Though he may have ripened, one wouldn't say Maurizio Pollini has mellowed much as a Chopin player. He was on fire when he won the 1960 Chopin competition, incandescent when he recorded Chopin's etudes in 1972, blazing when he recorded Chopin's Second and Third sonatas in 1984, and furious when he recorded Chopin's ballades in 1999. And he's still a firebrand in this 2008 recording of Chopin's Opus 33 and Opus 36 through 38, an unwieldy title that translates into works written almost entirely in the composer's late twenties ...
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Though he may have ripened, one wouldn't say Maurizio Pollini has mellowed much as a Chopin player. He was on fire when he won the 1960 Chopin competition, incandescent when he recorded Chopin's etudes in 1972, blazing when he recorded Chopin's Second and Third sonatas in 1984, and furious when he recorded Chopin's ballades in 1999. And he's still a firebrand in this 2008 recording of Chopin's Opus 33 and Opus 36 through 38, an unwieldy title that translates into works written almost entirely in the composer's late twenties: the second ballade and second sonata plus four mazurkas, three waltzes, and the Impromptu in F sharp minor. In nearly every movement of every piece, Pollini is coruscating in his brilliance. His technique is as always beyond compare for speed, accuracy, balance, articulation, and dexterity. And as always his tone is polished to a sparkling brightness with every inflection of the music projected with unerring clarity. But now, Pollini seems faster, brighter and more driven than ever...
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