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With this 2023 release, the cycle of Mozart's mature piano concertos by pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, with the Manchester Camerata under conductor Gabor Takács-Nagy, reaches its end. The series, with a modern piano but an economical approach that shows some influence from the historical performance movement, has found both critical and popular success, and this finale will not disappoint. Bavouzet is a technically clean pianist who can impress with the elegance of any given phrase, but what strikes the listener considering his Mozart work as a whole is the way he approaches each piece as an individual. His Mozart is entirely different from his Haydn, as revealed in a long series of fine piano sonata recordings, and he is very sensitive to the development of Mozart's style, capturing subtle interaction between piano and winds in the big middle-period concertos and backing off to a simpler melodicism in these late ones. In the Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 ("Coronation"), he prepares his own version of the incompletely notated left-hand part, and he adds some light ornamentation to the rather bare, slow movement. Bavouzet's Mozart albums have included overtures from the period of the concertos involved, and here, one gets no fewer than three from the last three Mozart operas. Takács-Nagy integrates these with the concertos beautifully, and the program as a whole has a satisfying effect that brings to mind Mozart's remark about the connoisseurs and the amateurs; the album can be appreciated at multiple levels. Chandos' engineering work at the Stoller Hall in Manchester is once again exemplary. This release made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 "Coronation" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor, MainArtist - Manchester Camerata, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Album review
With this 2023 release, the cycle of Mozart's mature piano concertos by pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, with the Manchester Camerata under conductor Gabor Takács-Nagy, reaches its end. The series, with a modern piano but an economical approach that shows some influence from the historical performance movement, has found both critical and popular success, and this finale will not disappoint. Bavouzet is a technically clean pianist who can impress with the elegance of any given phrase, but what strikes the listener considering his Mozart work as a whole is the way he approaches each piece as an individual. His Mozart is entirely different from his Haydn, as revealed in a long series of fine piano sonata recordings, and he is very sensitive to the development of Mozart's style, capturing subtle interaction between piano and winds in the big middle-period concertos and backing off to a simpler melodicism in these late ones. In the Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 ("Coronation"), he prepares his own version of the incompletely notated left-hand part, and he adds some light ornamentation to the rather bare, slow movement. Bavouzet's Mozart albums have included overtures from the period of the concertos involved, and here, one gets no fewer than three from the last three Mozart operas. Takács-Nagy integrates these with the concertos beautifully, and the program as a whole has a satisfying effect that brings to mind Mozart's remark about the connoisseurs and the amateurs; the album can be appreciated at multiple levels. Chandos' engineering work at the Stoller Hall in Manchester is once again exemplary. This release made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:22
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Manchester Camerata Gabor Takacs-Nagy
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Concertos
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
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