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Nelson Freire: Radio Days - Album Sampler
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1 Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 In E Minor, Op.11 - Allegro maestoso
2 Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 In E Minor, Op.11 - Romance Larghetto
3 Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 In E Minor, Op.11 - Rondo Vivace
4 Schumann: Concert Introduction & Allegro in D Minor, Op.134
5 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23 - Allegro non troppo
6 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23 - Andantino semplice
7 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23 - Allegro con fuoco
8 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, Op.10 - Allegro brioso
9 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, Op.10 - Andante assai
10 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, Op.10 - Allegro scherzando
11 Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125 - Adagio sostenuto assai
12 Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125 - Allegro moderato
13 Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125 - Allegro moderato
14 Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125 - Allegro animato
15 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 - Allegro ma non tanto
16 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 - Intermezzo
17 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 - Finale
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Nelson Freire marks his 70th birthday year with the release of three landmark albums on the Decca label. Decca has mined the archives of radio stations in France, Germany and the Netherlands to create a double-album set, Radio Days, of recordings made during Freire's twenties and early thirties. The compilation includes his thrilling live interpretations of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Schumann's rarely performed Concert Introduction and Allegro in D minor.  

  • Decca's 'Memories: The Unreleased Recordings' is a fine tribute to Nelson Freire / Audiophile Audition
    Posted At: December 5, 2022
    Audiophile Audition - Gary Lemco writes….This fine tribute to Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire (1944-2021) presents us with previously unreleased Decca recordings from Berlin, 2014, and bonus tracks from radio broadcasts, 1970-1985, with several pieces in their premiere appearance on compact disc. These so-called “posthumous” thoughts reveal Freire as a pianist of exceptional color nuance, capable of hearty ...

  • The Poetry of Nelson Freire's Bach on 99.5WCRB
    Posted At: May 14, 2018

    The virtually limitless well of music by J.S. Bach has always had a prominent place on radio airwaves in Boston. Whether it's an iconic work like the Toccata and Fugue in D minor or a rarely heard but emotionally riveting church cantata, Bach's music is a touchstone, returning listeners to a foundation on which so much subsequent music has been built.  Hear The Poetry of  Nelson Freire'...

  • Seong-Jin Cho, Yundi and Nelson Freire close out 'Chopin and His Europe' festival in Warsaw / Radio Poland
    Posted At: August 31, 2017

    The 19-day Chopin and His Europe festival has come to a close in Warsaw and showcased more than 40 events in all --including recitals, orchestral and chamber concerts, oratorios and a semi-staged performance of Verdi's opera Macbeth – and such pianists as Chopin competition winners Seong-Jin Cho, Yulianna Avdeeva, Yundi and Garrick Ohlsson. Ohlsson won the international Chopin piano competition...

  • Nelson Freire - Bach / WGBH/WCRB: CD of the Week
    Posted At: April 18, 2016

    From the imagination and curiosity of the WCRB staff, this is where you'll find the CD Of the Week from WGBH/WCRB - Classical Radio Boston. Check back often for the deep dive, the spontaneous revelation, and the beyond-the-broadcast connections that bring the music alive. This week's pick is from Nelson Freire. The Brazilian pianist has made his first studio recorded recital of the music of B...

  • Nelson Freire - Bach / KDFC: CD of the Week
    Posted At: April 4, 2016

    Tune in throughout the week for tracks from KDFC's CD of the Week. More to discover with KDFC and KDFC.com.    For the Week of April 4, it's Bach by pianist Nelson Freire. In his latest recording, Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire "distills a lifetime of experience with Bach into 80 minutes of authoritative playing." In advance of his recitals here in the Bay Area this May, we'll...

  • Nelson Freire - Bach / WFMT: Featured CD of the Week
    Posted At: March 20, 2016

    Nelson Freire brings a lifetime's experience to his first-ever album devoted to the music of Bach. The release provides a perfect overview of Bach on the keyboard: original works such as the Fourth Partita and Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; one of Bach's own keyboard transcriptions (the slow movement of Marcello's Oboe Concerto) plus a selection of transcriptions by Busoni, Siloti and Myra Hess. Bach...

  • Nelson Freire - Chopin / KDFC: CD Of the Week
    Posted At: May 25, 2015

    In the third of three new landmark albums on the Decca label, Nelson Freire marks his 70th birthday year with a stunning recording of Chopin's lyrical and brilliant Piano Concerto No. 2 made in Cologne with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Lionel Bringuier, one of the most talked-about of the younger generation of conductors. The release also features some favorite Chopin solo wor...

  • Nelson Freire - Chopin is WQXR: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: March 9, 2015

    The veteran Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire caps his 70th birthday year with the third of three new albums on the Decca label. It features Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, a work whose pianistic brilliance has sometimes been overshadowed by its staid orchestral writing. Cologne's Gürzenich-Orchester brings grace and intelligence to its part while Freire brings out the score's introvert character, ...

  • Nelson Freire - Radio Days / WFMT 'New Release Of the Week'
    Posted At: November 2, 2014

    To celebrate Nelson Freire's 70th birthday, this special 2-CD collection presents concerto repertoire that is not currently in his Decca catalog. The set features performances of concertos with leading conductors such as Kurt Masur and David Zinman. Drawing on radio archives, these recordings cover a ten-year period (1969-79) when Freire was making few recordings at the beginning of his career in Europe....
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