Locatelli: Il Virtuoso, Il Poeta
Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
Faust brilliantly masters the high-wire acrobatics of Locatelli’s writing, which includes almost ear-piercingly high playing positions, extreme left-hand extensions, double stops and all manner...
Locatelli: Il Virtuoso, Il Poeta
Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
Faust brilliantly masters the high-wire acrobatics of Locatelli’s writing, which includes almost ear-piercingly high playing positions, extreme left-hand extensions, double stops and all manner...
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Locatelli was one of the most impressive violin virtuosos of the first half of the eighteenth century. Considered today as a sort of Baroque Paganini, he left picturesque, colourful, strikingly modern pieces for his instrument. A few years after a Mozart collaboration that earned them worldwide acclaim, Isabelle Faust and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico bring out the full narrative intensity of these concertos, worthy of the operatic stage!
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Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2024Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards2024Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
September 2023
Faust brilliantly masters the high-wire acrobatics of Locatelli’s writing, which includes almost ear-piercingly high playing positions, extreme left-hand extensions, double stops and all manner of awkward bow strokes.
October 2023
Faust plays throughout with a rich grainy tone, sweetened where necessary by potent but tasteful vibrato, and the strings of Il Giardino Armonico are alert to her lively mind and that of their director Giovanni Antonini. Together they find an enticing balance between the suave elegance and energetic bubble of Locatelli’s music.
October 2023
Faust demonstrates her virtuosity in stunning accounts of two concertos from Locatelli’s L’arte del violino op.3...Many aspects of her interpretation nod towards HIP, notably her restrained vibrato, clear articulation and imaginative extempore ornamentation.
