Beethoven: Piano Concertos

This latest set in a year that threatens a surfeit of Beethoven piano concerto releases gets better as it goes along...in the grandeur, sweep and spontaneity he brings to the opening movement... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 4th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: CHSA5273(3)
Label: Chandos
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Work length27:15

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro con brio

Track length13:01

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II. Adagio

Track length8:14

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III. Rondo. Molto allegro

Track length6:00

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length35:06

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:43

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II. Largo

Track length9:42

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length8:41

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length33:39

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro con brio

Track length15:46

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II. Largo

Track length8:55

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III. Rondo. Allegro - Presto

Track length8:58

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Work length31:43

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro moderato

Track length17:51

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II. Andante con moto

Track length4:18

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III. Rondo. Vivace - Presto

Track length9:34

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length36:15

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro

Track length18:57

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II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length7:31

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length9:47

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Beethoven: Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, Op.16

Work length24:53

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Karin Egardt (oboe), Kevin Spagnolo (clarinet), Mikael Lindström (bassoon), Terése Larsson (horn)

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length12:40

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II. Andante cantabile

Track length6:34

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III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length5:39

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Following his acclaimed recording of sonatas by contemporaries of Beethoven, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet further celebrates the great composer’s anniversary year with this set of the complete Piano Concertos. Electing to direct the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard, Jean-Efflam writes: ‘To play a concerto under a conductor who shares and enriches one’s vision of the work concerned is one of the greatest joys in the life of a soloist. Nevertheless, one can also admit that some aspects of performing without a conductor may prove advantageous. Rehearsal time is generally speaking made longer by the process of working out the different protocol of gestures from the soloist and the leader in coordinating the ensemble playing. As this work proceeds a creative bond is forged, resulting in an artistic osmosis, a common vision of the work, in which compromise has no place. For the pianist there is also the delight of appearing face to face with the entire orchestra, in direct visual communication, the musicians perhaps more likely to take personal initiatives, thus multiplying the pleasure of a genuine participation, dialogue, and musical exchange.’ The cadenzas used in this recording are all Beethoven’s, from the set that he wrote out in 1809, and so are contemporaneous with the Fifth Concerto. The set includes the Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, and is recorded in Surround Sound.

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November 2020

This latest set in a year that threatens a surfeit of Beethoven piano concerto releases gets better as it goes along...in the grandeur, sweep and spontaneity he brings to the opening movement of the Emperor Concerto one feels this pianist-conductor’s full powers are released at last – limited only, perhaps, by the relatively small-hall acoustic of the recording.

March/April 2021

Despite his French polish, he is suitably inward in the slow movements of Concertos No. 3 and No. 4. There are magic moments throughout, such as the return of the opening theme in the first movement of the Fourth: the majesty of the horns followed by Bavouzet’s powerful statement are truly stirring.

25th October 2020

Many of the tempos are unusually quick, but they sound right, so crisp is the orchestral playing and so snappy the rhythms. The lean sound of the Yamaha piano suits the interpretation ideally.

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