Nelson Freire: Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1983)

In a concert recorded in the Kongressaal, Munich, the Brazilian pianist plays works by Schumann and Chopin.
Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C major, Op. 17
0:18 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
11:50 II. Mäßig - Durchaus energisch
18:50 III. Langsam getragen - Durchweg leise zu halten
Watch the whole concert: goo.gl/QAhPZ4
Nelson Freire (born October 18, 1944) is a Brazilian classical pianist. Freire began playing the piano at age 3. He replayed from memory pieces his older sister, Nelma, had just performed. His teachers in Brazil were Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, former students of a pupil of Liszt. For his first public recital, at the age of four, Freire chose Mozart's Sonata in A major, K. 331.
In 1957, Freire's performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, at the age of 12. He was awarded 7th place at the Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition. He subsequently received a Brazilian government grant to study in Vienna with Bruno Seidlhofer. By 1964, Freire had won his first prize at the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon, Portugal (ex-aequo with Vladimir Krainev) and he also received the Dinu Lipatti Medal and the Harriet Cohen Medal in London, England. In December 2001, he chaired the jury for the Marguerite Long Competition in Paris. His debut at The Proms was in August 2005.
In general, Freire tends to avoid the limelight, publicity, and interviews. However, in 2011, Freire withdrew from a scheduled engagement with the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira (OSB) and conductor Roberto Minczuk, in support of the orchestra musicians, following the dismissal of about 3 dozen OSB musicians by Minczuk.
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[@pianistkaniap.6615]

The best interpretation of Schuman’s Fantasy I’ve ever heard. RIP Maestro 🖤

[@pierrerolland9583]

Quelle puissance,quelle force d’expression,quelle perfection pour tout dire…Jamais entendu la fantaisie jouée avec une telle intensité.❤

[@НадеждаБогданова-р7э]

БЛАГОДАРЮ!!! Я услышала музыку в исполнении Нельсона Фрейре незадолго до его ухода,и с тех пор помню о нём и никогда не забываю. А слушая записи,я с ним разговариваю (про себя,т.е. внутри себя) и говорю ему тёплые и благодарные слова. И Спасибо слушателям,которые лично были знакомы с музыкантом и оставили в своих комментариях впечатления о нём просто как о человеке. 15.09.2023. Всего Вам доброго!

[@prs_81]

Rest in peace, maestro. You will be missed

[@q27ym98e]

M😅😅 17:39 17:39 😢😮😅😅😅😅😅

[@q27ym98e]

S see S😢😢😢😢😢 16:25 ❤❤ ❤5

[@pmtrieve2065]

Never heard this piece played better. Nelson has all the gifts plus a special magical musical anointing that makes him one of the true greats.

[@stephenhunt8756]

A really brave, big-boned performance this, and yet he is able to caress the piano in the quieter moments...and the cantabile, wow. Thanks to LOFTmusic.

[@berndgrill1386]

So sad to hear about the maestro's passing - I'm simply devastated and could not hold back the tears when I heard him play. Among the pianists of the present, he was my unparalleled hero of the piano. Rest in peace - and thank you so much for the music.

[@vladiadaniel8484]

Inaceitável que o Melhor se foi. Está tocando para o Senhor e o anjos...

[@lessismore4470]

I love this interpretation. Beauty and clarity. And so far away from this cruel reality surrounding us... Greetings from Poland.

[@pmarq32]

At its time, this was the most revolutionary piece of music written for the piano, and he plays it that way.

[@angelob.1089]

The way his playing resonates! I have absolutely no idea how he gets this consistently gorgeous singing line.

[@789armstrong]

Usually when Freire plays anything, its like hearing the music for the first time. This immortal performance ranks alongside his historic 1979 radio broadcasts.

[@edwardnelson2521]

This performance is outstanding because it is all about Robert Schumann. The pianist concentrates on everything that the great composer is attempting to communicate. An ordinary person does not have the capacity or wherewithal to accomplish this almost impossible task. The music is so great it is almost beyond comprehension. Bravo to this great artist--and THANKYOU!

[@amber40494]

I have to agree! When I look at the music, I just can't see this beauty!

[@raymondgood6555]

I like your comment very much!

[@karlakor]

I regret not having become familiar with the artistry of Nelson Freire until his death earlier this month. Having watched a few of his recitals here on KZbin, I now realize what a great artist he was. He seems to have had everything. His tone, voicing, security, and virtuosity were second to none, and I look foward to hearing more of his work. I am excited now to hear more performances by him, and from what I have heard about him personally, I wish I could have known him.

[@cristinecarpena6322]

I did have the privilege of listening to him live and of knowing him. Simply phenomenal.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

No conocía a Freire 🎹exelente 🇮🇷🥇😢

[@sosoyo180]

One of the best performances of this piece.

[@TheMuston]

Magnifique interprétation.On apprécie aussi l'extrême sobriété du jeu scénique de M. Freire.

[@pghagen]

Such a great composition, played with passion by the great Nelson Freire. The last part was very moving! Rest in piece dear Maestro.

[@donizetebatata2060]

Nunca 😭 esqueceremos essa maravilhosa pessoa que deixou. Sua Marca registrada

[@drale75]

Very good Wonderful performance This one of my favourite Schumann works Bravo Nelson!

[@alexsandronascimento9048]

Soberba e definitiva interpretação desta peça admirável. Bravo, Mestre Nelson! Gratidão eterna por seu legado pianístico.

[@astronomo16]

RIP, his playing has mastered the craziness of inside, the intensity is very well controlled. Much of serenity energy. I like this style, he is a Maestro

[@remotoadamotroppovelocelaf868]

Fantastica e sentita interpretazione. Una delle più belle pagine del pianoforte romantico. Le composizioni di Chopin al confronto sono banali melodie con basso albertino.

[@josuemo6728]

Quem estiver ouvindo em 2020 esta PRECIOSIDADE da um like!!

[@wuillymay8815]

Beautiful performance 👏👏👏🎹 From the beginning to the end. Bravo! Schumann bravo 👏👏👏 Bravo pianist 👏👏👏🎹

[@vandasousa9020]

Nelson Freire um magnífico pianista! Soberbo em suas apresentações !!! R.I.P.

[@eleonoracarbonari1254]

Grandissimo Maestro, l'immortalità è nelle Tue mani...❤❤❤

[@michelevayn5299]

magnificent interpretation by Nelson Freire! Thank you so much for your talent and great heart!

[@johnswimcat]

Wow! This is some performance, played with so much love for the music and the instrument. Somehow everything is here

[@amandaleite7228]

Nelson Freire continua entre nós, atraves de seus videos e discos!

[@beatitudo888]

The best version of the coexistence of desperate love and affection👍

[@o_ultimo_senju]

Descanse, Nelson, você foi grande. F

[@symirapalatinik]

Você nos deixou o encantamento das suas magníficas interpretações!

[@jean-marieboisbouvier6678]

L'excellence absolu. Merci.

[@Musicch-gi8ej]

He doesn't just pull the faces but truely plays a powerful expressive piece that touched me and by the looks of other comments, he touched them too

[@oalfernandes]

Nelson Freire's death was a regrettable loss. In addition to being an excellent pianist, a quiet, introspective personality and always modest, despite his recognized grandeur. My feelings to the widower, Mr. Miguel Rosário and his entire family.

[@ekaterinithonestassiopoulo9657]

Just Great! Beautiful sound and feelings! Grongrats Mr. Freire! You ve won a new fan! All the best & stay healthy !

[@juancordeirobrazilianpiani5078]

O Brasil devia se orgulhar de ter um dos maiores intérpretes do século XX.

[@Thiago-px9ev]

Não só 1, como temos/tivemos 4, né? Novaes, Moreira Lima e Tagliaferro. Todos gigantes

E o Roberto Szidon, o Szidon.

@Frank Skoda-Simmons Szidon é o meu preferido também - e estou falando em termos mundiais. Um horror, o quanto o Brasil esquece de seus gênios.

[@chicobicalho5621]

Hearing him play here, at 38 years of age, it is impossible to differentiate from his playing 35 years after at 73

[@hyramesshiramess1035]

Exquisite artistry of the highest rank! The only performance of this great work that ever truly moved me.

[@GhiCoko]

Hyramess Hiramess, l’interprétation de Evgeny KISSIN est magnifique aussi, toute en finesse, à écouter absolument mais j’adore aussi Celle de Nelson Freire. Chaque artiste apporte quelque chose de plus à cette œuvre merveilleuse de Schumann.

[@ravenstrobe]

Try the performance by Yeol Eum Son: I'm sure you won't be disappointed . . .

[@darrylschultz9395]

How come you thought it's a great work if none of the other versions moved you?🤔

[@masterofsynapsis]

A very beautiful sound

[@MrPGOLIVEIRA]

Ele o piano e a música são uma integração perfeita. Schuman deve agradecer está interpretação

[@catherineanstett126]

Beau, très beau comme tout ce que joue Nelson Freire! Comme a dit Beethoven un jour à une grande artiste compositrice-pianiste qui avait joué une de ses partitions sans jamais l'avoir vue (malgré les ratures, corrections) : "si ce n'est pas exactement ce que je voulais exprimer, c'est mieux que moi"

[@germancardoso3587]

Nelson Freire es uno de los grandes pianistas latinoamericanos, como Arrau y Argerich

[@republiccooper]

Verdadeiramente, sem duvida.

[@Charly-pw4qy]

desde luego..Un grandisimo artista,lo admiro profundamente y lamento mucho su desaparicion!

[@pelegrino791]

RIP Nelson Freire.

[@hyseo1121]

A Giant pianist of our time

[@Massimo.Bianchi]

Excellent!!!

[@kaleidoscopio5]

RIP, MAESTRO FREIRE 😥

[@stfphi95]

L'un des plus grands pianistes actuels.

[@ТаняКрисБуая]

clearly (one of) the best version ever played...

[@hyuncosmos2898]

so beautiful..

[@wuillymay8815]

So handsome as well 💓🎹👏🎶

[@robertmacphail5086]

Simply wonderful!

[@gljamil]

Our countryman, from Boa Esperança! Always proud to listen Nelson Freire playing !

[@MariaCristinaFurtado]

Parabéns !!! Maravilhoso!!!! Love you forever!!! Meu Deus que lindo!!! 🇧🇷💃🏿👠❤️👄🍷🇧🇷

[@h.denisovan8900]

Talvez a nmais bela peça de Schumann, numa bela interpretação.

[@Charly-pw4qy]

Ay Nelson Freire querido,Dios te tenga en la gloria,que gran artista has sido y que pena que nos haya dejado!!!

[@angelanogueira6574]

Descanse em paz , Nelson Freire. Muito obrigada 💔

[@paulaespin-piano2150]

qué maravilla, cuánta expresividad ❤️ Eso es hacer música!

[@HarDiMonPetit]

Splendor!

[@torealmgren3838]

Outstanding!

[@inraid]

superb!

[@ulisescenturion7455]

desde el principio de su carrera demostró ser unos de los gigantes del piano. tardo en ser reconocido . esta interpretación es magistral.

[@Johan93888]

Thank you fort he marvellous second movement!

[@donizetebatata2060]

Grande 👏 por dentro e por fora iluminado Nelson freire

[@AndreJorgeOliveira1]

Beleza quase inatingível desta interpretação da Fantasia. Puro êxtase.

[@lagunagreg4019]

An amazing performance. So sorry he's gone.

[@anl1943]

Maravilhosa execução.

[@gretareinarsson7461]

A master pianist. I think playing Schumann needs a certain kind of temperament. It’s sometimes as if Schumann changes temperament in every bar. NF has all of that.

[@norahdealmeida5847]

I agree with you

[@wandahelenagorecka-fichten9258]

Nelson Freire wspaniały pianista 😍

[@nelidaferraz6497]

Whenever I hear Schumann, I call for Nelson,this great romantic pianist. Orgulho dos brasileiros que amam a grande música. Sou brasileira amante fiel da música e de seus grandes intérpretes. Como Nelson tocando esta obra de execução dificílima. E para poucos.

[@danielilongo4778]

Das mais belas interpretações da obra! Obrigada!

[@norahdealmeida5847]

He is a fantastic pianist! And Schumann Fantasy is the greatest piece of Romantic period.

[@pamos1949]

+Norah de Almeida Agree, Norah. I was asked a short time ago what I considered the greatest work of the Romantic era, and Schumann's Fantasy was my answer. Nice to meet someone of like mind!

[@ruffneckdj]

I agree, definitely the greatest piece of the romantic period. In my opinion the greatest piece ever written for the piano

[@djmotise]

Norah de Almeida Idiots. How can you say there is ONE greatest piece of the Romantic Period? You all sound so pompous and sure of yourselves. Do you mean just piano? What about all that Brahms wrote? What about the Franck Prelude Chorale and Fugue? The Schumann Quintet? All the great Chopin pieces. The list is endless. There is no greatest piece.

[@punkpoetry]

Schumann's Symphonic Etudes would get my vote ahead of the Fantasy

[@norahdealmeida5847]

I also love Schumann's Symphonic Etudes!!

[@hiannasoares2374]

imensuravelmente lindo, imensurável falta

[@JoseSerra-fd8zn]

Sua. Presença no que faz , seu foco..sua performance ,seu equilíbrio torna o. Incomparável Em listz, logo, jamais o perdi José Serra são Luís Maranhão.

[@JoseSerra-fd8zn]

O Brasil não o conhece.uma pena. José Serra são Luís Maranhão.

[@JoseSerra-fd8zn]

Em tempo todos os comentários deste são de agora não de antanhos. O celular usu..O. há poucos meses não anos.jose Serra são Luís Maranhão. Disse.

[@shirleypereira1296]

✨❤️Lo escuchamos una noche con mis amigos en el balcón

[@irenenaselli2429]

Tecnica e interpretativamente Nelson Freire fue uno de los mas grandes pianistas del siglo.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Muy admirado ,gracias no lo conocia 🌹👏👏👏👏🙏🇮🇷

[@peteklat]

My new pianistic hero.

[@ulisescenturion7382]

bravoooo maestro freire

[@59paulrocks]

Maestro. With Radu Lupu my all time favourite pianist

[@JoseSerra-fd8zn]

Um brasileiro imortal universal José Serra. São Luís Maranhão.

[@otonotubu]

amazing !!!!

[@osp0109081]

Powerful!!!

[@MargitNagy09-28]

Magnificent!

[@pedrodavila9270]

I do not know a better interpretation of this piece - even if I personally disagree with this or that, he just makes it speak, sing and touch.

[@urherman1]

wonderful performance

[@solonka123]

Pure music at its best!

[@norahdealmeida5847]

+rosana martins Rosana , ouvi você tocar quando você tinha uns 15 anos e muito bem! Abraços Norah de Almeida

[@eliseu2872]

Muito bom!!!

[@roberto38766]

Maravilhoso!

[@JoseSerra-fd8zn]

Sim, o consenso é de todos. José Serra são Luís Maranhão.

[@zhanakitano5854]

amazing! He is so talanted and has a great technique!

[@elisabethgarcia9691]

😭😭😭❤️rest in peace

[@JoseSerra-fd8zn]

Testa nos. A capacidade de nos concentrar nos Em sua música de ser profunda.um presente para o mundo. José Serra são Luís Maranhão .

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Brasil. ? Exelente !!😍

[@ricardoperes12358]

Fabulous stuff.

[@danmessias]

For those who don't know him yet, Nelson Freire is a Brazilian pianist.

[@drale75]

We know And let us not forget Guiomar Novaes An exquisite lady and a remarkable, rare musician ❤ also Brasilian

[@soniarebel9524]

Lindo demaos!

[@alexkim4636]

Muy bueno

[@LOFTmusicChannel]

Muchas gracias por tu comentario Alex, puedes disfrutar del concierto completo en este link: goo.gl/QAhPZ4 :) Esperamos que lo disfrutes!

[@rtsho2309]

훌륭한 연주입니다

[@bsyonsei]

RIP

[@morganmartinez8420]

18:02 that's terrifying to play, especially in a live concert

[@rafaeliosqui]

We are talking about Nelson Freire, this is not a problem for him

[@talento398]

Freire-Pelé , Argerich- Maradona, los mejores del mundo