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Query: Pollini vs. Pollini

This is the second recording of Pollini of this concerto: the first one he made in the 1970's with Karl Boehm and the Vienna Philharmonic.I own quite a number of Brahms No. 1 Concerto recordings, including Emil Gillels and Jochum, Hough and Davies, Lupu and de Waart...And I have heard more than once this work performed live.It is evident that Pollini leads the contemproary field in terms of interpretation of this piece. The heroic and yet lyrical, passionate and yet aloof qualities of this work in the total equilibrium demonstrated in this performance evokes as comparison only the earlier recording of this by Pollini himself - with the VPO. Here, Pollini is even more biting and incisive in the heroic passages, utterly devastating in terms of emotion and expression.The game does appear to be Pollini vs. Pollini, with only Pollini being capable of defeating himself.