BBC Music Magazine
December 2021
Recording of the Month

Gramophone Magazine
November 2021
Editor's Choice

Presto Recording of the Week
27th August 2021

Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Stravinsky: Elegy, for solo violin
Stravinsky: Duo concertant
Stravinsky: Die Geschichte vom Soldaten

"This is as lively and characterful a performance as you’re ever likely to hear – as well as the most historically authentic that I’m aware of Each member of the septet plays on an instrument dating from the period of the work’s composition (with the exception of Faust’s Stradivarius and Wies de Boevé’s double bass). This is particularly noticeable in the wind and percussion, where the soundworld is distinctively different from what modern instruments would create." - David Smith, Presto Classical, 27th August 2021.