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Radio Days: The Young Nelson Freire on Peak Form

Jed Distler

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To mark Nelson Freire’s 70th birthday season and his fruitful […]
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Album Title: Radio Days: The Concerto Broadcasts 1968-1979
Reference Recording: Tchaikovsky: Matsuev/Temirkanov (RCA); Argerich/Abbado (DG), Rachmaninov: Kocsis/De Waart (Philips); Argerich/Chailly (Philips), Liszt: Richter/Kondrashin (Philips)

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11
Robert Schumann: Concert Introduction and Allegro in D minor Op. 134
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 23
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major Op. 10
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30

    Soloists: Nelson Freire (piano)

    Various orchestras & conductors

  • Record Label: Decca - 478 6772
  • Medium: CD

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