Well, these two audio documents are full of questions that I turn to you, if you have any opinions or if you know anything about it.
It is quite well known that Pollini was a rather shy man and apart from Abbado, Böhm (his favorite conductors: I know he also appreciated Jochum very much), followed by Boulez, Muti and a few others, he never established large and continuous collaborations... Perhaps some of you have news about the meeting with Karajan. Very interesting document, anyway: it is a nervous and sensitive reading by Pollini (particularly in the Finale) that I have not always found in his other live/studio recordings of the Concerto.
There are also doubts about the authenticity of this Beethoven 4 by Michelangeli... Perhaps someone better informed can clarify.
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Maurizio Pollini, pf
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Salzburg, 15 August 1974
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto N. 4, Op. 58
(Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pf - wrong attribution)
MARIA TIPO, pf
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Zivojin Zdravkovic
Belgrade, 7 October 1973
FLAC + Scans
