Memories -The Unreleased Recordings 1970-2019

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 Nelson's Finest Performances From A Time He Rarely Recorded Commercially. the Collection Is Accompanied By A New Essay By Dominic Fyfe, Nelson's Long-Time Decca Producer. the Berlin Sessions - Rediscovered, Unreleased Recordings From 2014 of Gluck, Bach and Beethoven's 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

The Berlin Sessions, 2014

Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714-1787 / Giovanni Sgambati 1841-1914

1-1. Mélodie - 3:18

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 / Myra Hess 1890-1965

1-2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - 3:25

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827

1-3. Andante Favori In F WoO 57 - 7:55

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Piano Concerto No.4 In G Op.58 - 32:31
1-4 - I. Allegro Moderato - 18:08
1-5 - II. Andante Con Moto - 5:09
1-6 - III. Rondo: Vivace - 9:14

Bagatelle In B Flat Op.119 No.11
1-7 - Andante, Ma Non Troppo - 1:43

Richard Strauss 1864-1949

1-8. Burleske In D Minor TrV 145 For Piano And Orchestra - 19:26

Claude Debussy 1862-1918

1-9. La Plus Que Lente L.128 (121a) - 4:04

Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887-1959

1-10. Prelúdio (Introdução) - 3:22

Béla Bartók 1881-1945

Piano Concerto No.1 Sz.83 - 27:07
2-1 - I. Allegro Moderato - Allegro - 9:50
2-2 - II. Andante - 10:15
2-3 - III. Allegro Molto - 7:02

Johannes Brahms 1833-1897

Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Op.83 - 48:41
2-4 - I. Allegro Non Troppo - 17:35
2-5 - II. Allegro Appassionato - 9:13
2-6 - III. Andante - 12:43
2-7 - IV. Allegretto Grazioso - Un Poco Più Presto - 9:10

2-8. Intermezzo In A Op.118 No.2 - 5:07