From Biber’s famous “Guardian Angel” Passacaglia to Guillemain’s Amusements and sonatas and fantasias by Matteis (father and son), Pisendel, and Vilsmayr, Isabelle Faust offers us a panorama of European music for unaccompanied violin from the second half of the Baroque era. Dreamy or virtuosic, these pieces bear witness to the diversity of inspirations from Italy, France, England, and the German-speaking countries—and to their marvelous intermingling echoes.
