The label has remained her home for her entire career, with highlights including the Mozart violin concertos with the late Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart, Schumann's Piano Quintet and Quartet with friends Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov and Anne-Katharina Schreiber, and the Britten concerto with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Jakub Hrůša (all of which also won Gramophone Awards).
Immediately before the ceremony at the De Vere Connaught Rooms last month, Isabelle sat down backstage with Katherine to reflect on the past three decades, including the Hungarian connection between her debut album and this year's winning recording of the Ligeti Violin Concerto, the challenges presented by Ligeti's writing, her long history with both her record label and one of her instruments, and the impact which the Young Artist Award had on her career back in 1997...
Ligeti: Violin Concerto - Concert Românesc - Piano Concerto
Winner - Concerto Award, 2026
Isabelle Faust (violin), Martial Gauthier, Carole Roth, Robin Michael (cello), Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Bartók: Violin Sonatas
Winner - Young Artist of the Year, 1997
Isabelle Faust (violin), with Ewa Kupiec (piano), with Florent Boffard (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Mozart: Violin Concertos
Recording of the Year, 2017
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available format: 2 CDs
Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos
Winner - Concerto Award, 2012
Isabelle Faust (violin), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
Winner - Chamber Award, 2024
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne-Katharina Schreiber (violin, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Britten: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works
Winner - Concerto Award, 2024
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Boris Faust (viola), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrůša
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
