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DEBUSSY
Complete Works for Piano [5 CD set] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2012 ] "As for Bavouzet, he's one of those rare birds who can honor the composer's wishes yet manage to impart a fresh spin upon familiar material. His intelligent musicality is such that you almost never notice his prodigious technique working wonders"... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete works for piano Vol 3 (Inls 'Deux Arabesques' & 'Children's Corner') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Instrumental Award Winner - "Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Debussy cycle for Chandos gets better with each new installment. A release to savor." ClassicsToday 10 [sound] / 10 [performance] |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 1 (Preludes Books 1 & 2) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] "The opening of 'La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune' floats languorously, captured in marvellous sound, with warm bass textures and clarity without harshness in the piano's upper registers." (BBC Music) |
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DEBUSSY
Complete Works for Piano, Volume 2 (Incls 'Estampes' & 'L'isle joyeuse') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] 'I had the highest praise for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's first volume of Debussy, and the present disc is fully the equal of that one in terms of colour, refinement of touch, spontaneity and technical finish' International Record Review |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 4 (Incls 'etudes pour piano') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Instrumental - "Another ravishing release from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - so what are you waiting for?" |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 5 (Transcriptions - 3 Ballets) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "A marvellous conclusion to Bavouzet's absolutely essential Debussy series. Altogether a remarkable achievement, and the disc is every bit as essential as previous instalments." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Instrumental |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Complete Piano sonatas Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / 11 CD Box Set - released 3/Nov/2023 ] This boxed-set of the complete Haydn piano sonatas performed by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is presented in a clam-shell box, retailing at eleven discs for the price of five. Recorded between 2009 and 2021, this mammoth project has consistently drawn the... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano sonatas Vol 7 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Alongside an internationally acclaimed celebration of Debussy's centenary, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet continues his sumptuous journey through Haydn, the instalments consistently praised for their intelligent approach and clear and vivid interpretations.... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano sonatas Vol 1 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Clarity of line is paramount in this music and that is what Bavouzet delivers: he views the sonatas with sobriety but by no means dispassionately...Discreet ornamentation adds allure to music that offers both majesty and sweetness, and ranges from... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano sonatas Vol 2 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] "This second volume in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Haydn sonata cycle is every bit as outstanding as the first...as before, the sonics are as brilliant and natural as the playing. A wonderful recital, from first note to last." (10/10 ClassicsToday April 2011) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Piano sonatas Vol 3 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Once again Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Haydn sweeps the field, at least on a modern instrument. He ornaments lavishly but always intelligently, and as before he omits codas or cadences before the second of the second-half repeats." (10/10 ClassicsToday... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Piano sonatas Vol 4 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "this is among the finest accounts [of the Variations] on disc: searchingly nuanced from moment to moment yet never losing its grip on the work's tragic progress." (Instrumental Choice - November 2012) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Piano sonatas Vol 5 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2013 ] This series has been going from strength to strength, every volume receiving consistently excellent reviews. |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete music for solo piano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Apr/2025 ] Born in 1875, Ravel was fêted during the 1920s and '30s as France's greatest living composer - a remarkable achievement considering the obstacles placed in his path by the ultra-conservative Parisian musical elite of his time. |
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PIERRE-CHARLES SANCAN
Sancan: A Musical Tribute Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Adam Walker (Flute) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "This tribute led by one of his many distinguished pupils, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and Yan Pascal Tortelier, who fell under Sancan's influence at the Paris Conservatoire, is as authentic as it is valuable and rewarding." Gramophone Editor's Choice Aug |
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GABRIEL PIERNE
Pierne: Piano Concerto / Ramuntcho, Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This attractive disc would make an ideal introduction to the charms of Pierné's music...The revelatory heart, though, is the music from Ramuntcho...Inspired by the Basque setting, there is plenty of colour and vigour." BBC Music Magazine, February... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Piano Concertos (with music by Massenet & Debussy) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The interpretations catch the ear with their blend of subtle phrasing, polish and unanimous zest...A group of charming solo piano miniatures by Massenet complements and at times connects with the styles of Debussy and Ravel" (Gramophone Award... |
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LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Orchestral Works Vol 1 [Incls 'Sinfonietta'] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "Janácek is a superb composer who retains his popularity when many of his contemporaries have faded from the scene. I found the disc a worthwhile listen... wonderfully performed." (AudAud Jan 2016) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano / director); Karin Egardt (oboe); Kevin Spagnolo (clarinet); Mikael Lindström (bassoon); Terése Larsson (horn) [ Chandos SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] Following his acclaimed recording of sonatas by contemporaries of Beethoven, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet further celebrates the great composer's anniversary year with this set of the complete Piano Concertos. |
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BARTOK / DEBUSSY / STRAVINSKY
Transcriptions for Two Pianists Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) & François-Frédéric Guy (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] These two-piano transcriptions played by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and François-Frédéric Guy renew our experience of three great orchestral works, each of which was premiered in 1913. |