Weber: Violin Sonatas / Piano Quartet
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Weber: Violin Sonatas / Piano Quartet
Isabelle Faust (violin) / Alexander Melnikov (piano) with Boris Faust & Walfgang Emanuel Schmidt
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 15 December 2012
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On this delightful recording, violinist Isabelle Faust partners once again with Alexander Melnikov (this time on fortepiano). For the Piano Quartet, this extraordinary duo is joined by Isabelle's brother Boris Faust on viola and cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
"Melnikov, with exuberance and senstivity, plays a fortepiano of about 1815, and Isabelle Faust (on a Stradivarius) is his lithe, discerning and thoroughly engaging companion." Gramophone
"Chamber music by Weber arrives as frequently as a blue moon. It's almost as lovely, too, especially when Faust's Stradivarius violin and Melnikov's fortepiano duck and weave through these six pocket sonatas...Trinket music? Partly, yes; but very inventive, full of colour and surprises...The recording's intimate, clear, and full-bodied: the musicians seem right in your living room." The Times
"sensitive, expressive interpretations … They show remarkable unanimity and flair in Weber's serene Piano Quartet, balancing Classical elegance, wit and sheer effervescence in the outer movements." The Strad
Tracks:
Six Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Op. 10
Piano Quintet
