Papavrami et Guy inégaux pour l'ouverture de Piano à Lyon

By Augustin Javel, 17 September 2020

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“François-Frédéric Guy assure sa partie avec un panache et une robustesse de tous les instants”

Reviewed at Salle Molière, Lyon on 16 September 2020

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, Op.12 no.1

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 6 in A major, Op.30 no.1

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, Op.12 no.2

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 7 in C minor, Op.30 no.2

Tedi Papavrami, Violin

François-Frédéric Guy, Piano

Renaud Capuçon, Violin

Kit Armstrong, Piano

A tale of two pianists: the HK Sinfonietta at La Roque

David Karlin, 22nd July

Yip Wing-sie and the HK Sinfonietta show admirable qualities in their Beethoven cycle. François-Frédéric Guy plays a splendid Third Piano Concerto but Anne Queffélec is disconnected from the orchestra in the Fourth.

****1

Powerful Chopin and commanding Beethoven from François-Frédéric Guy

Alexander Hall, 3rd October

With only the latest composition by Tristan Murail acting as a palate-cleanser, this was a recital by a leading French pianist that was full of Romantic power and passion in works by Chopin and Beethoven.

****1

Spectacular Vaughan Williams from the BBC SO and Ryan Wigglesworth

Roy Westbrook, 13th May

Will this centenary year yield a finer Vaughan Williams symphony performance than this account of the Fourth?

****1

Xavier Phillips and François-Frédéric Guy in Beethoven at Wigmore Hall

Zoltán Szabó, 6th July

A (nearly) complete set of Beethoven’s works for cello and piano from the French friends in London.

***11

Beethoven cello sonatas à la française

David Karlin, 18th February

Phillips and Guy produce a French-accented rendering of three cello sonatas, favouring elegance and crystal clarity over overt romantics.

****1

High-powered pianism from Guy and Bavouzet

Frances Wilson, 13th June

French pianists François-Fréderic Guy and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet returned to London’s Wigmore Hall to present a programme of three 20th century orchestral scores transcribed for two pianos.

****1

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Augustin Javel

Étudiant à l’IEP de Lyon, Augustin Javel est aussi hautboïste amateur, étudiant au CRR de Lyon. Passé par le Maroc, l’Espagne et la Pologne, il se passionne pour la musique et ses interprètes, facilitateurs d’échanges entre les cultures. Également passionné par le cinéma, il porte un grand intérêt aux compositeurs de musique de film. Gustav Mahler, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel ou Nino Rota font partie de ses compositeurs préférés.