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BRAHMS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] From 1976, when Herbert von Karajan - the most famous conductor in the world - met the prodigiously gifted 13-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter until his death 13 years later, she was the only violinist to appear with him in concert and on disc. These... |
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WIENIAWSKI / BRUCH / MASSENET / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Romance Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic, James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Nov/2000 ] All the beautiful slow movements from the famous violin Concertos |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "...no one can deny the sheer beauty that this pair lovingly conjures." ClassicalNet |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Violin Sonatas (complete) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 'Mutter's playing was at its most engaged in the finest music, while her pianist, Lambert Orkis, demonstrated immaculate finger work and a strong sense of character throughout.' (Guardian) |
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GLAZUNOV / PROKOFIEV
Glazunov / Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (with Shchedrin - Stihira) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., Mstislav Rostropovich [ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Three highly contrasted works from 20th century Russia. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Glazunov's richly lyrical violin concerto, first performed in 1905, and in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1, dating from the time of the Revolution and a... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D / Romances Nos 1 & 2 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / New York Philharmonic / Kurt Masur [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Oct/2002 ] "A radical re-think of a classic - novel, provocative, sensual, often brilliant" (Gramophone) |
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EDOUARD LALO / PABLO SARASATE
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Sarrasate: Zigeunerweisen (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 10/May/2024 ] "...pure intonation, the sweet tone and the warmly emotional and committed treatment that this much admired young artist gives the work." Gramophone |
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SARASATE / WIENIAWSKI / TARTINI / RAVEL / MASSENET / FAURE
Carmen-Fantasy Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "These are largely encore pieces, designed to bewitch the listener with breathtaking violin wizardry. And its no surprise that many of these pieces were written by virtuoso violinists." (Good-Music-Guide) |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams In Vienna [Blu-ray Video Edition Dolby Atmos] Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray Video / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Feb/2021 ] John Williams in Vienna, the legendary composer's chart-topping new album with the world-famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, has become the best-selling orchestral album of 2020. Now on Blu-ray with bonus tracks. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) BLU-RAY Bayreuth Festival / Michael Volle, Klaus Florian Vogt, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Anne Schwanewilms / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Deutsche Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 5/Dec/2019 ] "The performances of the cast are of a high standard dramatically and mostly musically. Volle now paces himself well and Lehmkuhl is a magical and unclichéd Magdalene." Gramophone |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Complete Wagner Operas [34 CD set] Robert Holl, Falk Struckmann, Jane Eaglen, Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Siegfried Jerusalem, Günter von Kannen, Anne Evans / Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Barenboim's iconic Wagner performances, available for the first time in a complete set. |
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DONIZETTI / VERDI / BOITO / SULLIVAN / PONCHIELLI / ROSSINI
Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (baritone) with Anne Sofie von Otter & Balcarras Crafoord / Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "Terfel, of course, brings the smell of the theatre into everything he does. His powerful vocal presence is born of physical presence and he harnesses words, in any language, like few others." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
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JOHN DOWLAND
The John Dowland Collection The Consort of Musicke / Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) / Andreas Scholl (counter tenor) / Nigel Rogers (tenor) / etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/May/2007 ] Over two hours of glorious music featuring Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Rogers, Andreas Scholl, Göran Söllscher and The Consort of Musicke. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven 2020 - The Very Best of Beethoven Daniel Barenboim, Murray Perahia, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wilhelm Kempff, Krystian Zimerman, David Garrett, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Essential works in timeless interpretations by the biggest names in classical music - from Lang Lang to Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim to Herbert von Karajan |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Symphony No 7 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "This is a fine, generously-filled and well-recorded album of Beethoven's music, in traditional performances that are very good." MusicWeb May 2020 |
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VIVALDI
Violin Concertos (with Aria 'Sovvente il sole') Daniel Hope (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / with Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Out-of-Season Vivaldi delivered with a winning blend of love and intelligence. As so often with Daniel Hope, for some reason a much bigger star in Germany than in his native UK, the watchword here is intelligence." Editor's Choice - Gramophone... |
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AUBER / DONIZETTI
Fra Diavolo / La figlia del reggimento (abridged recordings of the Italian versions of these operas) Giuseppe Campora / Ugo Benelli / Anne Maccianti / Orchestra Filarmonica e Coro del Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi Trieste / Arturo Basile [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "What matters is the high spirits of singers and players" - Penguin Guide |
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SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Reflection Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] "If you've heard this lovely work [the Concerto] once too often in a merely average performance, then drink deeply at Grimaud's spring, for you'll leave refreshed...not an overblown romantic gesture, and no cloying sentimentality; instead a strong, s |
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W. A. MOZART / J. S. BACH
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola K.364 / Bach: Concerto for two violins BWV 1043 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Salvatore Accardo, English Chamber Orchestra, Salvatore Accard [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Jul/2025 ] The German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is celebrated for her exceptional talent and unwavering dedication to her craft. A child prodigy, she rose to international acclaim under the mentorship of Herbert von Karajan. |
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W. A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (Complete Opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |