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The great Nelson Freire waited until 2015, at the venerable age of 71 years young, to fully dedicate a record to Johann Sebastian Bach. Rather than attacking one genre, or one group, he prefers to offer up a cleverly conceived panorama of great original compositions, as well as transcriptions for piano based on his pieces for organ and vocal works. The transcripts are those of Alexander Siloti, Ferruccio Busoni or Myra Hess. As a bonus, we discover an example of a transcription of Bach himself - but from a colleague, Marcello in this case. Obviously, the transcription style of Bach vs. those of Siloti, Busoni and Hess differ radically, if only by the fact that the latter three were made for a modern piano, while Bach transcribed from Marcello's chamber orchestra to end up with a sole harpsichord. Nelson Freire, who plays the original pieces of Bach or quasi-romantic transcriptions, delivers a speech with full transparency here, allowing the listener to marvel in the polyphonic complexity of this timeless music. © SM/Qobuz, Translation/BM
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Partita No. 4 in D , BWV 828 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 808 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 - for Harpsichord/Arranged by Bach from: Oboe Concerto in D minor by Alessandro Marcello (1685-1750) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Arranger, Work Arranger - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Arranger, Work Arranger - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Contributor, Transcription - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Siloti, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nelson Freire, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Kempff, Arranger, Work Arranger - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
The great Nelson Freire waited until 2015, at the venerable age of 71 years young, to fully dedicate a record to Johann Sebastian Bach. Rather than attacking one genre, or one group, he prefers to offer up a cleverly conceived panorama of great original compositions, as well as transcriptions for piano based on his pieces for organ and vocal works. The transcripts are those of Alexander Siloti, Ferruccio Busoni or Myra Hess. As a bonus, we discover an example of a transcription of Bach himself - but from a colleague, Marcello in this case. Obviously, the transcription style of Bach vs. those of Siloti, Busoni and Hess differ radically, if only by the fact that the latter three were made for a modern piano, while Bach transcribed from Marcello's chamber orchestra to end up with a sole harpsichord. Nelson Freire, who plays the original pieces of Bach or quasi-romantic transcriptions, delivers a speech with full transparency here, allowing the listener to marvel in the polyphonic complexity of this timeless music. © SM/Qobuz, Translation/BM
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:21:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nelson Freire
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc
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