Isabelle Faust, violon, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
1h14
1 CD
HMC902075
Apple Music
Two masterpieces on one CD! Isabelle Faust goes back to the roots of one of the most famous Romantic concertos, which is also one of the most difficult from a technical point of view: did Hans von Bülow not call it a ‘concerto against the violin’? Born of close collaboration between Brahms and the violinist Joseph Joachim, the work is a fine testimony to friendship – whereas the Sextet op.36 is directly linked to the love affair between the composer and the beautiful Agathe von Siebold.
JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897] Violin Concerto op.77 in D major / Ré majeur / D-dur · I. Allegro non troppo (20'35) · II. Adagio (8'50) · III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto (7'38) String Sextet no.2 op.36 in G major / Sol majeur / G-dur · I. Allegro non troppo (14'38) · II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo (6'41) · III. Poco adagio (8'18) · IV. Poco allegro (8'04)
