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December 2023

Solo, Isabelle Faust

Lully, Thésée - Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques

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🎻# Partita I BWV 1002 in B Minor, IV. Double - composed by J. S. Bach, performed by Isabelle Faust, from the album 'J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas'(2016, Harmonia Mundi) 지금껏 들어본 바흐 무반주 파르티타 연주 중 최고. 너무나 정교한 기술 때문인지 순수음 본연의 세계에 빠져드는 기분. 진공 상태에서 절대음악이라는 공간에 몰입되는 기분. 영원히 빠져나오지 못해도 괜찮을 공간. Partitas for solo violin of J.S.Bach played by Isabelle Faust is one of the best I've listened so far. Her sophisticated playing technique makes me feel like falling into the world of pure absolute harmonic world.. I feel immersed in an absolute music space in the vacuum state. Such a space that would be okay if I can not get out from it forever. # This 2016 box set containing Bach's complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin combines two earlier releases by violinist Isabelle Faust, each containing three of the six sonatas. Both have been rapturously reviewed, and if you missed the initial releases you now have the chance to obtain the pair for the price of one. Faust's performances of these physically and mentally taxing works are among the best ones available. She is capable of steely resoluteness in the thorny contrapuntal movements (sample the fugue from the Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003, CD one, track 14), but can wrench considerable tempo variation out of the slow movements. Faust excels in the brutal technical challenges of the big chaconne in the Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (CD two, track five), keeping vibrato to a minimum and developing an extreme level of tension over the course of the giant movement. But the most spectacular part of her performance is a certain unity that develops between the player and her Stradivarius violin, a phenomenon effectively captured by Harmonia Mundi engineers working in Berlin's Teldex studios. The recording may be a bit too close up for music that has quiet, intellectual qualities, but it matches the intensity of Faust's performances, which are intense indeed. Very strongly recommended, potentially classic performances of these masterworks. - written by James Manheim #IsabelleFaust #Violin #Bach #Partita #HamoniaMundi #ClassicMusic #Claasical #BaroqueMusic #SoloViolin