Ever since it's release in 2011, this album has been one of the jewels of Isabelle Faust's discography, with Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra providing tremendous accompaniment in the concerto. The coupling is a poignant reading of the delicate and highly personal Sextet no.2. "Her performance is wonderfully proportioned... never grandiose nor unnecessarily rhetorical, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra supplying perfectly scaled support..."(The Guardian).
1 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77: I. Allegro Non Troppo
2 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77: II. Adagio
3 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77: III. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace
4 Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Major, Op. 36: I. Allegro Non Troppo
5 Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Major, Op. 36: II. Scherzo. Allegro Non Troppo
6 Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Major, Op. 36: III. Adagio
7 Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Major, Op. 36: IV. Poco Allegro
Ever since it's release in 2011, this album has been one of the jewels of Isabelle Faust's discography, with Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra providing tremendous accompaniment in the concerto. The coupling is a poignant reading of the delicate and highly personal Sextet no.2. "Her performance is wonderfully proportioned... never grandiose nor unnecessarily rhetorical, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra supplying perfectly scaled support..."(The Guardian).
