Brahms: The Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

"Never before have Mutter and Orkis seemed so joined at the hip, giving and taking, conducting dialogue, chasing each others' thoughts...She plays with a new degree of maturity and depth, especially visible in the slow movements...Magical music-making, this." The Times, 19th March 2010 *****

"Recorded November-December 2009, the complete violin sonatas of Brahms with Anne-Sophie Mutter (b. 1963) capture her at the peak of her form, offering vivid, uncompromisingly fervent readings of these works, which first impressed her when David Oistrakh performed them in Basel in 1968 with Frieda Bauer."
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On this recording, Anne-Sophie Mutter, accompanied by pianist Lambert Orkis, shares her up-to-date thoughts on the Brahms Violin Sonatas that have been central to her repertoire from the start of her career.

These sonatas are among the most intense, emotionally penetrating works composed for the violin.

Second only to her solo repertoire, chamber music has been for Anne-Sophie Mutter an on-going passion and commitment. Her communion with Orkis's pianism defines musical collaboration at its zenith.