Chandos
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The Beethoven Connection
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Sonatas by Clementi, Dussek, Hummel & Wölfl
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
This recording embodies a brilliant idea, brilliantly carried out…Each of the works that Bavouzet has programmed is a revelation, and reflects the fundamental changes that were taking place... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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Cooper describes [the Diabellis] as ‘a wonderful journey…I am instantly in a good mood when practising or performing this piece.’ And that is what overwhelmingly comes over in her superb recording…Cooper... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Instrumental Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Special offer. Mozart: The Magic Flute
Barry Banks (Tamino), Rebecca Evans (Pamina), Elizabeth Vidal (Queen of the Night), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), John Tomlinson (Sarastro), Lesley Garrett (Papagena), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Of all repertoire operas, none gains more than The Magic Flute from performance in the language of the audience. Musically, the performance is hard to fault. Articulation is light and buoyant,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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What impresses above all in this recording is the deep inwardness of the playing. This is not one single performance; it's the distillation of a lifetime's performances of these seminal works.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Recording of the Month
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Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet
RecommendedMatilda Lloyd (trumpet), Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba
The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect in Arban's set of variations from Norma...Overall, this... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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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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More Honourable Than the Cherubim
Mikhail Davydov (bass-baritone), PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, Vladimir Gorbik
There’s no shortage of Orthodox choral discs, but here is one worth adding to anyone’s collection...Perhaps the choir’s USP is the number and quality of its bassi profundi (‘oktavists’). Those... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio
RecommendedMattiwilda Dobbs (Constanza), Nicolai Gedda (Belmonte), Jenifer Eddy (Blonda), John Fryatt (Pedrillo), Noel Mangin (Osmin), David Kelsey (Pasha Selim)
Ambrosian Singers, The Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
Menuhin's set of The Abduction from the Seraglio in English makes the performance sparkle from first to last, favouring brisk, well-lifted Allegros, so that the fun of the piece comes over vividly...[the... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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