Gábor Takács-Nagy

This is altogether a really fine performance…Bavouzet uses the ubiquitous Beethoven cadenzas for K466, while for its C major companion-piece K467 he opts for the examples by Friedrich Gulda,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Bavouzet uses a modern concert grand, with the orchestra avoiding excessive vibrato but otherwise playing in today’s mellow-toned instrumental style. The superlative collective result shows... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Turning to K595, there’s a tremendous sense of reactivity between Bavouzet and his fellow musicians. Examples abound in the opening movement, where he finds a greater sense of playfulness than... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…

Bavouzet’s performances are given with ‘beaded bubbles winking at the brim’ – Keats’ wonderfully apt metaphor – and he is ideally partnered by Takács-Nagy. The concertos are complemented by... — International Piano, May 2020 More…

There’s splendid playing from both Bavouzet and the Manchester Camerata under Gábor Takacs-Nagy: a passionate account of the extraordinary moment in the finale of K456…or the hushed atmosphere... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bavouzet reveals himself a Mozartian every bit as mercurially imaginative and technically audacious as he already has been In the piano music of Haydn…The collaborative vigour of the concerto... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Every performance is a gem: the line-up could scarcely be starrier, but what makes it special is the fact that everything is more than the sum of its considerable parts. Highlights include a... — Presto Music, July 2018 More…