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"We still awaited a definitive winner, the blockbuster. I’m here to say that Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is it." FANFARE Magazine review of the Beethoven Complete Concertos
Thursday 07 January 2021
January 2021
by Jerry Dubins
"... Bavouzet takes us into the realm of the sublime with the first movement of the Fourth Concerto. I’m not sure I can even find words to describe the feeling of blessed serenity he instills in those opening solo measures. I’ve never heard any pianist find in them Bavouzet’s particular mix of holiness, awe, and benediction. It’s as if, concentrated and revealed in those five bars, is the meaning of everything..For me, I can’t imagine wanting to hear anyone in these concertos ahead of Bavouzet. He tells me everything I want to hear in these works, fulfilling my deepest convictions as to their meaning, and my every expectation for how their stories need to be told."
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