Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works
Isabelle Faust (violin) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 March 2023
Isabelle Faust and François-Xavier Roth explore here extremely contrasting facets of Stravinsky's output for violin. From the Concerto to the Pastorale, the composer plays with codes and colours, sketching extraordinarily vivid soundscapes. Once again, the musicians of Les Siècles have succeeded in rediscovering the works' original dynamic by using period instruments - and that changes everything!
"Three-dimensional - with a startling inner clarity and rhythmic keenness that brings it off the page in ways you couldn't imagined.Honestly, it's like having one's ears freshly syringed" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2023
"The gains [of using historical insturments] are obvious in the first few minutes of the concerto, not only in the clarity and gutsy depth that are combined with the technical brilliance of Faust's playing, but also in the kaleidoscope of colours that the orchestra creates around her...It's a real ear-opener, bringing the concerto into a sharper focus than I've ever encountered before." The Guardian
"When, early this year, I wrote about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto, I suggested the opening chord was simultaneously the sound of joy and an unholy racket. Faust emphasises the joy. " Richard Betts NZ Listener
Tracks:
Apollon Musagète - Variation of Apollo (Apollo and the Muses)
Violin Concerto in D major
Three Pieces for String Quartet
Concertino for String Quartet
Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon
Double Canon for String Quartet
