Violin Concertos Box Set

Description

As a young girl, Isabelle Faust was already fearless: what does she want to record? Bach. Fortunately, Hänssler has the right man for the job: Helmut Rilling records all of Bach—Cantatas, oratorios, Masses, Passions—and she will be his violinist. Or rather the other way around: he will be her conductor. Because from the very start of the Concerto in A, it is she who sets the tempo, so lively that Rilling has to follow her, a bit reluctantly, but it flows. And in the Andante, truly taken as Andante and which he wouldn’t have taken as Andante without her, how she sings and expresses it! An artist was born on record that day, who has since fulfilled all the promises we know. The three "real" concertos are wonders of style, and a bit timeless too for Rilling's classical orchestra, whatever one may say. Faust wants to record everything else, and Rilling, concerned with completeness, agrees. The second CD opens with the fanfare of this Sinfonia from a lost cantata; this orchestra, these trumpets, one would think it was Paillard's band! Faust ignites her Vivaldian passages, it’s a celebration. The grand Concerto in D minor, derived from the keyboard concerto, has such a striking presence! And the Vivaldian Concerto in D, then! With Christoph Poppen and Muriel Cantoreggi, the Concerto in G turns into a fireworks display. A relevant reissue! (Discophilia - Artalinna.com) (Jean-Charles Hoffelé)