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These recordings reveal Nelson Freire in 1966, aged 22, making his German radio "début" (at RIAS in Berlin) with a somewhat unusual repertoire: Grieg's Lyric Pieces, which are somewhat removed from any notion of virtuosity, followed by a few moments of the most dramatic of Liszt's works - the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5, which the composer himself referred to as a "heroic elegy"; and the Fifth, which is known by the rather more sober name Preludio. Twenty years later, still in Berlin in 1986, the same Freire would perform Saint-Saëns's Second Concerto, accompanied by the Berlin Radio Symphonic Orchestra, since become known as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin directed by Ádám Fischer; this was a radio concert recorded in public and broadcast live, so no cheating was possible - not that Freire was known for such things, of course. These are fascinating archives which show that the Brazilian pianist in full command of his phenomenal powers at 22, and with a superb maturity which remains youthful and joyful for Saint-Saëns. © SM/Qobuz
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Adam Fischer, Conductor - Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Nelson Freire, Piano - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Adam Fischer, Conductor - Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Nelson Freire, Piano - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Adam Fischer, Conductor - Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 (Edvard Grieg)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Edvard Grieg, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Nelson Freire, Piano - Edvard Grieg, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 (Edvard Grieg)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Edvard Grieg, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Nelson Freire, Piano - Edvard Grieg, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 (Edvard Grieg)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Edvard Grieg, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E Minor, S. 244 (Franz Liszt)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Franz Liszt, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 in E Major, S. 244 'Preludio' (Franz Liszt)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Franz Liszt, Composer
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Polonaise No. 2 in E Major, S. 223 (Franz Liszt)
Nelson Freire, Piano - Franz Liszt, Composer
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Album review
These recordings reveal Nelson Freire in 1966, aged 22, making his German radio "début" (at RIAS in Berlin) with a somewhat unusual repertoire: Grieg's Lyric Pieces, which are somewhat removed from any notion of virtuosity, followed by a few moments of the most dramatic of Liszt's works - the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5, which the composer himself referred to as a "heroic elegy"; and the Fifth, which is known by the rather more sober name Preludio. Twenty years later, still in Berlin in 1986, the same Freire would perform Saint-Saëns's Second Concerto, accompanied by the Berlin Radio Symphonic Orchestra, since become known as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin directed by Ádám Fischer; this was a radio concert recorded in public and broadcast live, so no cheating was possible - not that Freire was known for such things, of course. These are fascinating archives which show that the Brazilian pianist in full command of his phenomenal powers at 22, and with a superb maturity which remains youthful and joyful for Saint-Saëns. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nelson Freire, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Ádám Fischer
- Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
- Label: audite Musikproduktion
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Concertos Keyboard Concertos
- Period: Romantic Music
2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion 2017 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
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