Using period instruments, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov breathe new life into these “sonatas for keyboard with violin accompaniment,” a tradition Mozart renewed from within, blazing the trail for Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann. The first volume was widely praised: “The greater similarity of tone between Faust’s sparkling violin and Melnikov’s glittering fortepiano (within an airier acoustic) results in a sound more akin to the jingling of small bells. It’s delicious.” (Gramophone).
Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin, Volume 2 – Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov
