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Nelson Freire - Encores

Nelson Freire (piano)

Nelson Freire - Encores

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In his selection of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Freire, like Gilels before him, explores a whole world of intimate feeling and a melancholy at the heart of Grieg’s indelibly northern nature (‘At your...

International Piano, January 2020

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Nelson Freire - Encores

Nelson Freire (piano)

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Awards:

In his selection of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Freire, like Gilels before him, explores a whole world of intimate feeling and a melancholy at the heart of Grieg’s indelibly northern nature (‘At your...

International Piano, January 2020

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About

Legendary Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire celebrates his 75th birthday with a new album!

A delightful collection of personal piano favourites

• The new record ‘Encores’ will be released on his birthday, 18th October 2019

• 30 tracks ranging from Purcell to Rachmaninov; Scarlatti to Shostakovich and 12 of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces

• Includes such treasures as the Sgambati Mélodie de Gluck, the Paderewski Nocturne and Albeniz’s Navarra

• Nelson Freire won the 2006 Gramophone Recording of the Year and the Latin GRAMMY for Best Classical Album in 2013

Contents and tracklist

Excerpt,Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Work length3:04
Melodie (Arr. Sgambati)
Track length3:04
Purcell: Hornpipe in E minor, Z. T685
Work length0:46
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K64 in D minor: Gavota
Work length1:32
Scarlatti, D: Sonata in B Minor, K. 377
Work length2:32
Sigismond Stojowski: Aspirations, Op. 39
Work length3:26
1. Vers l'azur
Track length3:26
Paderewski: Miscellanea, Op. 16
Work length3:59
4. Nocturne in B-Flat Major
Track length3:59
Excerpt,Strauss, R: Sechs Lieder, Op. 17
Work length2:33
2. Ständchen (Arr. Godowsky)
Track length2:33
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces I (8), Op. 12
Work length4:05
1. Arietta
Track length1:07
2. Waltz
Track length1:38
5. Popular Melody
Track length1:20
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces II (8), Op. 38
Work length2:15
1. Berceuse
Track length2:15
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces III (6), Op. 43
Work length6:00
2. Solitary traveller
Track length1:37
4. Little Bird
Track length1:37
6. To Spring
Track length2:46
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces IV (7), Op. 47
Work length1:14
4. Halling
Track length1:14
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces V (6), Op. 54
Work length3:30
1. Shepherd's Boy
Track length3:30
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces VIII (6), Op. 65
Work length5:10
6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Track length5:10
Excerpt,Grieg: Lyric Pieces IX (6), Op. 68
Work length5:03
3. At your Feet
Track length2:41
5. At the Cradle
Track length2:22
Excerpt,Rubinstein, A: Two Melodies, Op. 3
Work length3:21
Excerpt,Scriabin: Deux poèmes, Op. 32
Work length2:43
1. Poème in F-Sharp Major
Track length2:43
Excerpt,Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13
Work length7:40
No. 10 in B Minor: Lento
Track length5:12
No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Allegro
Track length2:28
Shostakovich: Fantastic Dances (3), Op. 5
Work length3:24
1. March: Allegretto
Track length1:02
2. Waltz: Andantino
Track length1:26
3. Polka: Allegretto
Track length0:56
Excerpt,Granados: Goyescas (piano suite)
Work length4:49
4. Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor
Track length4:49
Mompou: Scenes d'enfants
Work length1:59
5. Jeunes filles au jardin
Track length1:59
Albéniz: Espagne
Work length2:52
Tango in D Major (Arr. Godowsky)
Track length2:52
Albéniz: Navarra (Compl. Sévérac)
Work length4:43

Awards and reviews

  • Opus Klassik Awards
    2020
    Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year 

January 2020

In his selection of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Freire, like Gilels before him, explores a whole world of intimate feeling and a melancholy at the heart of Grieg’s indelibly northern nature (‘At your feet’ is a musing on unrequited love if ever there was one). What quiet, unforced beauty he finds in two Rachmaninov Preludes (Op 32 Nos 10 and 12) while Mompou’s ‘Jeunes filles au jardin’ from Scènes d’enfants could hardly step more lightly or sing more seductively.
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