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

Von Mark Pullinger, 13 März 2019

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“the golden halo of sound elicited from the Fabbrini Steinway... truly glowed”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 12 März 2019

Chopin, Nocturne Nr. 17 H-Dur, Op.62 Nr.1

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

Chopin, Polonaise Nr. 5 fis-Moll, Op.44

Chopin, Mazurka in C minor, Op.56 no.3

Chopin, Berceuse Des-Dur, Op.57

Chopin, Scherzo Nr. 3 in cis-Moll, Op.39

Debussy, Préludes: Book 1

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 1: Danseuses de Delphes

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 2: Voiles

Debussy, Préludes, Buch 1 Nr.3: Le vent dans la plaine

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 4: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 5: Les Collines d'Anacapri

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 6: Des Pas sur la neige

Debussy, Préludes, Buch 1 Nr.7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 9: La sérénade interrompue

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 11: La Danse de Puck

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 12: Minstrels

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 12: Feux d'artifice

Chopin, Ballade Nr. 1 in g-Moll, Op.23

Maurizio Pollini, Klavier

Musikalischer Orkan: Die Staatskapelle Berlin in der Philharmonie

Henriette Schwarz, 5th October

Nicht nur draußen war es turbulent: Die Staatskapelle und Maurizio Pollini entfesselten unter Daniel Barenboim mit ihrer überzeugenden Darbietung auch in der Berliner Philharmonie klangliche Stürme.

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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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Complejo recital de Pollini con obras de Schönberg y Chopin

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 8th December

Maurizio Pollini se mostró eficaz y admirable en la parte dedicada a Schönberg mientras que en las obras de Chopin hubo cierta variabilidad.

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

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 11th February

Maurizio Pollini, acogido en Madrid por la Fundación Scherzo, desplegó toda su sabiduría en un discurso pianístico profundamente personal.

*****

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 en maître du chant et des songes

Alain Lompech, 9th October

La prodigeuse leçon de Maurizio Pollini dans les Kreisleriana de Schumann et la Troisième Sonate de Chopin.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.