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Profound and sublime: Maurizio Pollini rolls back the years

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 2 March 2016
Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces Op.19
Schumann, Allegro in B minor, Op.8
Schumann, Fantasie in C major, Op.17
Chopin, Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60
Chopin, 2 Nocturnes, Op.55
Chopin, Polonaise no. 7 in A flat major "Polonaise-fantaisie", Op.61
Chopin, Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
Chopin, Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin, Nocturne no. 8 in D flat major, Op.27 no.2
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