Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 9
"Kreutzer"
Isabelle Faust - violin
Alexander Melnikov - piano
Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek
Harmonia Mundi 2007
"Couplage habile et rare. Rien n'est pompeux dans cette lecture de l'Opus 61, l'orchestre tchèque affiche de justes proportions, les phrasés ne sont jamais in étirés ni alourdis. Chaque ligne est ponctuée de vives attaques dans des tempos alertes… et tout d'un coup ce concerto pour vieux maître respectable retrouve une nouvelle jeunesse."
- Diapason
"I also like the small-band ambience of Belohlávek's Prague Philharmonia, its clarity and bite."
- Gramophone
"The Prague Philharmonia under Jirí Belohlávek accompanies beautifully - not just where we might expect (the woodwinds), but in the detailed rhythmic underpinning that permits Faust to really float Beethoven's melodies."
- Classics Today
"[Isabelle Faust] plays Beethoven’s own first-movement cadenza, which calls for the timpanist to underline her phrases with a delicate tattoo, and it’s a twilit moment. The chamber-sized Prague Philharmonia under Belohlávek plays with great heart."
- Time Out Chicago
