Brahms: Violin Concerto / Faust

Isabelle Faust, violin; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 / String Sextet n°2 Op.36

Two masterpieces on one CD! Isabelle Faust goes back to the roots of one of the most famous Romantic concertos, which is also one of the most difficult from a technical point of view: did Hans von Bülow not call it a "concerto against the violin"? Born of close collaboration between Brahms and the violinist Joseph Joachim, the work is a fine testimony to friendship – whereas the Sextet op.36 is directly linked to the love affair between the composer and the beautiful Agathe von Siebold.

Price: $22.98