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Background: This outstanding recording of the complete Chopin Études by Maurizio Pollini is being published for the first time by Testament.

It was made by EMI at Abbey Road a few months after Pollini had won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Pollini had already recorded for EMI the Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor with the Phiharmonia Orchestra conducted by Paul Kletzki, a recording universally acclaimed as a classic.

Peter Andry, who produced the recording of the Études, later recalled Pollini's play-through of the first set as a spine-tingling experience: 'This was pianism of the very finest kind' he said. 'Rarely had I heard such perfection. He seemed to play these demanding works effortlessly. I remember the occasion even now as one of my greatest musical experiences.' The recording reproduces with striking immediacy and clarity a performance that captures the 18- year-old pianist's sensitive and sympathetic emotional response to these works. It is very different to the large-scale and grandiose DG recording made a decade or so later by Pollini as a more mature artist in a venue with a more reverberant acoustic.

Critics and pianists who have already heard this recording by the young Pollini have all been astonished by its musicality and spontaneity, qualitities that go right to the heart of Chopin's genius in writing these challenging but musically inspired compositions. It is a unique addition to Pollini's extensive recorded catalogue and shows this great artist at the very beginning of his professional career as a musician of the highest calibre.

CATALOGUE NR: SBT1473
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TRACKS: Etudes Opus 10 : Etude Number 1 in C major / Etude Number 2 in A minor / Etude Number 3 in E major / Etude Number 4 in C sharp minor / Etude Number 5 in G flat major / Etude Number 6 in E flat minor / Etude Number 7 in C major / Etude Number 8 in F major / Etude Number 9 in F minor / Etude Number 10 in A flat major / Etude Number 11 in E flat major / Etude Number 12 in C minor. Etudes Opus 25 : Etude Number 1 in A flat major / Etude Number 2 in F minor / Etude Number 3 in F major / Etude Number 4 in A minor / Etude Number 5 in E minor / Etude Number 6 in G sharp minor / Etude Number 7 in C sharp minor / Etude Number 8 in D flat major / Etude Number 9 in G flat major / Etude Number 10 in B minor / Etude Number 11 in A minor / Etude Number 12 in C minor.
ARTISTS: Maurizio Pollini      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: original recording by EMI - May-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'What superb articulacy, what awe-inspiring assurance and uncanny technical perfection. All lovers of great piano- playing will need to add this to their collection.' - Gramophone 2012 Award Winner

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