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

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“the golden halo of sound elicited from the Fabbrini Steinway... truly glowed”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 12 March 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, Mazurka in C minor, Op.56 no.3
Chopin, Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57
Chopin, Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
Debussy, Préludes: Book 1
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 1: Danseuses de Delphes
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 2: Voiles
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 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, Bk 1 no. 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 no. 1 in G minor, Op.23
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