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Maurizzio Pollini

Posted: Saturday | 11.26.11

Maurizio Pollini: 20th Century Music

Maurizio Pollini has been a committed champion of modern music in his recordings of Bartók, Boulez, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Webern, and more. Here are his complete recordings of 20th-century music, brought together on a 6-CD set for the first time.

Bartók:

• Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91, Sz. 83

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

• Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Berg:

• Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Boulez:

• Piano Sonata No. 2

Debussy:

• Études pour piano (12) (complete)

• Préludes – Book 1 (12, complete)

• L’isle joyeuse

Manzoni:

• Omaggio a Edgar Varese

Nono:

• Como una ola de fuerza y luz

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Claudio Abbado

• … sofferte onde serene …

Berliner Philharmoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Prokofiev:

• Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83

Schoenberg:

• Klavierstücke (3), Op. 11

• Kleine Klavierstücke (6), Op. 19

• Klavierstücke (5), Op. 23

• Suite for Piano, Op. 25

• Klavierstück, Op. 33a

• Klavierstück, Op. 33b

• Piano Concerto, Op. 42

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Stravinsky:

• Three Movements from Petrushka

Webern:

• Variations, Op. 27

Performed by Maurizio Pollini (piano)

First, here’s a video of Pollini performing the Prokofiev Sonata Number 7, 3rd movement:

Here is the more traditional Pollini:
Chopin nocturne performed by Maurizio Pollini

And here is Pollini playing Bach:

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