--- product_id: 49340449 title: "Pollini - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon" brand: "maurizio pollini" price: "€ 972.59" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/49340449-pollini-complete-recordings-on-deutsche-grammophon store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Pollini - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon **Brand:** maurizio pollini **Price:** € 972.59 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Pollini - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon by maurizio pollini - **How much does it cost?** € 972.59 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/49340449-pollini-complete-recordings-on-deutsche-grammophon) ## Best For - maurizio pollini enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted maurizio pollini brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description In anticipation of his 75th birthday in 2017, this luxurious 55-CD set presents Pollini's complete recordings on DG with their original covers, including the first ever release of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich (recorded in 1974). Also included are a 200-page booklet and 3 bonus DVDs: concerto recordings with B”hm and Abbado as well as Bruno Monsaingeon's documentary film De main de maŒtre (2015). Review The Italian arch-aristocrat of the piano . . . he uses his palette of stainless-steel shades to convey unshakeable faith in the music s muscles, sinews and skeleton . . . I could have listened to him all night. --The Independent[Pollini's] poetic inclinations just happen to be happily wed to a technique second to none in the piano world, and his astounding recordings have easily held up. . . POLLINI & ABBADO Complete DG Recordings. --Audiophile Audition. . . fearsomely implacable playing . . . BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas op. 31 + op. 49 --The Guardian ## Images ![Pollini - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81l8S-u1YuL.jpg) ![Pollini - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51rrrKJ5BQL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Pollini – not Quite Complete, but Compelling *by H***E on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017* Despite being marketed as “Complete”, this 55CD 3DVD boxed set is missing a few items: The live Beethoven Sonatas, Opp. 57 & 58 are not included, nor are the live Schumann Concerto with Karajan and Chopin E Minor Concerto with Kletzki that were part of Deutsche Grammophon’s 2002 Pollini edition. But this set does contain the vast majority of Maurizio Pollini’s recordings for DG.I first became aware of Pollini when I worked at a Classical Record Store (remember those?) when I was a teenager. My manager advised me that Pollini’s Chopin recordings were the “best” versions, then as a side note, cautioned me that Pollini was a “raving Commie” (remember those?).There are too many items to go into a detailed review of each, but here are some generalizations and highlights. Pollini’s playing style has been derided as “cold” by some, but I don’t feel the term is apt. Perhaps “impersonal” is more accurate – as there’s very little here that would make one stand up and shout “That’s Pollini!”. Pollini is, in many ways, the prime exemplar of the late 20th Century pianist: his technique is immaculate but never draws attention to itself, he rigorously adheres to the printed score and stays within interpretive norms, meaning there are no extremes of tempo, no textual emendations – not even doubled bass notes.The Beethoven Sonatas, particularly the last five, are particularly successful. Of all the recordings I’ve heard of these works, no one – not Schnabel, Brendel, Kempff, Arrau, or either Serkin – has presented such a clear, easily understandable conveyance of each work’s structure. In short, when I listen to Pollini play these works, I feel I understand them as a whole better than with other pianists – even if there are recordings by others that may be more impressive. There are two Beethoven Concerto cycles. I find the later one with Abbado to be more alert, creative, and interesting – with the added bonus that it contains the Choral Fantasie. I also feel Pollini’s self-conducted Mozart concertos have more going for them than the earlier recordings with Böhm.Pollini’s strengths also benefit Schubert. The pianist’s rather measured tempo in the A Minor Sonata, D. 845 restores order to what often seems like an episodic piece. While Pollini’s D 960 might not have the deathly vision of Richter’s, as an interpretation it’s probably more in line with how Schubert conceived the work. One would be hard pressed to find a Wanderer Fantasie that’s played with the élan and clarity of Pollini’s version.Pollini has recorded much of the “mature” solo Chopin – meaning he has not recorded the First Sonata, Introduction and Rondo, Op. 16, Chamber works, songs, or the juvenilia. In essence that means Pollini has recorded the same Chopin work as Rubinstein, plus the Etudes – which Rubinstein tried to record in the studio and abandoned after one session – but minus the Second Concerto. I mention Rubinstein for two reasons: 1) For many years, Rubinstein was considered the “standard” for Chopin interpretation (and still is by many); 2) Pollini’s interpretive approach is similar to Rubinstein’s – except that Pollini studiously observes the repeats. (There are two recordings of the B-flat minor Sonata: Pollini places the repeat before the movement proper in the first recording, and goes all the way back to the Grave introduction for the second.) Within those parameters, I find Pollini’s Chopin to be very convincing. He treats the Preludes as individual compositions, each standing alone. He adheres strictly to the Polonaise rhythm, emphasizing them as dance-pieces instead of virtuoso works. About ten years ago, Pollini began rerecording many of Chopin’s works, but eschewed the “library edition” approach in favor of placing works together by chronology. In both programming and performance, I find these later recordings more interesting and more convincing. For the “complete” Chopin, I recommend Garrick Ohlsson, but I wouldn’t want to be without individual performances like Horowitz in the Op. 44 Polonaise or (1966) Polonaise Fantasie, Rubinstein (1951) in the Op. 53 Polonaise, Cortot in the Preludes, or Primakov in the Concertos.I find Pollini’s Schumann somewhat hit-or-miss. Structurally cohesive works like the Symphonic Etudes (the pianist integrates the five posthumous Etudes into the work) Sonata in F-sharp Minor and Concerto (with Abbado) fare best. But he falls short in the Kreisleriana and Concerto without Orchestra, which require more imagination to pull off – and I’ve yet to hear anyone, Pollini included, make a convincing case for the Gesänge der Frühe, which is arguably one of Schumann’s weakest works.Pollini is least successful in works which depend on rhetoric, like Liszt’s B Minor Sonata – a recording which, while cleanly played, is flat as a pancake.In Debussy’s music, which links the 19th and 20th Centuries, Pollini takes a moderate course, navigating the byways between Gieseking’s ethereal approach and Michelangeli’s dissection. It works, and Pollini’s is my preferred version of the Etudes.It’s in music of the 20th Century where Pollini is most without peer. His rendition of Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Petrouchka set the music world on its collective ear when it was first issued, and the thorniest passages of Prokofiev’s 7th Sonata are played with an almost insolent ease. Also remarkable are his Schoenberg piano works and Berg Sonata, performances that, like Pollini’s late-Beethoven, clearly convey the structure of works that are often difficult to follow. Prokofiev’s Third Concert, with Maxim Shostakovich conducting, is issued for the first time in an immaculate performance. I am unfamiliar with the Boulez, Webern, or Nono compositions and cannot comment on the performance quality of those.This is a modified Original Jacket set: Some discs mirror the contents of the original LPs, some combine material from several LPs – in that case, the booklet has a picture of the missing LP cover. The contents are arranged more or less chronologically. (There’s also an amusing spelling error on one of the covers.) The set contains three DVDs. Two are devoted to Concerto performances with Karl Bohm (Mozart 19 & 23, Beethoven 3 & 5) and Abbado (Brahms 2). Pollini is not a particularly compelling pianist to watch – although I’d rather witness his straightforward approach than the face pulling of his younger colleagues. The final DVD is a documentary on Pollini, with the pianist reminiscing about his life and music – presented in Italian with English subtitles. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless recordings for an excellent price *by B***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2017* A magnificent set for a favorite Polini fan. I enjoyed every CD except for a couple, but when you consider there were 58 disks, that is an excellent average. For the price paid, this really puts this purchase as a genuine bargain. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! *by G***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2017* Fantastic performances. 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