Frédéric Chopin, Maurizio Pollini – 24 Préludes Op. 28 (E/VG+) – LP, DE 1975

24 Préludes Op. 28 is an LP by Frédéric Chopin, Maurizio Pollini from 1975 released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

Maurizio Pollini’s reading of Chopin’s 24 Préludes Op. 28 is admired for its clarity, discipline and emotional restraint. Chopin’s cycle of short keyboard works, completed in 1839, moves through a wide range of moods and keys, from the hushed lyricism of the famous Prelude in D flat major to the storm-battered turbulence of the D minor and the stark intensity of the more dramatic numbers. Pollini brings a clean, unsentimental touch that reveals the architecture beneath the poetry, making the set feel both intimate and rigorously thought through. It is a landmark account of one of the piano repertoire’s essential works.