Etudes by maurizio pollini in highresolution audio at available in 96 khz 24bit aiff, flac high resolution audio formats. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The lasting and exclusive relationship between maurizio pollini and deutsche grammophon began in 1971, eleven years after the pianists victory in the 1960 international chopin competition in warsaw at the age of eighteen. Chopin s etudes present considerable challenges to the pianist, but pollini s masterly 1972 recording ensures the listener isnt remotely aware of them. The xviii international chopin piano competition poland. His father was modernist architect and educator gino pollini. I am very happy to hear chopin s piano music again after so many years. You cannot get much further from the conventional image of chopin as a purveyor of attractive salon trifles than pollini s various recordings of the polish composers works. Murray perahia makes a welcome return to chopin after a series of superb recordings featuring baroque repertoire, and its abundantly clear that he hasnt lost his touch in romantic music. At the end well take a look at the performance maurizio pollini gave of the same piece. Etudes maurizio pollini with pollini, maurizio on cd.
In 1957, in milan, he performed a concert of chopin etudes that drew wide attention. Many of the nineteenth centurys great individualist creators, such as chopin and liszt. Superficially this may seem dull, especially inasmuch as chopin s output does not fall as easily into earlymiddlelate categories as that of most other composers. Maurizio pollini the complete recordings on deutsche. Maurizio pollini withheld his permission for his first complete recording of the chopin etudes opp. I could have easily mentioned him for the preludes, and several of his other chopin recordings are legendary. While pollini s etudes and preludes receive much more acclaim than his polonaises, i find everything in this album much to my liking. Both sets of chopin s etudes can be as fiendishly difficult for the performer as they are mesmerizing for the listener, yet maurizio pollini makes them sound as if they pose no problems whatsoever for him in this 1972 recording.
Mqs albums download mastering quality sound,hires audio download. Even for listeners who have venerated the piano playing of maurizio pollini ever since he won the chopin competition in 1960, even for listeners who have publicly averred that pollini is bar none the greatest living chopin player, even for listeners who have worshipped his recordings of chopin s etudes, preludes, polonaises, ballades, and scherzos, there has always been a gnawing fear that. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Eighteenyearold maurizio pollini recorded the complete chopin etudes for emi in. John browning is probably the best value for money set u will ever get. Here, remarkably, are maurizio pollinis first thoughts on the chopin etudes. While the legendary dg recording from the 1970s has long been acknowledged as one of the finest versions of the chopin etudes, the previously unissued version from. The concept of maurizio pollini s latest chopin recital albums has been chronological presentation of chopin s works. It was followed by sessions in which pollini recorded the two sets of chopin studies, op 10 and op 25, but pollini. Multicam views during skype or face time piano lessons. I havent heard too many other performances of these works, but i do find pollini superior to perahia in the etudes and to argerich in the preludes. Pollini disc of 1978, and through the programme notes that accompany that disc. With the exception of the chopin works he set down immediately thereafter, pollini.
Maurizio pollinis chopin etudes astonish 50 years later. Every one of the etudes is played with easy precision, energy, and an. Maurizio pollini frederic chopin maurizio pollini frederic chopin etudes op. While some others play them like robotic finger exercises, he embedded passions and vitality into the performance, creating a vivid and vivacious movie as you listen to each masterpiece. Starting october 2nd, 2020, the xviii international chopin piano competition will present the best. Musicophiles top 10 chopin albums musicophilesblog. Not to criticize the performance of one of the greatest pianists of our time. Pollini was already making his name as an interpreter of twentiethcentury music at its most radical, with his classic performances of schoenberg and boulez, and he brought to chopin a. I expected good things from maurizio pollini, but his recording on deutsche grammophon provided more passion, more colour, more drama, than my wildest. While best known as a subtle detractors might say bland pianist, his playing belies that particular generalization. Listen to your favorite songs from chopin by maurizio pollini now.
Here is the legacy of this unique achievement, in a single box set for the first time. The truth about chopin he was a narcissistic, antisemitic fop who betrayed his country and hated his fellow man. In 1957, in milan, he performed a concert of chopin etudes. Pollinis performances of the studies show a freshness of approach that surpasses his later renditions, writes andrew clements. Only to see if chopin performances like these fit the original chopin tradition, or more that of a late 19 th century pianistic way of playing. Theres something refreshingly straightforward about his playing too he presents all the magical ebb and flow without getting overemotional. I love chopin s etudes, and pollini s interpretation is my favorite passionate and virtuoso. Over threeandahalf decades maurizio pollini has traversed the major works of chopin as no other pianist of his time. In the original blog posts, youll also find their respective download links. Including the complete chopin recordings, from 1972 to 2008. Mastering the chopin etudes and other essays by abby whiteside maurizio pollini.
Tone quality is often exquisite the d flat major prelude the raindrop is probably the loveliest rendering of it i can think of. Every one of the etudes is played with easy precision, energy, and an entirely enjoyable musicality that demonstrates why chopin s etudes are no mere exercises and are. Best interpreter and subsequent recording of the chopin etudes. Classical music cd release from maurizio pollini with the album frederic chopin. Chopin by maurizio pollini on amazon music unlimited. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account. A chopin list without maurizio pollini wouldnt be complete. Recorded by emi in 1960, the genesis of this disc is outlined by tony locantro in his.
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