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Nelson Freire - The SWR Recordings

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Composer
Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Robert Schumann, Alexander Scriab
Artist
Nelson Freire, SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
Feb 14, 2025
Catalog #
SWR19161CD
UPC
747313916184

About

The present collection showcases studio and live recordings pianist Nelson Freire made for the SWR between 1968 and 1999. Though Freire was by his own account never really interested in a career and he even reduced considerably the number of live performances at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, he belongs to the most important pianists worldwide. A natural prodigy, Freire's style is characterised by elegance, charme and finnesse as well as deliberate avoidance of boasting.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 13:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22
    Duration
    13:06
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
    Ensemble
    SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Ernest Bour
  3. 2 I. Grave - Doppio movimento 05:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Grave - Doppio movimento
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  4. 3 II. Scherzo 06:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  5. 4 III. Marche funèbre: Lento 08:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Marche funèbre: Lento
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  6. 5 IV. Finale: Presto 01:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  7. 6 Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 09:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes tempo 12:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes tempo
    Duration
    12:06
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  10. 2 II. Mässig 07:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Mässig
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  11. 3 III. Langsam getragen 09:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Langsam getragen
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  12. 4 Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 05:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  13. 5 No. 1 in B Minor 08:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1 in B Minor
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  14. 6 No. 2 in G Minor 06:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2 in G Minor
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  15. 7 No. 1. Pagodes 04:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Pagodes
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  16. 8 No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) 04:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  17. 9 No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain) 03:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  18. Disc 3
  19. 1 Prometheus, Op. 60, "The Poem of Fire" 20:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prometheus, Op. 60, "The Poem of Fire"
    Duration
    20:27
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
    Ensemble
    Karlsruhe Chamber Choir, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Dennis Russell Davies
  20. 2 I. En el Generalife (In the Generalife) 10:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. En el Generalife (In the Generalife)
    Duration
    10:35
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
    Ensemble
    SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Ernest Bour
  21. 3 II. Danza lejana (Distant Dance) 04:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Danza lejana (Distant Dance)
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
    Ensemble
    SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Ernest Bour
  22. 4 III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba (In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba) 07:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba (In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba)
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
    Ensemble
    SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Ernest Bour
  23. 5 Momoprecoce fantasy 22:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Momoprecoce fantasy
    Duration
    22:55
    Composer
    Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
    Ensemble
    Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
    Conductor
    Theodor Guschlbauer