Composers: Mozart
Compositions: Violin Sonatas
Performers: Isabelle Faust v, Alexander Melnikov fp
Catalogue Number: Harmonia Mundi HMM902361

This second release in Faust and Melnikov’s traversal of Mozart’s mature violin sonatas offers K.301, 305, 376 & 378 and is self-recommending – two supreme musicians with an intimate rapport gambolling through four delightful works that point the way to the later masterpieces. Melnikov coaxes lovely sounds from his copy of a Walter fortepiano circa 1795, articulating phrases with poised wit and eloquence, illuminating harmonic shifts with gentle lighting.