Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Piano Sonata No. 32
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Piano Sonata No. 32
Nelson Freire (piano) / Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly
[ Decca / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 12 September 2014
"Freire loves the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and hearing them on this form one can understand why...All told it makes for a satisfying account of Beethoven's leonine work. The evident rapport between Freire and Chailly is especially evident in the superb confrontation at the climax of the first movement." (BBC Music)
The first recorded collaboration between the great Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire and Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester since their highly acclaimed Gramophone Recording of the Year, the two Brahms piano concertos, in 2007, which went on to win multiple awards.
This is the start of a complete concerto cycle from this award winning partnership with a conductor highly acclaimed for his Beethoven interpretations.
Nelson first performed the concerto for the first time when he was 12, in 1957. The concerto is paired alongside the C minor Piano Sonata no. 32, the composer's last.
"Freire's Op. 111 is strong on thrusting narrative; rather vaguer when it comes to those physical and metaphysical elements which a Schnabel, an Arrau or a Pollini identify and define." (Gramophone)
"Freire loves the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and hearing them on this form one can understand why...All told it makes for a satisfying account of Beethoven's leonine work. The evident rapport between Freire and Chailly is especially evident in the superb confrontation at the climax of the first movement." (BBC Music)
"Two different styles clash here, but work themselves out. Mr. Freire is almost self-effacing at times, extreme at others: Mr. Chailly and his orchestra are lean and full of bite. The Opus 111 sonata is Mr. Freire at his best, too, in playing full of danger and, ultimately, repose." (New York Times)
Tracks:
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
