Work: Polonaise no. 5 in F sharp minor, Op.44

Pollini's love for Chopin and Debussy was evident throughout an intimate recital as part of the Southbank Centre's in the International Piano Series.

Rafał Blechacz is known within the piano world as the winner of the 2005 Chopin International Piano Competition, but on the whole, he has kept a fairly low media profile since. 

If Benjamin Grosvenor were a wine, his tasting notes might read something like: “an outstanding early vintage, this is already a fine, well-balanced red, with subtlety of flavour. Can be quaffed now though should mature exceedingly well.