Nelson Freire - Bach (2016)

“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

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.

Tracklist:

01. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 1. Overture (4:30)
02. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 2. Allemande (6:11)
03. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 3. Courante (3:14)
04. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 4. Aria (1:25)
05. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 5. Sarabande (3:29)
06. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 6. Menuet (1:20)
07. Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828: 7. Gigue (2:41)
08. Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911 (10:24)
09. English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808: 1. Prélude (2:55)
10. English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808: 2. Allemande (2:44)
11. English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808: 3. Courante (1:49)
12. English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808: 4. Sarabande (2:54)
13. English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808: 5. Gavotte I - Gavotte II ou la musette (3:21)
14. English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808: 6. Gigue (2:44)
15. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903: 1. Fantasia (5:26)
16. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903: 2. Fugue (4:33)
17. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 - for Harpsichord/Arranged by Bach from: Oboe Concerto in D minor by Alessandro Marcello (1685-1750): 2. Andante (3:27)
18. Choral: 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639 (3:03)
19. Choral: 'Komm Gott Schopfer heiliger Geist', BWV 667 (2:11)
20. Choral: 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 (5:01)
21. Prelude in G Minor, BWV 535 (4:32)
22. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 (3:40)