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Special offer. Nelson Freire: Brahms

Nelson Freire (piano)

Nelson Freire: Brahms

Awards:

Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many - the regret-filled duet of the middle...

Special offer. Nelson Freire: Brahms

Nelson Freire (piano)

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Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many - the regret-filled duet of the middle...

About

Nelson Freire made his recording debut with the Brahms F minor sonata in 1967. Now, half a century later, he returns to this monumental work.

The perfect repertoire at the perfect moment in his career: still in his prime at 72, Nelson Freire invests Brahms’ music with unrivalled colour and imagination.

This recital presents a portrait of Brahms across his entire oeuvre for solo piano, culminating in a selection of the celebrated late intermezzi.

This is Freire’s first Brahms recording since the 2007 Gramophone Record of the Year concerto set with Riccardo Chailly: still the reference recording.

Contents and tracklist

1. Allegro maestoso
Track length9:16
2. Andante espressivo
Track length9:45
3. Scherzo
Track length4:24
4. Intermezzo (Andante molto)
Track length2:59
5. Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato)
Track length7:22
3. Intermezzo in A Flat
Track length1:52
4. Intermezzo in B flat
Track length2:23
1. Capriccio in D Minor
Track length2:08
4. Intermezzo in E Major
Track length3:53
2. Intermezzo in B Flat Minor
Track length4:21
2. Intermezzo in A
Track length5:13
3. Ballade in G Minor
Track length3:24
1. Intermezzo in B Minor
Track length3:54
2. Intermezzo in E Minor
Track length4:17
3. Intermezzo in C
Track length1:32
4. Rhapsody in E Flat
Track length4:53
15. Waltz in A Flat
Track length1:29

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    Awards Issue 2017
    Editor's Choice
  • Gramophone Awards
    2018
    Shortlisted - Instrumental

Awards Issue 2017

Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many - the regret-filled duet of the middle section of Op. 118 No. 2 or the way he brings to such a quiet close the Ballade, Op. 118 No. 3...Enough adjectives. Go and buy it, and set it on your shelves.
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