FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

To mark the birthday of Maurizio Pollini on 5 January, his recordings of the Polonaises of 1975, which have attained classic status, are now available in Dolby Atmos. For the critics, Pollini offered playing of outstanding mastery as well as a subtle poetry. His supreme achievement is in suggesting the immediacy and unpredictability of an inspired improvisation while at the same time preserving the shapely unity and inevitability of a pre-conceived whole.