[Concerto]…of the dozen or so readings I’ve heard none equals Faust’s, because she has somehow cracked the code, finding genuine wit, sparkle, and lyrical beauty in the solo part without imposing Romantic gestures on the music...her performance of the Violin Concerto will cause any lover of Stravinsky’s music to sit up and take notice.

Three-dimensional – with a startling inner clarity and rhythmic keenness that brings if off the page in ways you couldn’t imagined.Honestly, it’s like having one’s ears freshly syringed.

Clear, unfussy textures are the order of the day, for which the period instruments of Les Siècles (right down to the timpani and bass drum) are absolutely perfect...this new recording of the Violin Concerto really does show the work in a new light, and the chamber works are the perfect companion-pieces.

Faust and Les Siècles combine to wondrous effect, the sweetness and sinuousness of the violin contrasting with the grain and depth of the accompanying strings in the second aria. This is a stellar and enveloping account.

The gains [of using historical insturments] are obvious in the first few minutes of the concerto, not only in the clarity and gutsy depth that are combined with the technical brilliance of Faust’s playing, but also in the kaleidoscope of colours that the orchestra creates around her...It’s a real ear-opener, bringing the concerto into a sharper focus than I’ve ever encountered before.