intellect

He was one of the few to audition who understood that the privileged Felix was only nice because he never had to be mean, says Fennell, who praises the actor’s intellect and emotional intuitiveness.

As the film explores the distinctions between behaving from instinct versus intellect — a battle between heart and mind — there is a chilly distance that Anderson never quite bridges.

In person, “Baltimore’s practiced elegance frames a fierce pride and a sometimes brutal intellect, softened only by his insistence that professional criticism be leavened by personal respect.”

"His fierce intellect, coupled with a wonderful curiosity and extraordinary passion for knowledge, marks him out as one of the broadcasting greats," he said.

A man whose determinedly narrow musical repertoire allowed him to seek perfection at the piano, Alfred Brendel's written work displayed a mind of much wider-ranging intellect.