Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (62CD, 2DVD + 1BluRay Boxset)

One of the most significant pianists of the 20th century, Maurizio Pollini made history with his Chopin recordings, thanks to the breathtaking brilliance, concentration, and clarity of his playing. His recordings of works by his beloved Beethoven, Schumann, and Schubert also set standards and remain benchmarks today. His recording career with Deutsche Grammophon spanned half a century, from 1971 to 2022: The relationship began in 1971, eleven years after the pianist’s victory in the 1960 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw at the age of eighteen. With the exception of the Chopin works he set down immediately thereafter, Pollini was an exclusive artist on the Yellow Label for over five decades. During the course of this amazing collaboration, his recordings won a plethora of awards, including Gramophone and Echo Awards, Diapason d’or, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, and Stella d’oro as well as two Grammys®. The maestro, whose playing is considered 'a perfect fusion of architecture and passion' (Jed Distler), passed away in March 2024 at the age of 82.

CD 1 STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from “Petrushka”
PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 7
WEBERN: Variations for piano
BOULEZ: Second Sonata for piano

CD 2 CHOPIN: 12 Études Op. 10 · 12 Études Op. 25

CD 3 SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No. 1 · Fantasy in C major

CD 4 NONO: Como una ola de fuerza y luz
Slavka Taskova, soprano; Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Claudio Abbado
NONO: ... sofferte onde serene …
MANZONI: Masse - Omaggio a Edgard Varèse  Berliner Philharmoniker / Giuseppe Sinopoli

CD 5 SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C major D 760 “Wanderer Fantasy” (Op. 15) · Piano Sonata in A minor D 845 (Op. 42)

CD 6 SCHOENBERG: The Piano Music

CD 7 CHOPIN: 24 Préludes, Op. 28

CD 8–9 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 28–32 

CD 10 CHOPIN: Polonaises Opp. 26, 40, 44, 53, 61 

CD 11 MOZART: Piano Concerto Nos. 23 & 19 Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm

CD 12 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2  Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado 

CD 13–15 BEETHOVEN: The Piano Concertos
Nos. 1 & 2 Wiener Philharmoniker / Eugen Jochum
Nos. 3–5 Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm

CD 16 BARTÓK: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado

CD 17 BRAHMS: Piano Quintet Quartetto Italiano

CD 18 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm

CD 19 SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes Op. 13 · 5 Variations Op. Post · Arabesque Op. 18

CD 20 CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3

CD 21–22 SCHUBERT: The Late Piano Sonatas D 958, 959, 960 · Allegretto, D 915 · Three Piano Pieces, D 946 (Op. Post.)

CD 23 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 17 · 21 · 25 · 26

CD 24 LISZT: Sonata in B minor · Nuages gris · Unstern! – Sinistre · La lugubre gondola I · R.W. – Venezia

CD 25 SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto 
SCHOENBERG: Piano Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado

CD 26 CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 1, Op. 20 · Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31 · Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39 · Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54
Berceuse, Op. 57 · Barcarolle, Op. 60

CD 27 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13–15

CD 28 DEBUSSY: 12 Etudes for piano
BERG: Piano Sonata Op. 1

CD 29–31 BEETHOVEN: The Piano Concertos Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 80 Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado

CD 32–33 BRAHMS: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado

CD 34 DEBUSSY: Préludes Book 1 · L’Isle joyeuse

CD 35 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 · 12 · 21

CD 36 BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations

CD 37 CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 · Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 · Ballade No. 3, Op. 47· Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 · Fantasy, Op. 49

CD 38 SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze · Concert sans orchestre

CD 39 SCHUMANN: Allegro, Op. 8 · Kreisleriana Op. 16 · Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133

CD 40 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 22 · 22 · 24 · 27

CD 41 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 5–8 

CD 42 MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21 Wiener Philharmoniker / Directed from the piano by Maurizio Pollini

CD 43–44 CHOPIN: Nocturns (Opp. 9 · 15 · 27 · 32 · 37 · 48 · 55 · 62 · 72)

CD 45 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1–3

CD 46 MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 12 & 24 Wiener Philharmoniker / Directed from the piano by Maurizio Pollini

CD 47 CHOPIN: Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 · 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 · 3 Waltzes Op. 34 ·Impromptu No. 2, Op. 36 · Piano Sonata, Op. 35

CD 48–49 BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

CD 50 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann

CD 51 CHOPIN: 24 Preludes Op. 28 · 2 Nocturnes Op. 27 · 4 Mazurkas Op. 30 ·Scherzo no. 2, Op. 31

CD 52 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 · 9 · 10 · 11

CD 53 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann

CD 54 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16–20

CD 55 CHOPIN: Late Works Opp. 59–64

CD 56 DEBUSSY: Préludes II, En blanc et noir  with Daniele Pollini

CD 57 CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op. 55 · Mazurkas Op. 56 · Berceuse, Op. 57 · Piano Sonata Op. 58

CD 58 BEETHOVEN: The Last Three Sonatas: Nos. 30–32

CD 59 BEETHOVEN: Sonatas Nos. 28 & 29

CD 60 SCHUBERT: Sonata, D 894 · Moments musicaux · Piano Fantasia, D 940 with Daniele Pollini

CD 61 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 NHK Orchestra (Japan) / Maxim Shostakovich

CD 62 Maurizio Pollini at International Chopin Competition Warsaw 1960

DVDs POLLINI PORTRAIT (2 DVDs)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos No. 3 & 5 Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm
MOZART: Piano Concerto Nos. 19 & 23 Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado (Brahms)

Blu-Ray                    BLU-RAY VIDEO

BEETHOVEN: The Last Three Sonatas
Bonus: Beethoven and Modernity Maurizio Pollini in conversation with Jörg Widmann