Brilliantly played, charismatically interpreted, and superbly recorded, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's disc coupling both Debussy's Books of Pr ludes has everything going for it. The last discovery of Georg Solti and prot g Pierre Boulez, Bavouzet has a huge technique, a variegated tone, and a commanding personality, and he plays these super virtuoso works without missing a note. Some might miss the poetry of Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir or the sensuality of La fille aux cheveux de lin, or the mystery of Canope or the whimsy of Hommage S. Pickwick, Esq. P.P.M.P.C., but no one could complain that Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest isn't breathtaking, La cath drale engloutie isn't awe-inspiring, Les f es sont d'exquises danseuses isn't enchanting, and Feux d'artifice isn't intoxicating. With the encore of Les soirs illumin s par l'ardeur du charbon -- an ephemeral yet effecting work Debussy wrote for the charcoal dealer who kept him warm in frigid winter of 1916-1917 that came to light only in 2001 -- Bavouzet's disc becomes a necessary addition to any Debussy collection aspiring to completeness. Recorded in 2006 by Ralph Couzens in Potton Hall in Dunwich, Suffolk, using a Steinway Model D owned by S.E. Foster, these performances sound fresh and sonorous.
1 Lent Et Grave 2 Modere (Dans Un Rythme Sans Rigeur Et Caressant) 3 Anime 4 Modere (Harmonieux Et Souple) 5 Tres Modere 6 Triste Et Lent 7 Anime Et Tumultueux 8 Tres Calme Et Doucement Expressif 9 Moderement Anime 10 Profondement Calme (Dans Une Brume Doucement Sonore) 11 Capricieux Et Leger 12 Modere (Nerveux Et Avec Humor) 13 Modere (Extrement Egal Et Leger) 14 Lent Et Melancolique 15 Mouvement De 'Habanera' (Avec De Brusque Oppositions D'Extreme Violence Et De Passionnee Douceur) 16 Rapide Et Leger 17 Calme (Doucement Expressif) 18 (Dans Le Style Et Le Mouvement D'Un Cake-Walk) 19 Lent 20 Scherzando 21 Grave 22 Tres Calme Et Doucement Triste 23 Moderement Anime 24 Moderement Anime 25 Lent Et Reveur - Plus Lent Jusqu'a La Fin
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