Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos / Bavouzet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Chandos

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos / Bavouzet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra

$43.99

Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Bavouzet
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Sep 04, 2020
Catalog #
CHSA 5273(3)
UPC
095115527320

About

Following his acclaimed recording of sonatas by contemporaries of Beethoven, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet further celebrates the great composers’ anniversary year with this set of the complete Beethoven 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.

REVIEW:

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's interpretations are distinctive in several respects and succeeds in standing out from the crowd. The Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, has a straightforward slow movement quite unlike the stomp fests that have become routine, but the subtlety and rhythmic complexity of Bavouzet's solos in the outer movements is absorbing. In the Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ("Emperor"), Bavouzet unleashes the full ringing tone of his unusual piano, and he manages the trick of getting a really exciting, forward-moving reading of this work with a small group. With fine engineering support from a small university auditorium in Sweden, Bavouzet delivers a Beethoven concerto cycle that's worth listeners' investment of time and money.

– AllMusicGuide.com (James Manheim)

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro con brio 13:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    13:02
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  3. 2 II. Adagio 08:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  4. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro molto 06:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  5. 4 I. Allegro con brio 16:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    16:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  6. 5 II. Largo 09:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  7. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro 08:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 I. Allegro con brio 15:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    15:48
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  10. 2 II. Largo 08:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  11. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 08:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  12. 4 I. Allegro moderato 17:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    17:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  13. 5 II. Andante con moto 04:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  14. 6 III. Rondo: Vivace 09:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  15. Disc 3
  16. 1 I. Allegro 18:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    18:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  17. 2 II. Adagio un poco moto - 07:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio un poco moto -
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  18. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 09:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  19. 4 I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo 12:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    12:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Karin Egardt, Kevin Spagnolo, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  20. 5 II. Andante cantabile 06:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Karin Egardt, Kevin Spagnolo, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  21. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 05:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Karin Egardt, Kevin Spagnolo, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet