Manchester Camerata
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New. Mozart: The Four Horn Concertos & Rondo KV 371
Martin Owen (horn), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Owen] and his Manchester Camerata colleagues have evidently lavished the greatest attention on these much-loved works, with sparkling interplay and every phrase made to count. —
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Bavouzet's new readings on a bright-toned Yamaha concert grand are unfailingly crisp and vivacious, if with idiosyncrasies...his rapport with Gabor Takacs-Nagy and the sensitised strings of... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 4
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
This is altogether a really fine performance…Bavouzet uses the ubiquitous Beethoven cadenzas for K466, while for its C major companion-piece K467 he opts for the examples by Friedrich Gulda,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Concerto
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 12
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Andrea Nemecz (piano), Rose McLachlan (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Bavouzet completes his much-praised survey of the Mozart piano concertos… Bavouzet is well matched by the elegant playing of his co-soloist, Andrea Nemecz. There’s a palpable sense of enjoyment —
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Thirty years ago, 'chamber orchestra' Beethoven was considered to be a mildly interesting eccentricity; nowadays it is practically de rigueur. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe blazed the trail.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 7
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Bavouzet uses a modern concert grand, with the orchestra avoiding excessive vibrato but otherwise playing in today’s mellow-toned instrumental style. The superlative collective result shows... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 9
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
With the Manchester Camerata you have the clear sense of a band of individuals, Gábor Takács-Nagy bringing his decades of chamber-musical experience to the table. —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 6
Piano Concerto Nos. 22 & 23
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 11
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Bavouzet's playing has an irrepressible quality that perfectly suits the young Mozart's idiom, while bypassing the ever-contentious issues of
period-instrument style as if these have no need... —
