‘Never was virtuosity purveyed with a lighter touch than in this 70th-birthday celebratory CD. The Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire has recently enjoyed a second flowering. After decades out of the limelight during which he nexer stopped performing, he’s suddenly been ‘rediscovered’.’ Michael Church
Nelson Freire: Radio Days
Concert broadcasts 1968-1979: piano concertos by Chopin (No. 1), Tchaikovsky (No. 1), Liszt (No. 2) & Rachmaninov (No. 3); Schumann: Concert Introduction and Allegro
Nelson Freire (piano); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Reinhard Peters; Yuri Ahronovitch; Eleazer de Carvalho; NDR Sinfonieorchester/Heinz Wallberg; Orchestre Philarmonique de l’ORTF/Kurt Masur; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/David Zinman
Decca 478 6772
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