Debussy - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 1 | Chandos CHAN10421

Debussy - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 1

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN10421

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 1st May 2007

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This exciting new recording marks the debut on Chandos of the French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with one of the summits of the piano repertoire: Debussy’s two books of Préludes, complemented by the only recently rediscovered and rarely recorded late prelude entitled Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon. 

For Chandos Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is tackling the complete solo piano works of the master of French impressionist music, having achieved great success in concert and on CD with the piano works of Ravel.  He is regarded as one of Europe’s most remarkable and successful young pianists, having made his debut in Paris and Rome in 1998 at the personal invitation of Sir Georg Solti and with the Orchestre de Paris under Pierre Boulez.  Characterised by critics as ‘charismatic, mercurial, dynamic and poetic’, The New York Times describing him as an artist whose ‘music-making is on a grand scale’, Bavouzet has worked with the world’s leading conductors and is a regular guest at prestigious European and American festivals. 
 
Bavouzet offers interpretations of Debussy’s works that are vivid and personal.  His thrilling virtuosity is underpinned by a deep understanding of the composer’s idiom.  For lovers of Debussy, and of great piano-playing, this is essential listening.  Bavouzet is rapidly developing a reputation as a versatile performer giving sensitive, deeply nuanced performances, and this disc is bound to bring his exceptional artistry to a wide audience. 
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