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 |
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?" |
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... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Volume 10 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] "Bavouzet captures much of the essential 'Papa Haydn' style behind these works. Measured, lively, sparkling and beautifully phrased, his playing is unimpeachable. Alongside oodles of charm, there is an unfailing brilliance to his articulation" BBC |
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... |
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) |
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) |
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. |
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 |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Concertos 1 - 3 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Nozeda [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2010 // BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Choice - October 2010 // BBC Music Award Finalist 2011 Orchestral // Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Concerto |
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... |
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... |
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) |
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. |
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... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, etc., Vol.10 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Gábor Takács-Nagy continue their acclaimed survey of Mozart's Piano Concertos with this tenth volume, concentrating on the very early works of the child-genius composer. As an exercise, his father, Leopold, tasked the... |
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... |
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 |
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." |
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 |