Nelson Freire turns to Debussy for a disc of supreme naturalness and affection

Like another great pianist of the day, Emanuel Ax, Nelson Freire in his very different way calls to mind that phrase “the art that conceals art”. There is nothing flashy in his playing. Yet, as with his recent Brahms disc, everything is just right. Here there is beauty as well as darkness and one emerges with the sense of a great composer served entirely and completely.

-- Gramophone [4/2009]