Faust’s devilish tale is full of musical wonder

Stravinsky

The Soldier’s Tale^*; Duo Concertant^; Elegy

Isabelle Faust (violin), ^Alexander Melnikov (piano), *Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), *Javier Zafra (bassoon), *Reinhold Friedrich (cornet), *Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), *Wies de Boevé (double bass), *Raymond Curfs (percussion) *Dominique Horwitz (narrator)

Harmonia Mundi HMM992671 71:27 mins

Any project with which the phenomenal violinist Isabelle Faust is involved has to be of the highest musical and imaginative quality. This one is special on many counts, starting with the Stravinsky programme, which leads us from the little-known Elegy for muted.