In 1960, an 18-year-old Italian pianist, the youngest contestant, won the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw. Although Pollini did record Chopin’s First Piano Concerto upon accepting his prize, he otherwise kept the sharks at bay for close to a decade. Daniele was a talented piano student, Pollini said, adding that his son didn’t need …
Bruckner Mass in E minor Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Henry Websdale and Donal McCann, organ scholars; conducted by Sir Stephen Cleobury King’s College Cambridge KGS0035 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ For 35 years Stephen Cleobury conducted the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, as well as doing long stints leading the BBC Singers …
