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Nelson Freire: Bach

Nelson Freire (piano)

Nelson Freire: Bach
A pianist half his age could feel elated with the pin-sharp, dancing articulation that so often trips from Freire’s fingers

BBC Music Magazine, June 20164 out of 5 stars

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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

BBC Music Magazine, June 20164 out of 5 stars

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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

Bach, J S: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
Work length22:50
1. Overture
Track length4:30
2. Allemande
Track length6:11
3. Courante
Track length3:14
4. Aria
Track length1:25
5. Sarabande
Track length3:29
6. Menuet
Track length1:20
7. Gigue
Track length2:41
Bach, J S: Toccata in C minor, BWV911
Work length10:24
Bach, J S: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV808
Work length16:27
1. Prélude
Track length2:55
2. Allemande
Track length2:44
3. Courante
Track length1:49
4. Sarabande
Track length2:54
5. Gavotte I - Gavotte II ou la musette
Track length3:21
6. Gigue
Track length2:44
Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Work length9:59
1. Fantasia
Track length5:26
2. Fugue
Track length4:33
Excerpt,Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974
Work length3:27
2. Andante
Track length3:27
Bach, J S: Choral: "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", BWV 639 (Arr. Busoni)
Work length3:03
Bach, J S: Choral: "Komm Gott Schopfer heiliger Geist", BWV 667 (Arr. Busoni)
Work length2:11
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
Work length5:01
Bach, J S: Prelude in G Minor, BWV 535 (Arr. Piano by Siloti)
Work length4:32
Excerpt,Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Work length3:40
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. Piano by Kempff)
Track length3:40

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
4 out of 5 stars

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
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