extrovert brilliance that one does not encounter from Brendel on his [later] discs." —Gramophone

"10/9" —Classics Today

"Sophisticated, sensitive, electrifying." —Die Presse

"The finale, again briskly played and wonderfully fluid, never seems to hint at finality, leaving you feeling Brendel has plenty more to say about this amazing work. Both accounts are exceptional, not just for the strength and vitality of Brendel's pianism, but also for the fertility of intellect that underlies these startlingly youthful and provocative interpretations." —Classics Today