Wonderful to see him here. He looks great , more relaxed, I always thought after he 'retired' they should turn micorphones on when he's in the mood and play some late great Liszt as he does here. Wonderful to see him active and as strong as ever in thought and integrity. And yes, his Liszt Anneees de pelerinage as well as Dante Sonata , earliest recording the best, are in a league of their own as well as all of his Liszt interpretations , and Schubert, and Beethoven, and Mozart , etc

wonderful talk with Brendel....Very insightful given our age of anti patient artistic development...one expects a protege to appear in diapers one day, playing Rach 3..thank goodness for the wonderful consolations herein..on the matter of missteps from Liszt...so there was some chopped liver along with seemingly endless caviar..

totally agree, liszt is perhaps the most uneven of the great composers, capable of the most awful dross yet he can really soar with the best of them when he's on form

very very musical, very wise, but sometimes too intellectual and academic...miss more passion...humor is ok but life is also tragedy...death...resurrection...miracle...i prefer vladimir horowitz, maria callas or ivo pogorelich for my last minute of life music listening if i was given to choose...and you?