RIP Alfred Brendel, pianist (5 January 1931-17 June 2025).
I've always preferred string-based #classical music, just as I prefer guitar-based rock music. Classical piano sonatas left me cold until I heard Alfred Brendel playing Beethoven's piano sonatas - wonderful performances that brought classical piano alive for me.
Alfred Brendel - "Au lac du Wallenstadt" by Franz Lizst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiI4P5TWvro