Isabelle Faust has never cultivated the whale-boned red-carpet glamour that many female soloists feel obliged to pursue. On stage and off, the German violinist's manner is relaxed, her style ...

Violinist Isabelle Faust, violist Boris Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov honour Britten’s exuberant works with vigour and determination Isabelle Faust takes a rewarding dive into the violin music ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the time of his death Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto was a relative rarity, whether in concerts or ...

Concerto for Violin and Strings Isabelle Faust, Violin Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Cantata No. 174, 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von gan Isabelle Faust, Violin Johann ...

You may be surprised by the recessed, almost faint profile of the solo violin at the start of Isabelle Faust’s new recording of Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto. That balance and her unusually ...

There are some pleasures in life which never fade and high on my list is Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. These thoughts came to mind with Isabelle Faust's first phrase of the work with Auckland ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Berg concerto still deters many classical music buffs, but the tide is turning in its favour, not just because ...

The performance was given on period instruments, still more the exception than the rule for Beethoven chamber music. For the first half, the Sonatas Nos. 4 and 5, Melnikov played a fortepiano ...

Isabell Faust takes a tour of Bach's violin concertos, interspersed with alternate versions of sinfonias and sonatas that have been reconstructed for the first time. This is the next instalment in a ...

An inspired coupling together with A-list casting make this disc a must. In a booklet note Isabelle Faust pays due homage to the artistry of Claudio Abbado, but it works both ways. These performances ...