Nelson Freire: Bach

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J. S. BACH
Nelson Freire: Bach
Nelson Freire (piano)

[ Decca / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 11 May 2016

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Nelson Freire brings a lifetime's experience to his first-ever album devoted to the music of J.S Bach. It was recorded in Freire's 70th birthday year and provides a superb overview of Bach on the piano: towering original works such as the Fourth Partita and Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; one of Bach's own keyboard transcriptions (the sublime slow movement of Marcello's Oboe Concerto) plus a selection of transcriptions by Busoni, Siloti and Myra Hess.

"This, Nelson Freire's first disc devoted to Bach, is predictably personal. It speaks of a long acquaintance with the works on offer and you only need to sample the Fourth Partita's Sarabande to hear how lovingly he caresses the music, giving it a raptness that rivals Perahia" (Gramophone, April 2016)

"A pianist half his age could feel elated with the pin-sharp, dancing articulation that so often trips from Freire's fingers" (BBC Music)

Tracks:

Bach, J S:
Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
Toccata in C minor, BWV911
English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV808
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974

Busoni:
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Bach BWV 639)
Komm, Gott Schöpfer (Bach BWV 667)
Nun komm der heiden Heiland' (after Bach, BWV659)

Hess, M: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

Siloti: Organ Prelude in G minor (Bach)