Like a skilled actor who plays a variety of roles, Alfred Brendel works to inhabit the styles of different composers. You can hear Beethoven's fervour for invention in this pianist's performance of the Piano Sonata No. 17; a seductive talent for lyricism comes forth in his take on Mozart, and the crispness of Bach's counterpoint is equally well-played. In the music of Schubert and Liszt, Brendel is attentive to mercurial changes in mood and always has the right technique at hand. In a career stretching from the '50s into the 21st century, he's surveyed a wide variety of classical styles.