Chopin y Debussy a través de la Prisca Sapientia de Maurizio Pollini

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 12 February 2019

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“sonoridad diáfana, toque suave y suspendido y una mano izquierda puntual y discreta, pero decisiva”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 11 February 2019

Chopin, Nocturne no. 17 in B major, Op.62 no.1

Chopin, Nocturne no. 18 in E major, Op.62 no.2

Chopin, Polonaise no. 5 in F sharp minor, Op.44

Chopin, Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57

Chopin, Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op.39

Debussy, Préludes: Book 1

Maurizio Pollini, Piano

Half a Pollini is better than none at all

Alexander Hall, 1st March

Mystified by the headline? Then read on for a partial view of Maurizio Pollini's latest recital, celebrating his 80th birthday.

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A Grand Master returns: Maurizio Pollini at the Royal Festival Hall

Mark Pullinger, 12th March

Pollini's love for Chopin and Debussy was evident throughout an intimate recital as part of the Southbank Centre's in the International Piano Series.

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Intimacy and exuberance in Schumann and Chopin

Mark Thomas, 13th March

With plenty of sparkle and spritz, Pollini laces his performances of Schumann and Chopin with intimacy and introspection in a programme of contrasting emotions.

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Maurizio Pollini proves that one doesn’t have to be perfect

Edward Sava-Segal, 21st May

At Carnegie Hall, a lion in winter focuses on Chopin.

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Passion and commitment: Maurizio Pollini

Frances Wilson, 14th March

Maurizio Pollini demonstrated why people still flock to hear him perform in sonatas by Beethoven and miniatures by Schoenberg.

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Profound and sublime: Maurizio Pollini rolls back the years

Mark Pullinger, 2nd March

A packed Festival Hall heard Maurizio Pollini recapture his glory years in sublime Chopin.

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.