4 and 5 May 2019 (KV126, KV135, KV175, KV196, KV238) & 26 and 27 September 2019 (other works)
Notes
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s acclaimed series of piano concertos by Mozart reaches its fifth instalment. Concertos Nos 5, 6, 8, and 9 are complemented by the overtures to Il sogno di Scipione, Lucio Silla, La finta giardiniera, Il re pastore, and Zaide. That all of these works were composed by Mozart between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five serves as a vivid reminder of his unique talents as a child prodigy: these are not childhood efforts but mature works. The Fifth Concerto was actually Mozart’s first, as Nos 1 – 4 are arrangements of works by other composers. As in the previous volumes, Bavouzet is partnered by Manchester Camerata and Gábor Takács-Nagy, all recorded in The Stoller Hall in Manchester.
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Reviews
***** Coup de Cœur
Melissa Khong – Classica (France) – March 2021
2020 Most Wanted
Mark Novak – Fanfare – November/December 2020
“… Jean-Efflam Bavouzet gives us a remarkable reading [Concerto No. 9] of elegance … The different openings, French or Italian sinfonia, rarely played, add to the interest of this beautiful album by objectifying the growing mastery of the young Mozart in the treatment of the orchestra, as in the finesse of the instrumentation. A fifth volume that will not disappoint …”
Patrice Imbaud – ResMusica.com – 3 June 2020
Performance **** Recording ****
“… his [Bavouzet] accounts of the four concertos in this fifth release in his ongoing series, spaciously recorded by Chandos, is replete with all his accustomed deftness, nuance and insight – though at least half the success of these readings is due to the beautifully moulded phrasing Gábor Takás-Nagy and his Manchester Camerata players bring to even Mozart’s most conventional passages …”
Bayan Northcott – BBC Music magazine – May 2020
Recommended
“…The recordings, at the Stoller Hall, are crisp and engaging, but with power and presence to spare. These are discs to treasure, and play often.”
Chris Ramsden - MusicWeb-International.com – 31 March 2020
Classical Album of the Week
“… Bavouzet’s crisp, fortepiano-like articulation and the brilliance of the Camerata in the five overtures make these discs captivatingly fresh.”
Hugh Canning – The Sunday Times – 22 March 2020
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