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Bavouzet, Noseda - Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1-5 (2014)

Posted By: peotuvave

Date: 21 Oct 2014 06:01:01

The exclusive Chandos artist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs all five of Prokofiev’s formidable piano concertos in partnership with Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic. The flair of Bavouzet for powerful twentieth-century repertoire was made clear in his recording of Bartók’s Piano Concertos, described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘vibrant in colour, vital in rhythm and detail, and viscerally exciting in impact’.

Prokofiev wrote these works between 1911 and 1932, mostly as performing vehicles for himself during his most active period as a pianist of astonishing gifts. The First Concerto is for the most part a youthful jeu d’esprit, full of rhythmic energy, but its brief slow movement is surprisingly tragic. The Second Concerto poses some of the most significant technical challenges in the entire piano repertoire, its vivid and athletic keyboard writing pushing the boundaries of what is playable. The Third Concerto, in C major, a bright and breezy vehicle for Prokofiev to showcase his talents as a performer, is today his most popular piano concerto. Nos 4 and 5 are the least well known, having been written at a time when Prokofiev was pushing his musical language to new extremes. However, both concertos contain slow movements that are full of wistful lyricism, foreshadowing the melodic impulse revealed in later works such as Romeo and Juliet.

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Reviews: Many of Sergey Prokofiev's musical inspirations were French, and a light French touch often works well in his piano pieces. With the field open to a new generation for the composer's five piano concertos, this one merits strong consideration. The sparkling Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op. 10, is perhaps the highlight of the whole set here; Bavouzet and conductor Gianandrea Noseda with the BBC Philharmonic achieving a bright, almost ebullient atmosphere. The Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26, cut from the same cloth but with a greater quotient of acidic dissonant humor, is very nearly as good. There's hardly a weak spot throughout: the technically perilous and still-edgy Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, which occasioned a scandal at its premiere, keeps its threatening quality, and the less common Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 53, composed for a one-armed pianist, is entirely competent, and the delicate finale of the neo-classic Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55, is gorgeous. Strong studio sound and excellent, personal booklet notes from Bavouzet himself are added attractions. Highly recommended.

Tracklisting:

01 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro brioso
02 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: II. Meno mosso
03 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: III. Andante assai
04 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: IV. Allegro scherzando
05 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: I. Andantino - Allegretto
06 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: II. Scherzo: Vivace
07 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato
08 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: IV. Finale: Allegro tempestoso
09 - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26: I. Andante - Allegro
10 - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26: II. Tema con variazioni
11 - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26: III. Allegro ma non troppo
12 - Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: I. Vivace
13 - Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: II. Andante
14 - Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: III. Moderato
15 - Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: IV. Vivace
16 - Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55: I. Allegro con brio
17 - Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55: II. Moderato ben accentuato
18 - Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55: III. Toccata: Allegro con fuoco
19 - Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55: IV. Larghetto
20 - Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55: V. Vivo

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