Description
On November 21st 2021, Nelson Freire was taken before his time. One year on, we remember him with a new collection of previously unreleased Decca recordings, bonus tracks making their debut on disc and rare radio broadcast tapes; some of Nelsons finest performances from a time he rarely recorded commercially. The collection is accompanied by a new essay by Dominic Fyfe, Nelsons long-time Decca producer. The Berlin Sessions – Rediscovered, unreleased recordings from 2014 of Gluck, Bach and Beethovens Andante favori his only recording of this piece Rare Radio Tapes – Broadcast concerto performances from 1970-1985 including Beethoven 4 and Brahms 2, Bartok 1 and Richard Strauss Burleske New to CD – Bonus tracks never before released on CD including music by his beloved Villa-Lobos and Debussy
Tracklist:
CD1 The Berlin Sessions, 2014 (Track 1-3)
1. **Gluck arr. Sgambati: Mlodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) from Orpheus ed Euridice
2. **J.S. Bach arr. Hess: Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring
3. **Beethoven: Andante favori in F, WoO 57
4. 4-6. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58 (Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/Uri Segal) SWR, 6 October 1972
5. **Beethoven: Bagatelle, Op. 119 No.11 Andante, ma non troppo
6. R. Strauss: Burleske fr Klavier und Orchester dMoll, AV 85 (SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden/Zoltan Pesko) SWF, 10 December 1985
7. **Debussy: La Plus Que Lente
8. **Villa-Lobos: Preludio (Introduo) (No. 1 from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4)
CD2
1. 1-3. Bartk: Piano Concerto No.1 (Sz.83, BB91) (Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Michael Gielen) Hessischer Rundfunk, 22-23 October 1970
2. 4-7. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83 (Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Horst Stein) Hessicher Rundfunk, 28 March 1 April 1977
3. **Brahms: Intermezzo, Op.118 No.2 in A major
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