Christina Linklater on Maurizio Pollini for The Boston Globe

Christina Linklater reviewed Maurizio Pollini's Sunday recital for The Boston Globe. Want to read a literate and downright smart review that keeps the greys grey and doesn't insult your intelligence with mere thumbs up and thumbs down talk? Look no further. Here's a snippet:

"The Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini is an adventurous virtuoso, a connoisseur
of the traditional repertoire with a taste for some of the most difficult modern
compositions. He has recorded the complete sonatas of Beethoven as well as all
of Schoenberg's music for piano, and he is famous for exploring classical and
contemporary pieces in a single performance, bringing as much earnest lucidity
to avant-garde masterpieces as to beloved monuments."

And here's the full text of From a Melody to a Rattle with Wondrous Ease.