‘Freire’s sheer love of music, and of this music, is positively incandescent … In the miraculous and miniature Berceuse, Freire comes close to perfection.’ – Jeremy Siepmann
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2; Impromptu No. 3; Ballade no. 4; Berceuse, Op. 57; Three Mazurkas Op. 50; Polonaise héroïque
Nelson Freire (piano); Guurzenich-Orchester Köln/Lionel Bringuier
Decca 478 5332
Clip: Nelson Freire performs Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st mvt)
Read the full review in the March 2015 issue of BBC Music Magazine
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