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Balancing head and heart: Pollini reveals intimacy and exuberance in Schumann and Chopin

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“a subtlety of touch that comes with experience”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 13 March 2018
Schumann, Arabeske in C major, Op.18
Schumann, Allegro in B minor, Op.8
Schumann, Concert sans Orchestre (First version of Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, Op.14)
Chopin, 2 Nocturnes, Op.55
Chopin, Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, Op.58
Chopin, Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
Chopin, Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57
Chopin, Étude in A minor “Winter Wind”, Op.25 no.11
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