Brahms Piano Concerto no 1 - Nelson Freire, Chailly - mov1 - part1

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The First Piano Concerto is played with all of the struggle, the masculine sinewy sound of conflict that you hear other pianists portray. However, Nelson Freire also finds the poetry that resides in this music. The first piano concerto was written by Brahms shortly after his enthusiastic reception by Robert Schumann. A short time later, in a fit of depression, Schumann jumped off the bridge spanning the Rhine near his home in Dusseldorf. After he was taken from the water by fishermen, he was sent to an asylum in Endenich bei Bonn, where he died two years later. Brahms had to wrestle with his lack of understanding of these events as well as his growing affection for Clara, Robert Schumann's wife. You can hear all of this in Nelson Friere's interpretation of the First Piano Concerto.

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[paulostroff99]

Lovely playing.TY s for posting.

[SirWWW]

What a beautiful interpretation. Thanks for sharing...

[vegatrev]

Each to his own. Thankfully we have different interpretations from these great artists.It would be boring to just listen to an accepted idea of how they should be played. Apart from that I have the greatest respect for Nelson Freire.

[freeqwerqwer]

i knew it from the start when he played like a delicate flower that his interpretation wasn't right.

[47viviane]

@petergdo , you'd better try Fleisher & Szell/Cleveland Orchestra, that's IT (for me!).

This one's lacking in desperation and the sheer power of the first movement. I was being sceptic because Mr. Freire seems to be such a gentle soul and I'm afraid he just doesn't have it in him.

[ThePianoPlayer93]

I know this piece very good...And this one was played by Arthur Rubinestein :)

[ltbtm]

This is truly a masterpiece of Brahms.

Besided that, a beautiful executing by a.o. Nelson Freire.

[petergdo]

ich habe das 1. von brahms noch nie mit freire gehört, eine unglaublich gute interpretation. war immer auf der suche nach DER interpretation, er kommt brahms sehr sehr nahe!