Pollini is especially noted for his performances of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Schoenberg, Webern and for championing modern composers such as Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacomo Manzoni, Salvatore Sciarrino and Bruno Maderna.
Giacomo Puccini | Alessandro Manzoni | Giacomo Casanova | Giacomo Meyerbeer | Piero Manzoni | Giacomo Manzù | Giacomo Balla | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Quarenghi | Giacomo Leopardi | Salvatore Di Giacomo | Laura San Giacomo | Giacomo Matteotti | Giacomo Leoni | The Betrothed (Manzoni novel) | Giacomo Manzoni | San Giacomo | Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi | Gian Giacomo Medici | Giacomo Losi | Giacomo Finetti | Giacomo Facco | Giacomo Bulgarelli | Giacomo Bove | Giacomo | Diego Manzoni | Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo | San Giacomo Filippo | Manzoni | Herbert Manzoni |
Numerous recordings for CD labels include: Ariston-Ricordi, Curci (Du Dunkelheit by Giacomo Manzoni, dedicated to her), Edipan, Nuova Era (two monographic CDs on Giorgio Federico Ghedini and other two on Alfredo Casella and Franco Alfano), Stradivarius (three CDs La voce contemporanea in Italia - Voll. 1, 2, 3).
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Many composers have written pieces for her, including: Marcello Abbado, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Alberto Colla, James Dashow, Ada Gentile, Richard Herman, Paola Livorsi, Giacomo Manzoni, Ennio Morricone, Riccardo Piacentini, Alessandro Solbiati, Fabio Vacchi, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovski.