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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol.4 (Piano Concertos 20 & 21) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata [ Chandos / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's first three volumes of Mozart concertos with the Manchester Camerata and Gábor Takács-Nagy have been received with widespread acclaim, and so it is with some excitement that we release the keenly anticipated fourth instalment... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart Piano Concertos etc. Volume 11 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] This eleventh volume adds the three juvenile concertos which Mozart composed in 1771 - 72, all re-writes of keyboard sonatas by J.C. Bach. Bach had been something of a mentor to Mozart whilst he was living in London (1764 - 65) and these concertos... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 11, 12 & 13 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The three concertos featured on this album were composed together in 1782 / 83 - shortly after Mozart had left his patron and position in Salzburg to establish himself as a freelance composer and performer in Vienna. The concertos were all performed... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 (Nos 17 & 18) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] After demonstrating their 'innate love and understanding of Haydn's music in performances of the expected vivacity and insight' (BBC Music - CHAN10808), Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy, the latter conducting his Manchester Camerata, now explore Mozart's... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 (Nos 14 & 19 + Divertimento) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Nov/2017 ] "The collaborative vigour of the concerto readings proves still more attractive. Particularly in the finales, buoyancy and moments of relaxation are balanced in a way that brought smiles of pleasure to this listener's face." BBC Music |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 3 [Nos 15 & 16 / Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "Two of the six concertos from the miraculous year 1784 have been reduced to obscurity by the familiar enchantments of the other four, so it's good to relish them here, performed splendidly by Bavouzet and Takacs-Nagy's lively Manchester players." |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 5 (Nos 5, 6, 8 & 9) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] " Bavouzet's crisp, fortepiano-like articulation and the brilliance of the Camerata in the five overtures make these discs captivatingly fresh." Sunday Times |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 11 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "performances that demonstrate his innate love and understanding of this music in performances of the expected vivacity and insight." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol.6 (Nos 22, 23 + Overture to Der Schauspieldriektor) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2022 ] "..Jean-Efflam Bavouzet continues to bring freshness and renewed enjoyment to these pieces with the latest volume in his complete concerto series.' BBC Music Concerto Choice June 2022 |
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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 [ Incls Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting'] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ CHANDOS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] "This is one of the finest recordings - perhaps the best - of all the many I have heard of Ives." Recording of the Month MusicWeb |
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STRAVINSKY
Works for piano and orchestra Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "So is this scintillating new album from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, the French pianist who always leaves the listener refreshed." (The Times) |
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FOULDS
A World Requiem Jeanne-MichAle Charbonnet, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Stuart Skelton, Gerald Finley / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Leon Botstein [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "The revival of this important work after more than 80 years on Remembrance Sunday 2007 was well-justified by the commitment of the performers. It was wonderfully captured by the engineers and the set is beautifully presented too." (MusicWeb... |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphonies Nos 1 - 9 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox / BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Apr/2015 ] "Well done to Chandos, too, for recording it all. It's testimony not just to their commitment to British music but, more generally, to their great artistic vision and their willingness to follow an idea, particularly when it is championed by such ent |
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MENOTTI
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Muero porque no muero Cantata / etc Jennifer Koh (violin), Julia Melinek (soprano) / Spoleto Festival Orch., Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] 'Koh is outstanding, the orchestra first-class.' International Record Review |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hansel & Gretel (Complete Opera in English) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Rosalind Plowright (mezzo) / New London Children's Choir / Philharmonia Orch / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "After 40-odd years, this is the English Hansel to have." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine September 2007 |
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ROSSINI
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri [The Italian Girl in Algiers] (highlights in English) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Brad Cohen [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The latest instalment in the lauded Chandos Opera in English label is Rossini's The Italian Girl of Algiers. One of Rossini's most wonderful comic operas, it has a plot full of wit, warmth and endearing craziness and music bubbling with fun and laughter. |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
Orchestral Works Vol 3 (Incls Violin Concerto, Op. 24) Jennifer Pike (violin) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] This is Volume 3 in our series of orchestral works by Miklós Rózsa. The composer's unique musical voice was highly influenced by his Hungarian roots, and his works often dazzle with virtuosity. The BBC Philharmonic and Rumon Gamba here pull out all... |
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SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto / Finlandia, Op. 26 / Karelia Suite, Op. 11 / etc Jennifer Pike (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Jean Sibelius is perhaps best known for his seven great symphonies but there is also a large body of music for the concert hall, the theatre, and the salon, some of which is explored on this release. The Violin Concerto in D minor, Sibelius's only... |
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DEBUSSY / RAVEL / FRANCK
French Violin Sonatas Jennifer Pike (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Jennifer Pike, an exclusive Chandos artist and one of the brightest up-and-coming stars on the musical scene today, named BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2002, here performs some of the greatest violin music in the repertoire. |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls 'Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song') Jennifer Pike (violin) Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "These are four first-rate works by a still neglected composer, marvellously played and recorded." (Editor's ChoiceGramophone Sept 2011) |