Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos

remarkably smooth and sweet toned playing … the ‘Turkish’ episode…is splendidly done, its snarling crescendos well-handled by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, and the percussive bow-slapping... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, More…

Release Date: 28th Oct 2016
Catalogue No: HMC902230/31
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

28th October 2016
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2016
Gramophone Awards

2017

Winner - Concerto
Gramophone Awards

2017

Recording of the Year
BBC Music Magazine Awards

2018

Finalist - Concerto

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major K207

19:33

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I. Allegro moderato

6:45

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II. Adagio

7:27

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III. Presto

5:21

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Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269

6:50

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211

19:26

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I. Allegro moderato

8:07

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II. Andante

7:09

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III. Rondeau. Allegro

4:10

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216

21:56

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I. Allegro

8:20

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II. Adagio

7:29

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III. Rondeau. Allegro- Andante - Allegretto - Tempo primo

6:07

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Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K373

5:36

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218

22:55

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I. Allegro

8:52

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II. Andante cantabile

6:27

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III. Rondeau. Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo

7:36

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Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'

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I. Allegro aperto - Adagio - Allegro aperto

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II. Adagio

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III. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto - Allegro - Tempo di Menuetto

8:07

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The five most brilliant concertos for violin, all penned before the age of 19! Mozart was not even 15 years old when he began composing violin concertos that would serve as a backdrop at Salzburg receptions. An insatiable drive for independence would however lead the young Konzertmeister to overtly challenge musical forms, innovate with genres, humour and frivolity, all of which can be heard in this delightful first collaboration between Isabelle Faust and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico.

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February 2017

remarkably smooth and sweet toned playing … the ‘Turkish’ episode…is splendidly done, its snarling crescendos well-handled by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, and the percussive bow-slapping of the double basses adding to the flavour. The cadenzas by Andreas Staier are stylish and inventive.

18th November 2016

Faust fields a delicate palette of colours, barely touching the strings at times, so airy is her playing. The freedoms she allows herself are well judged and matched by Il Giardino Armonico, conducted by Giovanni Antonini.

December 2016

These wonderful performances have the air of chamber music, of close listening between soloist, band and director. Faust isn’t spotlit…but seems part of the ensemble, her sound growing out of the corporate entity to glitter, coax, snarl and soar as required…[a] thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable cycle

11th February 2017

No-one familiar with the 1990’a Il Giardino Armonico/Teldec CDs of Vivaldi, et al, and the outstanding artistry of Isabelle Faust, will be surprised to find their set of the Mozart concertos (With the Adagio K261 and Rondos K269 and 363) so enlightening and enjoyable.

January 2017

Faust plays these concertos as though she has been a specialist in this repertoire all her life, and the results are utterly delightful throughout…she is entirely alive to the period sensitivities of the repertory and the instrument…her performances are lithe, agile and full of air, allowing the music to breathe naturally and totally comfortably

28th October 2016

Faust and Il Giardino Armonico bring out the shades of colour in the music and revelling in the characteristic phrases, but never forcing the issue. It goes without saying that Faust's tone is just as sweet here as in her other recordings, and she puts just the right amount of playful rubato into the cadenzas without straying into self-indulgence.

6th November 2016

Faust’s spirited tempi in the outer movements of K218 and K219 bring this music as vividly to life as any recording I know, and her sweet singing tone in the andantes and adagio give full expressive value. Lively accompaniments from the Italians.

20th October 2016

Antonini conducts, but the music seems to be led from everywhere. Meanwhile, Faust’s touch is light, finespun, pristine – often her bow hardly glosses the strings, but there’s proper robustness to balance in the chunky, sparky cadenzas.

February 2017

there is a lightness of touch, jewel-like precision and, of course, Andreas Staier’s enterprising cadenzas … A very high-quality and enjoyable product overall – recommended.

Classical Ear 2nd December 2016

Youthful works mainly written between the ages of 17 and 20, but of a maturity that belies those years. Isabelle Faust and Giovanni Antonini are alive to their changing characters, sensing a spirit both impetuous and profound … a richly emotional experience

Record Review 5th November 2016

The most critical thing is the match between Isabelle Faust and her gut strung Strad and the orchestra; they fit beautifully, she seems almost airborne at times, so light and airy is the sound … everything is so well balanced, soloist with ensemble, cadenzas with original Mozart, the speeds and rhythmic drive of the outer movements with the delicacy and fine sprung lyricism of Mozart’s middle movements.

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