For the Record, Op. 354: Tim Fain; Musicians of the Old Post Road; Camille Berthollet

October 10, 2025, 3:49 PM · Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening! Click on the highlighted links to obtain each album or learn more about the artists.

Violinist Tim Fain. Photo by Brian Powers.

Unraveling
Tim Fain, violin

"'Unraveling' expresses my coming to terms with our broken, unstable world - a cry for understanding, but also a call to action, coming back to gratitude, and an attempt to get out of my own head," violinist Tim Fain writes. "I composed and recorded it for 17 layered and looped violins, and really wanted to explore the limits of pitch and intensity on the violin." An Avery Fisher Career Grant-winning violinist and composer, Tim Fain can also be heard on the soundtracks to films including Black Swan, The Tragedy of Macbeth, 12 Years a Slave, and Don’t Look Up. On this album, Fain performs his own composition, "Unraveling," alongside works by John Corigliano ("STOMP), Esa-Pekka Salonen ("Lachen Verlernt"), Missy Mazzoli ("Dissolve, O My Heartz"), Meredith Monk (Return to Earth, arr. Tim Fain - premiere recording), Philip Glass ("Two Poems"), and Bryce Dessner ("Ornament and Crime"). BELOW: Official music video for Tim Fain's "Unraveling."

Into the Light: Chamber music by Christoph Graupner
Musicians of the Old Post Road

The Boston-based chamber ensemble Musicians of the Old Post Road specializes in the period instrument performance of music from the Baroque to early Romantic eras. Their latest album "Into the Light" features rediscovered music by the German composer Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), including world premiere recordings. Graupner was widely admired by his contemporaries including Bach, Telemann and Handel. However, his music was largely forgotten until very recently. Also on this recording: music by his close associates Johann Friedrich Fasch, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Graupner’s patron, Count Ernest Louis. BELOW: Quartet in G Minor by Christoph Graupner: IV. Presto:

Legends
Camille Berthollet, violin and cello
Johan Daalgard, Producer

French-Swiss violinist and cellist Camille Berthollet, known for winning the French TV competition Prodiges in 2014, presents a collection of Irish ballads, film soundtracks (including The Last of the Mohicans and Titanic), and pop artists ranging from The Cranberries and Enya to U2 and Sting. The tunes were arranged by Berthollet and pianist Johan Dalgaard, who produces and accompanies on the album. BELOW: "The Water is Wide."

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