Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1/ Maurizio Pollini (180g LP)

Label: Hi-Q Records / EMI ASD 370

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Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! 180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! Maurizio Pollini (b.1942) burst onto the world’s music scene by winning the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1960. Arthur Rubinstein

Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI!

180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios!

The Penguin Guide to The Finest Classical Recordings – Three Stars with Rosette Winners

Maurizio Pollini (b.1942) burst onto the world’s music scene by winning the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1960. Arthur Rubinstein, who led the jury, declared Pollini the winner of the competition, allegedly saying: “that boy can play the piano better than any of us”. Soon afterwards, he made this recording for EMI, his first commercial recording.

In the original review in The Gramophone of November 1960, R.F. remarked: “Orchestral accompaniment and balance are worthy of the solo playing. I have never heard the opening given with such fire. The orchestra stays on its toes throughout, and Kletzki makes a splendid job of following every variation of tempo. I do not ever expect to hear the concerto played better…”

Recorded 20-21 April 1960, Abbey Road Studio No.1, London. Recording Producer: Victor Olof. Balance Engineer: Douglas Larter

Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional ‘advance’ playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process.

Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England.