Bartók - Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Bavouzet relishes the high-octane energy of the outer movements of the first two concertos but through his imaginatively varied use of colour manages to avoid the trap of making Bartók's percussive... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

The 'troubadour of the keyboard' offers a steel-fingered, characterful readings of Bartók's First and Second Concertos and atmospheric magic in the Third. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Much as you'd like to tout the new as the best, there are some older recordings where a very special chemistry spells 'definitive', and that pose an almost impossible challenge to subsequent... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

A pianist who, for all his digital dexterity, is a profoundly intellectual artist, one for whom heart and brain are inseparably fused. — Financial TimesMore…