Schubert
Maurizio Pollini (piano), Daniele Pollini (piano)
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
For some time, Daniele has been under the shadow of his father; this release makes it clear that it’s time for him to emerge on his own.
Schubert
Maurizio Pollini (piano), Daniele Pollini (piano)
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
For some time, Daniele has been under the shadow of his father; this release makes it clear that it’s time for him to emerge on his own.
About
The great Italian legend of the piano Maurizio Pollini sadly passed-away earlier this year, on 23rdMarch 2024. This album recorded together with his son Daniele, is dedicated to three different aspects of Schubert's piano oeuvre covering: the sonatas, the collections of short pieces, and music for four hands. The first time that both musicians performed a piano work for four hands: Schubert's great F minor Fantasy. The release is accompanied by a 16-page booklet with an essay by Maurizio Pollini's long-time companion Paolo Petazzi. “Schubert was certainly one of my father’s most beloved composers. As a boy, listening to his beautiful performances of the Sonatas D 960 and D 894 made me understand the greatness of Schubert’s music.” - Daniele Pollini
Contents and tracklist
- Maurizio Pollini (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-06-12
- Recording Venue: Herkulessaal, München
- Daniele Pollini (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-06-07
- Recording Venue: Herkulessaal, München
- Maurizio Pollini (piano), Daniele Pollini (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-06-09
- Recording Venue: Herkulessaal, München
Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceOctober 2024
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalists 2024
December 2024
For some time, Daniele has been under the shadow of his father; this release makes it clear that it’s time for him to emerge on his own.
2nd November 2024
In what would turn out to be his final recording, this album from the late Maurizio Pollini (who died earlier this year) gains an extra layer of poignancy from the fact that it involves a collaboration with his son Daniele, a fine pianist in his own right. Father and son initially take turns, with Maurizio's magnificent account of the Piano Sonata in G, D894 followed by a captivating, sensitive performance of the Moments Musicaux from Daniele, before the pair join forces for the F minor Fantasy (featuring a powerful, stormy Largo and an impressively nimble Allegro vivace).
