Isabelle Faust (violin)

Matteis the Younger: Alia Fantasia
Matteis the Elder: Ayres for the Violin
Pisendel: Sonata for Violin Solo in A minor
Guillemain: Amusement for solo violin, Op. 18
Vilsmayr: Violin Partita No. 5 in G minor
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.