Artist: Nelson Freire
Album: Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:05:41
Total Tracks: 10
Total Size: 1,12 GB

Tracklist:

01. Nelson Freire – Impromptu No.3 in G flat major Op.51 (04:58)
02. Nelson Freire – Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52 (10:23)
03. Nelson Freire – Berceuse in D flat major Op.57 (04:08)
04. Nelson Freire – 3 Mazurkas, Op.50 – No.1 in G major: Vivace (02:12)
05. Nelson Freire – 3 Mazurkas, Op.50 – No.2 in A flat major: Allegretto (02:45)
06. Nelson Freire – 3 Mazurkas, Op.50 – No.3 in C sharp minor: Moderato (04:37)
07. Nelson Freire – Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53 “Polonaise héroïque” (06:48)
08. Nelson Freire, Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Lionel Bringuier – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21 – I. Maestoso (13:22)
09. Nelson Freire, Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Lionel Bringuier – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21 – II. Larghetto (08:15)
10. Nelson Freire, Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Lionel Bringuier – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21 – III. Allegro vivace (08:08)

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In the third of three new landmark albums on the Decca label, Nelson Freire marks his 70th birthday year with a stunning recording of Chopin’s lyrical and brilliant Piano Concerto No. 2
The recording was made in Cologne with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Lionel Bringuier, one of the most talked-about of the younger generation of conductors and features some favourite Chopin solo works – the Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52, the Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57, the Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53, Three Mazurkas, Op. 50, plus the Impromptu in G flat major Op. 51
This is Freire’s fourth Chopin recording for Decca, which includes his celebrated set of the complete Nocturnes, of which the Guardian wrote: “[Freire] respects the poise and elegance of the melodic lines, floating them exquisitely while teasing out the harmonies beneath with fastidious care; this is Chopin playing of high quality, from one of the finest pianists alive today.”