Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Louis Gabriel Guillemain, Nicola Matteis, Johann Georg Pisendel, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr
Performer: Isabelle Faust
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902678
Release: 2023
Size: 1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Matteis the Younger: Alia Fantasia
Matteis the Elder: Ayres for the Violin
02. Preludio
03. Passaggio rotto – Andamento veloce
04. Fantasia
Pisendel: Sonata for Violin Solo in A minor
05. I. [Prelude]
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Giga
08. IV. Variations
Guillemain: Amusement for solo violin, Op. 18
09. Allegro
10. Allegretto
11. Andantino
12. Allegro – Majestoso
13. Aria – Gratioso
14. Variatione
15. Altro
16. [Altro]
Vilsmayr: Violin Partita No. 5 in G minor
17. I. Prelude
18. II. Gavotte
19. III. Saraband
20. IV. Rigodon
21. V. Guiqß
22. VI. Menuett
23. VII. Boure
24. VIII. Retirada
25. Biber: Passacaglia for violin solo in G minor (from Mystery Sonatas)
From Biber’s famous ‘Guardian Angel’ Passacaglia to Guillemain’s ‘Amusements’ and sonatas and fantasias by Matteis (father and son), Pisendel and Vilsmayr, Isabelle Faust offers us a panorama of European music for unaccompanied violin from the second half of the Baroque era.
Dreamy or virtuosic, these pieces bear witness to the diversity of inspirations from Italy, France, England and the German-speaking countries – and to their marvellous intermingling echoes.