Master pianist Maurizio Pollini turned 70 on January 5th, 2012\nand DG are celebrating this milestone birthday with a new album of\nbreath-taking Chopin. Pollini’s Chopin recordings are his\nbest-sellers – the complete Nocturnes, released in 2005, have sold\nmore than 100,000 CDs to date.

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Chopin: Preludes is a birthday programme of newly recorded solo\nworks: Preludes op.28, four Mazurkas op.30, two Nocturnes op.27,\nand the Scherzo no.2 op.31. Pollini often feature Chopin’s works in\nhis solo recitals – The Guardian raved, “… he still plays Chopin\nwith the ease that floored even Rubinstein more than 50 years ago\n…”

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