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Shifting Soundscapes: Maurizio Pollini at the Royal Festival Hall

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 28 June 2011
Chopin, 24 Préludes, Op.28
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. 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. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
Boulez, Piano Sonata no. 2
Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Half a Pollini is better than none at all
****1
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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Passion and commitment: Maurizio Pollini
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Profound and sublime: Maurizio Pollini rolls back the years
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