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Violinist Isabelle Faust has gradually become a star whose listeners will follow her even into unfamiliar repertory, and this release made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2023. Part of the appeal of Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin is that they seem sui generis; they are towering pieces that resemble nothing else and have no models. A number of composers also wrote works for solo violin, and Bach was likely inspired by some and inspired others in turn. These other works are occasionally programmed, together with Bach's works or by themselves, but they are not common for the most part. Faust offers a generous sampling, with no Bach and with a variety of largely unfamiliar composers. What emerges is that there were multiple traditions at work, French as well as German, and Bach, as was his way, synthesized them. It won't do to pretend that any of these works are on Bach's level, but they are attractive, and Faust is excellent at teasing out their idiomatic writing for a Baroque violin. Consider the Partita No. 5 in G minor for solo violin of Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, a student of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (who is also represented by a single Passacaglia at the end). This is a dance suite that seems to reflect Bach's influence as well. Physical album buyers will get a helpful booklet (although it doesn't explain the bizarre "Guiqß" movement title in the Vilsmayr work). Other composers included are Johann Georg Pisendel, Nicola Matteis Jr. and Sr., and Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, who worked in the middle 18th century; his Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18, inhabits a nonserious world completely different from Bach's but does show that the idea of a solo violin work was widely present. Faust benefits from Harmonia Mundi's Teldex Studio sound, which is close up without being noisy. Baroque buffs will definitely hear music here that they haven't heard before, well played.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Nicola Matteis Jr., Composer
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Ayres for the Violin (Nicola Matteis Sr.)
Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Nicola Matteis Sr., Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Nicola Matteis Sr., Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Nicola Matteis Sr., Composer
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Sonata for Solo Violin in A Minor (Johann Georg Pisendel)
Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Georg Pisendel, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Georg Pisendel, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Georg Pisendel, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Georg Pisendel, Composer
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Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18 (Louis-Gabriel Guillemain)
Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Composer
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Partita for Solo Violin No. 5 in G Minor (Johann Joseph Vilsmayr)
Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Composer
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Isabelle Faust, Violin, MainArtist - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Composer
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Albumbeschreibung
Violinist Isabelle Faust has gradually become a star whose listeners will follow her even into unfamiliar repertory, and this release made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2023. Part of the appeal of Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin is that they seem sui generis; they are towering pieces that resemble nothing else and have no models. A number of composers also wrote works for solo violin, and Bach was likely inspired by some and inspired others in turn. These other works are occasionally programmed, together with Bach's works or by themselves, but they are not common for the most part. Faust offers a generous sampling, with no Bach and with a variety of largely unfamiliar composers. What emerges is that there were multiple traditions at work, French as well as German, and Bach, as was his way, synthesized them. It won't do to pretend that any of these works are on Bach's level, but they are attractive, and Faust is excellent at teasing out their idiomatic writing for a Baroque violin. Consider the Partita No. 5 in G minor for solo violin of Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, a student of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (who is also represented by a single Passacaglia at the end). This is a dance suite that seems to reflect Bach's influence as well. Physical album buyers will get a helpful booklet (although it doesn't explain the bizarre "Guiqß" movement title in the Vilsmayr work). Other composers included are Johann Georg Pisendel, Nicola Matteis Jr. and Sr., and Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, who worked in the middle 18th century; his Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18, inhabits a nonserious world completely different from Bach's but does show that the idea of a solo violin work was widely present. Faust benefits from Harmonia Mundi's Teldex Studio sound, which is close up without being noisy. Baroque buffs will definitely hear music here that they haven't heard before, well played.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:15
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Isabelle Faust
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Klassiek
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