Between 1958 and 1964 he was the first pianist to record Beethoven's complete piano works. In 1998 Alfred Brendel celebrated the 50th anniversary of his professional debut with series that included ...

But there are exceptional cases, and the case of the 32 Beethoven piano ... only the Brendel on Philips with a reasonable degree of equanimity. Ashkenazy's Decca cycle, made over many years, lacks the ...