Isabelle Faust - Schubert: Oktett D803Violinist Isabelle Faust and a gathering of first rate chamber musicians have recorded Franz Schubert's "Octet in F major, D. 803" for Harmonia Mundi, and the collaboration is remarkable because the presumably ad hoc ensemble plays with the ease and expressive warmth of a more experienced group. Perhaps Faust is the leader in more than a nominal sense, since the first violinist customarily sets the tempo and acts as a concertmaster, and her part is

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