JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Isabelle Faust plays Bach Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2022 ] For the past several years, Isabelle Faust has been exploring Johann Sebastian Bach's music for the violin. First came her recording of the solo Sonatas and Partitas, which earned widespread acclaim. It was followed by the sonatas for violin and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Isabelle Faust Solo Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] From Biber's famous 'Guardian Angel' Passacaglia to Guillemain's 'Amusements' and sonatas and fantasias by Matteis (father and son), Pisendel and Vilsmayr, Isabelle Faust offers us a panorama of European music for unaccompanied violin from the second... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet D.803 / Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios D. 89 Isabelle Faust (Violin) with Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] In response to a commission from Count Troyer, who wanted a work closely modelled on Beethoven's famous Septet op.20, Schubert - despite his fervent admiration for the older composer - resolutely struck out on his own by delivering an . . . Octet.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos. 6 & 7 "Archduke" Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine WINNER 2015 - Chamber GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Toccata e due canzoni / etc Isabelle Faust (violin) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) / Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "This is a powerful and valuable Martinů anthology and one I would commend as an introduction to the composer." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
FAURE
Violin Sonatas / Romance op.28 / etc Isabelle Faust (violin) Florent Boffard (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "(This) receives from Faust and Boffard an exemplary flowing performance. Altogether an impressive disc." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2002) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "her sound growing out of the corporate entity to glitter, coax, snarl and soar as required…[a] thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable cycle" Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Nos. 1-6, BWV1014-1019 Isabelle Faust (violin) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2018 ] "It's an eloquent and beautifully recorded homage to the composer and demands to be in the collection of all Bach lovers post-haste." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2018 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 / String Sextet n°2 Op.36 Isabelle Faust (violin) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "..nothing is taken for granted, everything has been thought through yet the whole performance sounds spontaneous and natural. An instant staff favourite here at Marbecks Classical." (Keith@marbecks) |
BEETHOVEN / ALBAN BERG
Beethoven / Berg: Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The Beethoven and Berg Violin Concertos aren't commonly paired on disc. However, in this case it seems like an inspired piece of programme planning. Outstanding performances of both concertos, then; I'll want to return to them often." (Gramophone... |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / BARTOK / MARTINU
Violin Concertos & Sonatas [2 CD set] Isabelle Faust (violin) with Alexander Melnikov & Ewa Kupiec (piano) / Prague Philharmonia [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Isabelle Faust makes an intelligent, passionate debut as a major soloist in my book. These Beethoven readings have waked me from my dogmatic slumbers. A sensational album, I dare say." (AudAud.com on the Beethoven) |
C.P.E. BACH / DUSSEK / HINDEMITH / CASELLA / TAILLEFERRE
Harp Recital Isabelle Moretti (harp) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] This programme covers over two centuries of music originally written for the harp: from the sonatas of C.P.E. Bach and Dussek (the classical style), to more recent works in which the instrument is freed from the constricting traditions of a... |
J.S. BACH
6 Cello Suites Jaap Ter Linden (baroque cello) [ Harmonia Mundi 1 + 1 / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] Bach's 6 cello suites performed on a period instrument. A performance that "lets Bach off the leash, never afraid to give the phrases time to blossom" |
Jaco Pastorius
Another Side [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
Jacobs/Roschmann/Genaux
Telemann: Suite """"Alster""" [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
HANDEL / BACH / MARCELLO / SCARLATTI / MONTEVERDI / ZELENKA
Renee Jacobs Edition: Sacred Music - Cantatas, Laments, Oratorios, Passions [10 CD set] James Bowman, Anner Bylsma, Montserrat Figueras, Gustav Leonhardt, Renne Jacobs, etc [ Sony / RCA Classics / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
J.S. BACH
Flute Sonatas Vol. 1 Janet See (baroque flute) Davitt Moroney (harpsichord) Mary Springfels (viola da gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] 'these performances move with energy, grace and balance' American Record-Guide |
J.S. BACH
Flute Sonatas Vol. 2 Janet See (baroque flute) Davitt Moroney (harpsichord) Mary Springfels (viola da gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Aug/2004 ] "These performences move with energy, grace and balance" American Record Guide |
BEETHOVEN
Moto Perpetuo Javier Perianes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] "Perianes' technique is quietly impressive … he uses it to serve the music. This is very appealing. Harmonia Mundi's recorded sound in the present release is well suited to Periane's attractive pianistic touch and tone." (International Record Review |
SCHUBERT
4 Impromptus Javier Perianes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Feb/2008 ] After his first CD devoted to Mompou, which attracted much favourable comment, Javier Perianes now turns to the 'short pieces' of Schubert. However, what the composer called 'impromptus' or 'Klavierstücke' went so far beyond the bounds of mere... |