JS Bach: Violin Concertos

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Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto. — BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice More…

Release Date: 15th Mar 2019
Catalogue No: HMM90233536
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

15th March 2019
Gramophone Magazine

April 2019

Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine

June 2019

Concerto Choice
Building a Library

November 2019

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Finalist 2019
International Classical Music Awards

2019

Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
Gramophone Magazine

December 2019

Critics' Choice
Opus Klassik Awards

2020

Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052

Work length19:35

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. Allegro

Track length6:54

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$1.60

II. Adagio

Track length5:49

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III. Allegro

Track length6:52

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Bach, J S: Sinfonia: Cantata BWV174

Work length5:12

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

Work length15:14

$3.20

$4.00

$5.60

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. Allegro

Track length7:06

$1.20

$1.50

$2.40

II. Adagio

Track length5:33

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

III. Allegro assai

Track length2:35

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis': Sinfonia

Work length3:05

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

Bach, J S: Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV529

Work length11:36

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Bernhard Forck (violin)

I. Allegro (Arr. for 2 violins and basso continuo)

Track length3:53

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II. Largo (Arr. for 2 violins and basso continuo)

Track length4:56

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III. Allegro (Arr. for 2 violins and basso continuo)

Track length2:47

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Bach, J S: Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor, BWV1060

Work length12:25

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin), Xenia Löffler (oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. Allegro

Track length4:28

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$1.60

II. Largo ovvero Adagio

Track length4:50

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$1.60

III. Allegro

Track length3:07

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$1.60

Bach, J S: Overture No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067

Work length22:02

$7.40

$9.25

$12.00

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. Ouverture

Track length10:04

$1.40

$1.75

$2.40

II. Rondeau

Track length1:37

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

III. Sarabande

Track length2:27

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

IV. Bourrées I & II

Track length1:55

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$1.60

V. Polonaise. Moderato e staccato. Double

Track length3:37

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VI. Menuet

Track length1:02

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VII. Badinerie. Staccato

Track length1:20

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Bach, J S: Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV527

Work length12:10

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Jan Freiheit (cello), Xenia Löffler (oboe)

I. Andante (Arr. for oboe, violin and basso continuo)

Track length4:18

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$1.60

II. Adagio e dolce (Arr. for oboe, violin and basso continuo)

Track length4:40

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III. Vivace (Arr. for oboe, violin and basso continuo)

Track length3:12

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056

Work length9:19

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. [no tempo marking]

Track length3:11

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II. Largo

Track length2:52

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III. Presto

Track length3:16

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV182 'Himmelskönig, sei willkommen': Sinfonia

Work length2:16

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041

Work length11:31

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. [no tempo marking]

Track length3:21

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$1.60

II. Andante

Track length4:49

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III. Allegro assai

Track length3:21

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$1.60

Bach, J S: Concerto in D major, BWV1045

Work length5:30

$1.00

$1.25

$1.60

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Work length13:34

$3.00

$3.75

$4.80

Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

I. Vivace

Track length3:20

$1.00

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$1.60

II. Largo ma non tanto

Track length5:51

$1.00

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III. Allegro

Track length4:23

$1.00

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Recording of the Week, Isabelle Faust plays Bach Concertos

15th March 2019

The German violinist joins forces with oboist Xenia Löffler and Bernhard Forck's Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for a tour of Bach's violin concertos, interspersed with alternate versions of sinfonias and sonatas that have been reconstructed for the first time.

After the double album of the violin and harpsichord sonatas with Kristian Bezuidenhout, a bestseller in 2018, here is the next instalment in the Bach recording adventure that began nine years ago with a set of the sonatas and partitas now regarded as a benchmark. Isabelle Faust and Bernhard Forck and his partners at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have explored patiently a multitude of other works by Bach: harpsichord concertos, trio sonatas for organ, instrumental movements from sacred cantatas... All are revealed here as direct or indirect relatives of the three monumental concertos BWV 1041-43.

This fascinating achievement is a timely reminder that the master of The Well-Tempered Clavier was also a virtuoso violinist.

Reviews

Concerto Choice

Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto.

April 2019

Everything here is energy, though the exuberance is of the grounded kind that never gets out of hand…The deeper delight of it all is that you can encounter subtle new aspects in the familiar works…This is a hugely enjoyable celebration of Bach – himself a violinist – which conjures not so much the strict contrapuntal and formal genius as the joyous spirit of the living man.

15th March 2019

Isabelle Faust’s approach in performance has always been one of scrupulous loyalty to the composer’s wishes rather than of self-aggrandisement. This album perfectly combines what for me are the two key facets of her musicianship – that sense of being a messenger for the composer, and her profound scholarship and research.

22nd March 2019

Delight in this masterful collection of Bach concertos and oddments equally springs from her kaleidoscopic hues, driving momentum and light-fingered touch, qualities equally stamped on the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin...Aside from Faust’s élan and dexterity, effortlessly conjured from her precious instrument, dated 1658, this substantial release also stands out for its ingenious programme.

JS Bach: Violin Concertos

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