Maurizio Pollini: 20th Century

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BARTOK / BERG / DEBUSSY / NONO / PROKOFIEV / SCHOENBERG / etc
Maurizio Pollini: 20th Century
Maurizio Pollini (piano) with Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

[ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 14 July 2014

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From the outset of his recording career, Maurizio Pollini has championed modern music - in benchmark accounts of Bartók, Boulez, Manzoni, Nono, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Webern, to which can be added his later recordings of Debussy and Berg. Here are his complete recordings of 20th-century music, brought together on a specially-priced 6-CD set for the first time.

"Nono's title Como una ola de fuerza y luz might be rendered into English as "Like a wave of strength and light." The piece was completed in 1972 and is scored for piano, soprano, orchestra, and tape. Like so many piano compositions of the twentieth century, its existence owes much to pianist Maurizio Pollini, who has worked hard to ensure that the piano repertory does not become a mere museum." (AllMusic)

Tracks:

Bartók:
Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91, Sz. 83
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
... sofferte onde serene ...

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