Nelson Freire among the angels
Daily Comfort ZoneThe glorious Gluck air from Orfeo and Eurydice, arranged by Sgambati.
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He was an angel. To see the appreciation of the orchestra
musicians, as he plays, is also a grace. So too the
meditative listening of the Proms audience….Thank you
for posting this. He is still so
much with us.
Nelson’s playing and person were one: sublime, intelligent, sensitive, courageous.
Are you THE Alan Weiss who won 4TH place in Belgian competition in 1978??
Have a look at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr-rYidfgqw
He has everyone in the palm of his hand in this lovely performance.
I recall the enormous splash he made with that debut album for Columbia Masterworks, a 2-LP set with Tchaikovsky #1, Schumann, Grieg and the Liszt Totentanz — with the headline on the cover about a new star in the pianistic heavens. I suppose the brooding good looks on the album cover didn’t hurt either. But even so, from that hell-fire debut album one might not have anticipated this Gluck/Sgambati from the same artist.
Superb. I can’t stop playing this.
He was gift given from God to the Music Lovers 77 years ago!! RIP, Nelson… _/_