★★★★★
This set got a reasonable amount of attention from Universal Music, and celebrates Nelson Freire's 70th birthday. These recordings were personally selected by the pianist, and he gives indispensible details in his booklet interview about how each recording came about and with whom. It is a rare chance to hear the younger Friere, who remains a major artist by any standard even as he ages...
- www.classical.net
2014-12-18
★★★★★
The collection begins with Chopin's First Concerto from a 1968 concert in Kiel, with the NDR Symphony under Heinz Wallberg, and ends with Rachmaninov's Third, with David Zinman and the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw in 1979. In between are performances of Schumann's Introduction and Concert Allegro Op 134, and Tchaikovsky's First, Prokofiev's First and Liszt's Second concertos. There's not a dud among them...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-09-04
★★★★★
With his new CD appropriately titled "Harmonies du soir" Nelson Freire brings a magnificent homage to Franz Liszt's bicentenary. In a smart and beautifully recorded recital the Brazilian pianist browses Liszt's career and highlights with impeccable style various sides of the composer's multifaceted output. Founded on a spotless technique, Freire's playing is characterized by elegance, clarity and warmth...
- www.classical.net
2011-08-22