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Passion and commitment: Maurizio Pollini at Royal Festival Hall

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“still a master of the piano, a peerless musician”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 14 March 2017
Schoenberg, 3 Pieces for piano, Op.11
Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces Op.19
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor "Pathétique", Op.13
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op.57
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 24 in F sharp major "A Thérèse", Op.78
Beethoven, 6 Bagatelles for piano, Op.126 (Selection)
Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Half a Pollini is better than none at all
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A Grand Master returns: Maurizio Pollini at the Royal Festival Hall
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Intimacy and exuberance in Schumann and Chopin
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Maurizio Pollini proves that one doesn’t have to be perfect
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Profound and sublime: Maurizio Pollini rolls back the years
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An Elegant and Spirited Evening of Brahms and Strauss with the Staatskapelle Berlin
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