NELSON FREIRE The SWR Recordings
1968-1999
2025
Johannes Brahms
Frédérick Chopin
Claude Debussy
Clara + Robert Schumann
Alexander Skrjabin
Hector Villa-Lobos
Manuel de Falla
Alexander Scriabin
Nelson Freire (p)
Ernest Bour (dir)
SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
Dennis Russell Davies (dir)
Theodor Guschlbauer (dir)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
CD1: 1. Frédérick Chopin: Andante spianato und
Grande Polonaise brillante Es-Dur op.22
Frédérick Chopin: Sonate für Klavier Nr. 2 b-moll op. 35 "mit dem Trauermarsch"
2.Grave (Doppio movimento)
3. Scherzo: Presto, ma non troppo
4. Trauermarsch: Lento
5. Finale: Presto
6. Frédérick Chopin: Scherzo Nr. 4 E-Dur op. 54
CD2: Robert Schumann: Fantasie C-Dur op. 17
1. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
2. Mäßig, durchaus energisch
3. Langsam getragen, durchweg leise zu halten
4. Robert Schumann: Arabeske C-Dur op. 18
5. Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodie h-moll op. 79 Nr. 1
6. Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodie g-moll op. 79 Nr. 2
Claude Debussy: Estampes (3 Stücke für Klavier)
7. Nr. 1 Pagodes
8. Nr. 2 La Soirée dans Grenade
9. Nr. 3 Jardins sous la pluie
CD3: 1. Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus op. 60 (Le poème du feu)
Manuel de Falla: Noches en los jardines de España (Nächte in spanischen Gärten)
2. Nr. 1 En el Generalife
3. Nr. 2 Danza lejana
4. Nr. 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba
5. Mômo precóce (Fantasie für Klavier und Orchester)
A native of Brazil, Nelson Freire stands alongside Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich in a triumvirate of the most important South American pianists of their generation; they maintained the friendship they established during their student days in Vienna and subsequently often performed together. Freire was born in Boa Esperança in 1944 and recorded his first album of works by Frédéric Chopin at the age of twelve. The composer remained one of the loves of his life.
These recordings were made over a period of some three decades. Freire’s playing always has something dazzling about it – not in the sense of an artificial sparkle, but of being free and unconstrained.