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Special offer. Nelson Freire: Brahms
Nelson Freire (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
- Nelson Freire (piano)
- Recorded: 2017-02-25
- Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineAwards Issue 2017Editor's Choice
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.