Nelson Freire - Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses - Univ. of Maryland - 1982

Nelson Freire plays the Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Op. 54 as the opening work for his recital at the 1982 University of Maryland Piano Festival and Competition.

[@LeopoldmozartacademyOrgSchool]

Remarkable.......a great performance..........it's not Horowitz...it's not Richter.......it is Nelson Freire, and they are all great each in its own way!

[@TheClovis40]

Technique presque infaillible ...musicalité d'un grand ...quel talent dans ces variations si difficiles...ce concert a déjà plus de 30 ans ,il était en outre très bien enregistré ,merci à RB Prior.

[@P_Squiggles]

The best performance of this work I have heard!

[@sergiodsimon1]

Unbelievable!!!! He is simply the best. Ever!

[@MariaSaboya]

Grandiose interpretation. Thank you so much, Nelson. Maria Saboya

[@jean-pierrek.9819]

Toujours un plaisir immense à écouter ces Variations. J'imagine que ce plaisir est partagé avec le pianiste.

[@sarahheger5612]

Wow! A SUPERB performance!
While he has the technique for it, he has put his polished technique totally at the service of his deeply thought out and deeply felt interpretation of these immortal variations.
Thank you for uploading this great performance to you tube.

[@fandefrancoisasselineau3925]

A l'époque pourtant déjà au plus haut niveau vous étiez peu connu. Sublime

[@shadygirl2002]

This is simply WOW!!!

[@marcusalvisi]

Beautiful!!!!

[@sergionardes5824]

Thanks from Brasil.

[@helerota]

beautiful!

[@cataloa1]

È uma oportunidade rara poder ouvi-lo aqui no nordeste. Aleluia por esta bela oportunidade.

[@oalfernandes]

Wonderful performance!!!

[@Braziltemptation]

Brazilian proud!!!

[@abajour]

Um gênio! Não consigo parar de ver...

[@abajour]

Thank you so much for sharing! This is an amazing performance!

[@weberfigueiredo]

orgulho brasileiro

[@peijieyu9914]

Presto amazing

[@wnaenni]

Genius...!

[@ethansaltmere]

Thank god for that. Finally a pianist who plays the ending as written

[@musicandliterature47]

A brilliant performance, one that is marred, however, by frequent gratuitous dynamic shifts and tempo changes. Freire tends to treat this piece as though it were by Chopin. As for your comment about what you call the "ending", I am not sure what you mean. Are you referring to the presto section or to the final five-and-a-half measures? Freire plays these latter in exactly the same manner as all other pianists I have heard - Brendel and Perahia, for example, both of whom excel in this piece.

[@CadenzaCU]

Muito bonita!

[@adrct]

Freire is an avowed fan of Horowitz.

[@yergahan]

This is an excellent performance. However, the best version ever of this piece is, IMHO, given by Horowitz. Freire comes close. But Horowitz's version remains unsurpassed. In fact, I can clearly hear in Freire's interpretation that he was quite familiar with Horowitz's account of this piece.

[@feno5383]

Richter meilleur

[@darkkerrigan]

Richter is BETTER

[@IBRAHIMpianist]

Brendel is much better!!!