COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO VOL. 1

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Met deze release onthult Jean-Efflam Bavouzet zijn exclusieve partnerschap met Chandos. Dit is het eerste deel van de complete solopianowerken van Claude Debussy.

Debussy:
 Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon
 Préludes - Book 1
 Préludes - Book 2

"Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has a wonderfully light touch, imbuing 'Les collines d'Anacapri' with a skittish exuberance, or creating delicate wisps of mist in 'Brouillards' evoking Debussy's advice to forget that the piano has hammers. The opening of 'La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune' floats languorously, captured in marvellous sound, with warm bass textures and clarity without harshness in the piano's upper registers."
BBC Music Magazine - July 2007 ****

"…Bavouzet commands all the shading, nuance and timbral sensitivity one expects in Debussy, together with virtuoso flair and characterful spontaneity that adds welcome backbone to the composer's "hammerless" aesthetic."
Gramophone Magazine - July 2007

"Debussy playing does not come any better than this!"
Penguin Guide - 2011 edition