# Maurizio Pollini R.I.P **URL:** \ **Category:** Music Room\ **Created:** [March 23, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135 "2024-03-23T13:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peppo62](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/peppo62/32/209096_2.png) [@Peppo62](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peppo62)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/1 "2024-03-23T13:47:15Z")
Great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini passed away today, aged 82. ---
**Author:** ![KJC](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/kjc/32/589_2.png) [@KJC](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/KJC)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/2 "2024-03-23T15:22:14Z")
Sad news. A true great of the piano. RIP and thanks for the wonderful performances Maestro. ---
**Author:** ![BertBird](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/bertbird/32/881_2.png) [@BertBird](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/BertBird)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/3 "2024-03-23T16:09:38Z")
Indeed another great maestro died. I wasn’t so much in favor of his style of playing, but respected him for his art. ---
**Author:** ![anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/anon70766008)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/4 "2024-03-23T16:55:19Z")
I was lucky enough to see Signor Pollini a number of times in the RFH in concerts conducted by his childhood friend Claudio Abbado during Abbado’s tenure at the helm of the LSO. His recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas is surely the best ever, and he made a number of great concerto records with Karl Bœhm (Beethoven and Brahms). He retired from the concert platform some years ago, but was occasionally tempted into the recording studio after that. It would be wonderful if DG were to re-release his recordings as a memorial - on vinyl, please! By a strange coincidence, I bought a new LP of his first ever record, Chopin’s First Piano Concerto (on EMI) last week. I shall try to find time to play it tonight or tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![jegreenwood](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/jegreenwood/32/255279_2.png) [@jegreenwood](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/jegreenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/5 "2024-03-23T17:53:36Z")
Just listened to his Schoenberg disc - my entry into his music Later today Chopin and Schubert. ---
**Author:** ![Rafael](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/rafael/32/137536_2.png) [@Rafael](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Rafael)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/6 "2024-03-23T19:28:58Z")
Maestro Pollini thank you for your music. Requiescat in pace. ---
**Author:** ![Wugged\_Woy](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/wugged_woy/32/422906_2.png) [@Wugged\_Woy](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Wugged_Woy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/7 "2024-03-23T19:49:10Z")
Desert Island disc (s)… ![image](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/6/7/867b426447e52f9d412b034c60bb1074dd27e716.jpeg) One of the greatest recordings of all time. R.I.P Maurizio. ---
**Author:** ![anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@anon70766008](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/anon70766008)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/8 "2024-03-23T20:01:22Z")
I agree with your assessment. I don’t think that those recordings have ever been equalled, let alone bettered. If you listen carefully, you may hear Pollini exhale as his hands come down hard on the keys. I have the set on very old LPs, with the booklet autographed by Pollini before an RFH concert. ---
**Author:** ![Peppo62](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/peppo62/32/209096_2.png) [@Peppo62](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peppo62)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/9 "2024-03-23T20:52:48Z")
> **[Maurizio Pollini Passes Away at 82 - Maurizio Pollini | Deutsche Grammophon](https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/mauriziopollini/news/maurizio-pollini-passes-away-at-82-272396)** > > Maurizio Pollini Passes Away at 82 - Maurizio Pollini ---
**Author:** ![cdboy](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/cdboy/32/124_2.png) [@cdboy](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/cdboy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/10 "2024-03-23T21:14:25Z")
Sad news. I was wondering what drew me to play his Beethoven concertos this week. ---
**Author:** ![PW42](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/pw42/32/2249_2.png) [@PW42](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/PW42)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/11 "2024-03-25T09:32:05Z")
Sad indeed. ![proxy-image](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/0/8/408641e2b02026d5ca84ae3cd8e8601481a46482.jpeg) This recording is one of my most favourite things on vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![SamClaus](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@SamClaus](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/SamClaus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/12 "2024-03-26T09:45:16Z")
I had that LP - wonderful. It’s now on a double CD, with Webern’s Variations, and Boulez’s Second Sonata. Saw him play in the nineties. ---
**Author:** ![EJS](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/ejs/32/11328_2.png) [@EJS](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/EJS)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/13 "2024-03-26T19:29:53Z")
I was fortunate to see him play in Amsterdam on a number of occasions. Always exciting as he could be very nervous, but grand as well. Truly one of the greats. ---
**Author:** ![Chris-G](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/chris-g/32/543_2.png) [@Chris-G](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Chris-G)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/14 "2024-03-27T22:13:03Z")
These recordings are the ones I immediately think of when Pollini’s name is mentioned. A true giant of the keyboard. RIP ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/1X/26b5e4ef7e37d3771c473a6a1f688186c20823ac.png) [@system](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/maurizio-pollini-r-i-p/34135/15 "2024-05-26T22:13:30Z")
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