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Isabelle Faust
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Box Sets
Recordings of Vocal Works

Isabelle Faust - Short Biography

Discography

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music


S-1

J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1004-1006 (Vol. 1)

 
 

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [28:28]
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 [21:58]
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 [18:06]

Isabelle Faust (Violin) [Stradivarius]

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902059
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Sep 2009

CD / TT: 68:57
MP3 / TT: 68:50

Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Artistic Director: Martin Sauer; Sound Engineer: Tobias Lehmann; Editing: Philipp Knop, Julian Schwenkner, Teldex Studio.
Listen on YouTube:
Partita No. 2 BWV 1004: Complete Work [28:37]
Sonata No. 3 BWV 1005: Complete Work [22:12]
Partita No. 3 BWV 1006: Complete Work [18:09]
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S-2

J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1003 (Vol. 2)

 
 

Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 [14:02]
Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 [24:30]
Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 [21:40]

Isabelle Faust (Violin) ["Sleeping Beauty" Stradivarius, 1704]

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902124
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Aug-Sep 2011

CD / TT: 60:22
MP3 / TT: 60:13

Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Artistic Director: Martin Sauer; Sound Engineer: René Möller; Editing: Julian Schwenkner, Teldex Studio.
Listen on YouTube:
Sonata No. 1 BWV 1001: Complete Work [14:01]
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S-3

Isabelle Faust Plays Bach's Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005, Largo

 

Sonata for solo violin No. 3 BWV 1005: Largo [3:23]

Isabelle Faust (Violin) ["Sleeping Beauty" Stradivarius, 1704]

YouTube

Published: Mar 26, 2013

Video:

Recorded & filmed at WQXR Cafe, New York Public Radio, New York City, New York, USA.
Video: Amy Pearl; Sound: Chase Culpon; Text & Production: Brian Wise.
Watch on YouTube:
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005


S-4

Bach Sonaten und Partiten - Isabelle Faust

 

Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006: Selections & Conversation [13:45]

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

YouTube

2014 [Published: Feb 17, 2017]

Video:

Recorded & filmed as part of the Musikfest Berlin 2014 Klassik.TV. Includes selection from Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1006 & conversation with Christian Schaaf in German.
Video: Amy Pearl; Sound: Chase Culpon; Text & Production: Brian Wise.
Watch on YouTube:
Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1006: Selections & Conversation [13:45]


Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord

 

Sonatas for violin & keyboard, BWV 1014-1019 [12:04, 12:48, 14:33, 16:15, 15:53, 15:52]

Isabelle Faust (Violin); Kristian Bezuidenhout (Harpsichord)
Instruments: Violin: Jacob Steiner made in 1658; Harpsichord: John Phillips, Berkeley Made in 2008 (Johann Heinrich Grapher (The Elder), Dresden 1722 Made Model / Trevor Pinnock)

Harmonia Mundi France HMM-902256-57
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Aug 18-24, 2016

2-CD / TT: 87:39
MP3 / TT: 87:26

Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Artistic Director: Martin Sauer; Recording Engineer: René Möller, Teldex Studio Berlin.
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H-2

P2 Koncerten: Brockes-passionen [P-1]

 

Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014

Lars Ulrik Mortensen (Conductor & Harpsichord)

Concerto Copenhagen

Isabelle Faust (Violin); Kristian Bezuidenhout (Harpsichord)

DR.DK

Mar 27, 2018

Audio / TT:

Recorded & broadcast live at Garnisons Kirke (Garrison Church), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vært: Max Fage-Pedersen.
Listen on DR.DK:
Brockes-Passion: Complete Work


Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

Bach: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043 (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 125) [O-1]

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [12:43]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [16:10]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [13:42]

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Christoph Poppen (Violin); Isabelle Faust (Violin) [BWV 1043]

Hänssler 92.125
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May 1999

CD / TT: 42:35
MP3 / TT: 42:50

Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg, Leonberg, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [42:37]
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


O-2

Bach: Concertos for Three and Four Harpsichords, BWV 1063-1065; Conceti BWV 1044, 1050a (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 130) [O-4]

 

1. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1063 [12:02]
2. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064 [15:29]
3. Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo in A minor (after Vivaldi, RV 580), BWV 1065 [8:40]
4. Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [20:40]
5. Concerto for flute (or recorder), violin, strings & continuo in D major, BWV 1050a [17:36]

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Robert Levin (Harpsichord) [1-5]; Michael Behringer (Harpsichord) [1, 3]; Mario Videla (Harpsichord) [1-3]; Boris Kleiner (Harpsichord) [2-3]; Jean-Claude Gérard (Flute) [4-5], Isabelle Faust (Violin) (4-5]

Hänssler 92.130
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May 1999 [1-4]; Jan 2000 [5]

CD / TT: 74:35
MP3 / TT: 75:12

Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg [1-3] & Stadhalle Sindelfingen [4-5].
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O-3

Bach: Reconstructed Violin Concertos BWV 1052R, 1056R, 1064R, 1045 (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 138) [O-3]

 

Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 1045 [5:34]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R [20:20]
Concerto for oboe (or violin), strings & continuo in G minor (reconstruction), BWV 1056R [9:20]
Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in D major (reconstruction), BWV 1064R [15:52]

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Isabelle Faust (Violin) [BWV 1052R]; Muriel Cantoreggi (Violin) [BWV 1056R]; Christoph Poppen (Violin) [BWV 1064R]

Hänssler 92.138
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Jan 17-20, 2000

CD / TT: 51:06
MP3 / TT: 51:34

Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052R: Mvt. 1 [7:12]
CD: Complete Album [51:11]
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O-4

Wigmore Hall 115th Anniversary Celebratory Concert - Day 2

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 []

Jonathan Cohen

Arcangelo

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

YouTube

Jun 1, 2016

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at the Wigmore Hall, London, England.
Watch on YouTube:
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 BWV 1042: Mvt. 2 [3:25]
Watch on Medici.tv:
Complete Concert


O-5

J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos, Sinfonias, Overeture, Sonata

 
 
 
 
 
 

CD-1:
1-3. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1052R (reconstruction) [19:32] [IF]
4. Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 174 [5:07]
5-7. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [15:10] [BF, IF]
8. Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 21 [3:01]
9-11. Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 529, arranged for 2 violins & continuo [11:34] [IF, RA, BF]
12-14. Concerto for violin. oboe, string & continuo in C minor, BWV 1060R (reconstruction) [12:26] [IF, XL]
CD-2:
1-7. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [21:59] [IF]
8-10. Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527, arranged for oboe, violin & continuo [12:08] [IF, RA, JF, XL]
11-13. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 1056R (reconstruction) [9:15] [IF]
14. Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 182 [2:11]
15-17. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [11:35] [BF]
18. Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 1045 [5:25]
19-21. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [13:32] [IF, BF]

Bernhard Forck

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Isabelle Faust (Violin) [Jacobus Stainer, 1658]; Bernhard Forck (Violin) [Anon South German, 1725]; Xenia Löffler (Oboe, Recorder); Raphael Alpermann (Harpsichord); Jan Freiheit (Cello)
AAMB: Violins 1: Bernhard Forck, Kerstin Erben (CD-1:5-7 / CD-2:1-7,15-17, 19-21), Gudrun Engelhardt (C-1:1-4,8,12-14 / CD-2:11-13,14,18), Thomas Graewe, Uta Peters; Violins 2: Dee Wetzel, Barbara Halfter, Emmanuelle Bernard, Edburg Forck; Violas: Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel, Annette Geiger; Violoncellos: Jan Freiheit (CD-1:1-8,12-14 / CD-2), Barbara Kernig (CD-1:1-4,8,12-14 / CD-2,11-14,18), Antje Geusen (CD-1:4-7 / CD-2:1-7,15-17,19-21); Double-basses: Walter Rumer (CD-1:5-7 / CD-2:1-7,15-17,19-21), Michael Neuhaus (CD-1:4,8,12-14 / CD-2:11-13,14-18); Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann; Recorder: Xenia Löffler (CD-2:14); Oboes: Xenia Löffler (C-1:4,8,12-14 / CD-2:8-10,18), Michael Bosch (CD-2:18 / Taille CD-1:4); Eleonora Trivella (CD-1:4); Horns: Erwin Wieringa (CD-1:4), Miroslav Rovensky (CD-1:4); Bassoon: Christian Beuse; Trumpets: Ute Hartwich (CD-2:18), Helen Barsby (CD-2:18), Michael Dallmann (CD-2:18); Timpani: Friedhelm May (CD-2:18)

Harmonia Mundi HMM-90233536
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Dec 2017; Sep 2018

2-CD / TT: 143:48
MP3 / TT: 143:29

Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Gemany.
Recording Engineer: René Möller; Editing: Thomas Bößl.
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O-6

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051)

 
 

CD-1:
1-4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 [17:59]
5-7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 [10:48]
8-10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 [9:41]
CD-2:
1-3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [14:32]
4-6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [19:37]
7-9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 [14:49]

Isabelle Faust (Violin) [Jacobus Stainer (1658)]: CD 1 (8-10), CD 2 (1-3)
Antoine Tamestit (Viola) [Stradivarius ‘Gustav Mahler’ (1672), on loan from the Stradivari-Stiftung Habisreutinger]: CD 1 (8-10), CD 2 (7-9)

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Concerto No. 1 BWV 1046: Violino piccolo: Georg Kallweit; Horns: Erwin Wieringa, Miroslav Rovenský; Oboes: Xenia Löffler, Michael Bosch, Eleonora Trivella; Basson: Christian Beuse; Violins I: Kerstin Erben, Barbara Halfter, Thomas Graewe; Violins II: Dörte Wetzel, Uta Peters, Edburg Forck; Violas: Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel; Violoncellos: Katharina Litschig, Antje Geusen; Violone: Michael Neuhaus; Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann
Concerto No. 2 BWV 1047: Recorder: Christoph Huntgeburth; Trumpet: Rupprecht Drees; Oboe: Xenia Löffler; Violin solo: Bernhard Forck; Violins I: Barbara Halfter, Kerstin Erben, Thomas Graewe; Violins II: Dörte Wetzel, Edburg Forck, Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer; Violas: Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel; Violoncellos: Katharina Litschig, Antje Geusen; Violone: Michael Neuhaus; Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann
Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048: Violins: Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck, Georg Kallweit; Violas: Antoine Tamestit, Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel; Violoncellos: Katharina Litschig, Barbara Kernig, Antje Geusen; Violone: Michael Neuhaus; Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann
Concerto No. 4 BWV 1049: Violin solo: Isabelle Faust; Recorders: Christoph Huntgeburth, Xenia Löffler; Violins I: Bernhard Forck, Kerstin Erben, Thomas Graewe; Violins II: Dörte Wetzel, Barbara Halfter, Edburg Forck; Violas: Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel; Violoncellos: Katharina Litschig, Barbara Kernig; Violone: Michael Neuhaus; Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann
Concerto No. 5 BWV 1050: Flute: Christoph Huntgeburth; Violin solo: Georg Kallweit; Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann
Violins: Barbara Halfter, Kerstin Erben, Edburg Forck; Violas: Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Anja-Regine Graewel; Violoncello: Katharina Litschig; Violone: Michael Neuhaus
Concerto No. 6 BWV 1051: Violas: Antoine Tamestit, Sabine Fehlandt; Violas da gamba: Jan Freiheit, Irene Klein; Violoncello: Katharina Litschig; Violone: Michael Neuhaus; Harpsichord: Raphael Alpermann

Harmonia Mundi HMM-90268687DI
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Mar & May 2021

2-CD/ TT: 87:35
MP3 / TT: 87:26

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
Production: Pegasus Musikproduktion; Artistic Direction, Editing & Mastering: Florian B. Schmidt; Sound Engineer: Aki Matusch.
Listen on YouTube:
2-CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 19 Tracks; TT: 87:45]
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Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Berg & Beethoven: Violin Concertos [T-3]

 
 

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [27:58]

Claudio Abbado

Orchestra Mozart

Isabelle Faust (Violin)
Flutes: Chiara Tonelli, Mattia Petrilli; Oboes: Lucas Macias Navarro, Miriam Olga Pastor Burgos; Clarinets: Giammarco Casani, Maria Francesca Latella (Berg: bass clarinet), Erik Masera*, Manuela Vettori*; Alto saxophone* Alda Dalle Lucche; Bassoons: Guilhaume Santana, Zeynep Koyuoglu; Contrabassoon Klaus Lohrer*; Horns: Alessio Allegrini, Giuseppe Russo, José Castello, Geremia Iezzi; Trumpets: Alexander Kirn, Jakob Gollien; Trombones*: Andrea Conti, Federico Gerato, Martin Schippers; Tuba*: Alessandro Fossi; Timpani: Robert Kendell; Percussion*: Giovanni Franco, Gabriele Lattuada; Harp*: Nabila Chajai; Violins 1: Raphael Christ, Lorenza Borrani, Yunna Shevchenko, Henja Semmler, Francesco Senese, Manuel Kastl, Giacomo Tesini, Tilman Büning, Claudia Schmidt, Timoti Fregni, Andrea Mascetti, Gabrielle Shek, Lavinia Morelli, Tim Summers; Violins 2: Etienne Abelin, Gisella Curtolo, Michal Duris, Paolo Lambardi, Nicola Bignami, Gian Maria Lodigiani, Jo Marie Sison, Federica Vignoni, Jana Kuhlmann, Massimiliano Canneto, Gunilla Kerrich, Francesca Macchione; Violas: Danusha Waskiewicz, Behrang Rassekhi, Chaim Steller, Luigi Mazzucato, Corinne Contardo, Francesca Piccioni, Hinderburg Leka, Elisabeth Schwalke, Cristina Laura Pop, Elettra Ballerini; Violoncellos: Walter Vestidello, Giovanni Gnocchi, Luca Franzetti, Antonio Amadei, Andrea Landi, Luca Bacelli, Rebekka Markowski, Giacomo Grava; Double-basses: Waldemar Schwiertz, Johanee Gonzalez, Daniele Carnio, Anita Mazzantini, Giorgio Galvan
Diego Mattheusz, assistant*
* Berg only

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902105
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Nov 2010

CD / TT: 68:58
MP3 / TT: 68:48

Recorded at Auditorio Manzoni, Bologna, Italy.
Artistic Director: Martin Sauer; Sound Engineer & Editing: Philipp Knop, Teldex Studio Berlin.
2nd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by C. Abbado.
1st recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by I. Faust.
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T-2

Berg: Violin Concerto / Faust · Abbado · Berliner Philharmoniker [T-4]

 

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [32:30]

Claudio Abbado

Berliner Philharmoniker

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

YouTube

May 11, 2012

Video / TT:

Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
3rd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by C. Abbado.
2nd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by I. Faust.
Watch on YouTube:
A. Berg: Violin Concerto: Excerpt [3:05]
Watch on Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall:
Complete Concert


T-3

Alban Berg - Violinkoncert - Til minde om en engel - Isabelle Faust - DRSO - Thomas Dausgaard [T-2]

 

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [32:30]

Thomas Dausgaard

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Concert-master: Soo-Jin Hong)

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

YouTube

May 14, 2015

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Broadcast on Danmarks Radio.
3rd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by I. Faust.
Watch on YouTube:
A. Berg: Violin Concerto: Complete Work [32:30]


Box Sets


B-1

J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas

Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006 [14:02, 24:30, 21:40, 28:28, 21:58, 18:06]

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

HMX-2908474.75

BWV 1001-1003: Aug-Sep 2011
BWV 1004- 1006: Sep 2009

2-CD / TT: 129:19

Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Buy this album at:
2-CD (2016): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
2-CD (2016): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2017 - January 2022)

Isabelle Faust: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works


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