“… A faultless disc to bring great joy.” *****

Editor’s Choice – Instrumental Section

“… listening delight from first note to last… this volume is another stepping stone towards what must surely end up as a major modern recording landmark in the Haydn discography.”

“…you’ll find plenty here to take your fancy…” ***

“…There’s no better interpreter of Haydn today than Bavouzet: he has the secret of unlocking both his individuality and sheer quality.”

***** (Essential)

Instrumental Choice

Performance *****        Recording *****

“Jean-Efflam Bavouzet brings ideal clarity to these works … I am astonished each time by the freshness of what I am hearing. Warmly recommended.”

"... Bavouzet gives beguiling interpretations, bringing to the slow movements a touching grace and lovely singing tone, and executing the faster items with personable flair."

“Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s series of Haydn’s piano sonatas reaches Vol 7, borne aloft by the momentum of almost unanimously laudatory reviews and a string of accolades including a brace of Gramophone Editor’s Choices over the past eight years. There’s no sign of a mid-series lull, either, on the new disc, which, like its predecessors, offers listening delight from first note to last…”

“Joseph Haydn and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: all-round geniuses. Special listening abounds in Volume Seven of Bavouzet’s Chandos series devoted to this wonderful and innovative composer’s keyboard Sonatas, each movement bringing a feast of design and invention, surprises galore, Haydn an ideas man who takes them on a journey of subtle, sly and, sometimes, downright fanciful twists and turns; even the simplest gestures have a magic to them…” *****