Virtuoso Voices™ - Maurizio Pollini (Mozart not Muzak) 0:26
July 2007 CD 


[Music:  
Use this 26 second clip to enhance your introduction of pianist Maurizio Pollini playing his recent recording (2007) of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 (DGG 477 579).]



SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 is very well known, primarily because of its Second Movement. Besides the concert hall and CD, you're also likely to hear it while you're on hold, in hotel lobbies and on relaxation CDs intended to reduce stress.  Pianist Maurizio Pollini (moe-REETZ-see-oh po-LEE-nee) says he's open hearing it in different settings, but within limits.


CLIP TRANSCRIPT
"It is such an extraordinary work.  It shouldn't be arranged differently than how Mozart has written it.  It shouldn't be vulgarized with a different orchestration or used so badly.  So, I think there is a limit to the vulgarization of the work, but it is positive that they can please to a large number of people; this is part of their extraordinary musical richness."


SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Maurizio Pollini (moe-REETZ-see-oh po-LEE-nee) talking about the famous slow movement in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21.  We'll hear all three movements from a new recording (2007) with Maurizio Pollini both playing the solo part and conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.


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