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This week we will be celebrating the upcoming launch of Oklahoma! from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London at The Savile Cub in Mayfair. This landmark album will be the first full recording of the original Rodgers & Hammerstein score, to commemorate this very special release we have produced a series of limited edition numbered vinlys available to pre-order now! Don't miss this historic album, out on Friday 15th September!

 

Gramophone Awards Shortlist 2023

We are delighted to have FOUR albums shortlisted for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023! See the shortlist here, including albums from Kaleidscope Chamber Collective, Arcadia Quartet, and Sinfonia of London.

 

Gramophone Editor's Choice: October

'Parry's compelling response to Shelley's lyrical drama is given a superb performance of real conviction, conduction by William Vann and with a line-up of starry soloists'

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'Orchestra of the Year' nomination!

Our friends and collaborators BBC Philharmonic have been nominated for Orchestra of the Year at the Gramophone Awards 2023! 

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Artist in Focus
 

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

he insatiable enthusiasm and artistic curiosity of the French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet have led him to explore a repertoire ranging from Haydn, Beethoven, Bartók and Prokofiev to contemporary works by composers such as Bruno Mantovani and Jörg Widmann. A former student of Pierre Sancan, he won first prize in the International Beethoven Competition in Cologne as well as the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New Yorkin 1986 and the Steven de Groote Chamber Music Prize at the Van Cliburn Competition in 1989. As well as performing, he has also recently completed a transcription for two pianos of Debussy’s dance poem Jeux, which has just been published by Durand, with a foreword by Pierre Boulez with whom he has maintained a close relationship ever since their first appearance together in 1998, performing Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto with the Orchestre de Paris. 
Bavouzet performs with leading international orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre national de France and Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductors with whom he collaborates include Vladimir Ashkenazy, Valery Gergiev, Daniele Gatti, Sir Andrew Davis, Marc Albrecht, Lawrence Foster, Charles Dutoit, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andrew Litton, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Zoltán Kocsis, and Vassily Sinaisky. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has won multiple awards for his project to record Debussy’s Complete Works for Piano, most notably a 2009 BBC Music Magazine Award for Volume 3 and a 2009 Gramophone Award for Volume 4 of the cycle (both in the Instrumental category). Other awards include the 2007 and 2008 Choc de l’année of the magazine Le Monde de la Musique and, for Volume 2, the 2008 Diapason d’or. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet isa Professor for Life in the Piano Department of the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany.

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“…Ariane has now been recorded for the first time, and it’s a splendiferous affair…”

“…Ariane has now been recorded for the first time, and it’s a splendiferous affair…”

Ralphe P Locke – The Arts Fuse.org – 14 September 2023

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“An affecting farewell from one of the major quartets of today …”

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“An affecting farewell from one of the major quartets of today …”

Tim Holmfray – The Strad – 15 September 2023

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“Soulfulness and brilliance are in plentiful supply on this winning album.”

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“Soulfulness and brilliance are in plentiful supply on this winning album.”

Robin Stowell – The Strad – 15 September 2023

“…This is a truly valuable exhumation of a little-known work [Symphony No 12] of great historical moment, dazzlingly performed by the BBC Philharmonic and its chief conductor John Storgards…”

“…This is a truly valuable exhumation of a little-known work [Symphony No 12] of great historical moment, dazzlingly performed by the BBC Philharmonic and its chief conductor John Storgards…”

Norman Lebrecht – myscena.org – 15 September 2023

“…The tone is set in the opening moments of the overture, attacked by the strings of the Sinfonia of London with brilliant precision, but the reflective moments of the score are treated with equal care…” ****

“…The tone is set in the opening moments of the overture, attacked by the strings of the Sinfonia of London with brilliant precision, but the reflective moments of the score are treated with equal care…” ****

Andrew Clements – The Guardian – 21 September 2023

“…all six trios make for enjoyable listening, especially when they are as well played as they are on this disc by the Spanish ensemble L’Apothéose … [this album] displays a more complete understanding of Stamitz’s idiom and aesthetic. It also benefits from superior recorded sound, beautifully balanced in a plausible and natural acoustic – the woody sound of Laura Quesada’s flute is captured to perfection and is a delight in itself.”

“…all six trios make for enjoyable listening, especially when they are as well played as they are on this disc by the Spanish ensemble L’Apothéose … [this album] displays a more complete understanding of Stamitz’s idiom and aesthetic. It also benefits from superior recorded sound, beautifully balanced in a plausible and natural acoustic – the woody sound of Laura Quesada’s flute is captured to perfection and is a delight in itself.”

Glyn Pursglove – Musicwebinternational.com – 19 September 2023

“… This is a delightful easy-listening programme with a couple of more substantial morsels to return to many times or to dip into for individual favourites.”

“… This is a delightful easy-listening programme with a couple of more substantial morsels to return to many times or to dip into for individual favourites.”

Göran Forsling – MusicwebInternational.com – 18 September 2023

“…Altogether this is a greatly entertaining and historically interesting tribute to Lumbye and his contemporaries, played with precision and admirable elan.”

“…Altogether this is a greatly entertaining and historically interesting tribute to Lumbye and his contemporaries, played with precision and admirable elan.”

Göran Forsling – MusicwebInternational.com – 17 September 2023
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