Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] turns in a performance of the Fantaisie that illuminates this uneven yet magical work like no other. As to the Ravel concertos, I have no hesitation in saying these are the greatest... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Award Winner
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Roussel: Évocations, Pour une fête de printemps & Suite in F
François le Roux (baritone), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, CBSO Chorus, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This is a wonderful treat…Tortelier draws a detailed, yet marvellously atmospheric performance from the BBC Philharmonic, perfectly judging the balance between moments of luxuriance and the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane & Le Festin de l'Araignée
RecommendedBBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
The exhilarating (1931) score for Bacchus et Ariane teems with life and is full of rhythmic vitality. What a marvellously inventive and resourceful score it is! Tortelier offers the best version... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Lili Boulanger - Faust et Hélène
RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Jason Howard (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This disc largely duplicates Mark Stringer's programme on the Timpani label mentioned above (inevitably, since in her mere 24 years of life Lili's output was limited). The performances here... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Choral
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vivid and persuasive performances...the sound is really state of the art —
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Engineering
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Pierre Sancan: A Musical Tribute
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Adam Walker (flute), BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Reminding one a little of Ravel or even Khachaturian, the 1957 Piano Concerto is the major work on an album devoted to a composer who remains largely unknown in his native France. The other... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Editor's Choice
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Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit, La Création du Monde, Poulenc: Les Biches
Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Here is 1920s French music directed by a conductor who's completely in the spirit of it, and plenty of spirit there is, too. Except for Ibert's Divertissement, this is ballet music. Poulenc's... —
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Building a Library, April 2018, Also Recommended
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De Falla: El Sombrero de tres picos - Albeniz: Iberia Suite
RecommendedJill Gomez (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Building A Library, July 2026, Top Choice - The Three-Cornered Hat
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Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedEmma Johnson (clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Gerard Schwarz, Charles Groves
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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