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Nelson Freire: Bach
Nelson Freire (piano)
A pianist half his age could feel elated with the pin-sharp, dancing articulation that so often trips from Freire’s fingers
Nelson Freire: Bach
Nelson Freire (piano)
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A pianist half his age could feel elated with the pin-sharp, dancing articulation that so often trips from Freire’s fingers
About
Nelson Freire brings a lifetime’s experience to his first-ever album devoted to the music of J.S Bach. It was recorded in Freire’s 70th birthday year and provides a superb overview of Bach on the piano: towering original works such as the Fourth Partita and Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; one of Bach’s own keyboard transcriptions (the sublime slow movement of Marcello’s Oboe Concerto) plus a selection of transcriptions by Busoni, Siloti and Myra Hess.
Contents and tracklist
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2015-08-21
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
Awards and reviews
June 2016
A pianist half his age could feel elated with the pin-sharp, dancing articulation that so often trips from Freire’s fingers
April 2016
This, Nelson Freire's first disc devoted to Bach, is predictably personal. It speaks of a long acquaintance with the works on offer and you only need to sample the Fourth Partita's Sarabande to hear how lovingly he caresses the music, giving it a raptness that rivals Perahia