Marlow’s Listener

Self-taught, prodigiously intellectual and utterly devoid of razzle or dazzle, Alfred Brendel has nevertheless sustained one of the great musical careers.

“She wasn’t a tap dancer, she’s just beautiful, trained, very strong in whatever we did. When we were dancing, we didn’t know what time it was.’”
” It was Cyd Charisse’s remarkable gift to move through the hall of mirrors that is the American movie musical and never be caught glancing at herself.”