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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde (complete operetta) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez, Antoinette Dennefeld, Josh Lovell / Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Paul Daniel [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "... the whole thing has an immediacy that Daniel suggests is an attempt to recreate the acoustic of the Bouffes-Parisiens." Gramophone Recording of the Month November 2023 |
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BACH / BRAHMS / MASSENET / MOZART / VIVALDI
Anne-Sophie Mutter: 5 Classic Albums Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "On this CD she displays more restrained, more music and less pyrotechnics. Immaculate is the best word to describe the performances." GoodMusicGuide on the Bach |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Mendelssohn Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Feb/2010 ] " the German superstar, pirouetting nicely with a burnished tone, nervous rhythms, a furious finale and a vibrating, skylark andante" The Times, London |
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ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance / etc Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Phiharmonic], Manfred Honeck [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "Whatever your final view of the interpretations, Mutter truly "speaks" through her instrument, and what she says sheds an entirely new light on Dvorák, and repays the closest attention." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Trout Quintet / Piano Trio "Notturno" / etc Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) with Danil Trifonov (piano) & Maximilian Hornung (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] "This Trout is clearly in a fast-flowing river, the first movement bubbling with excitement from the off, Trifonov's triplets tripping effortlessly along." Gramophone |
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ALBAN BERG
The Alban Berg Collection (Includes 3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.6; Wozzeck & Lulu) Anne-Sophie Mutter, Teresa Stratas, Franz Mazura, Hanna Schwarz, Kenneth Riegel, Jules Bastin, Claude Meloni, Helmut Pampuch, Anne Sofie von Otter [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2004 ] In the 1980s Deutsche Grammophon produced a 10-LP set that included most of the major works by Alban Berg. Now we've updated this set, and fitted it on to 8 CDs, and included some of the very best interpreations of Berg on the market. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "Anne-Sophie Mutter's approach communicates vividly to the listener, creating the feeling of hearing the work anew" Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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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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J. S. BACH
Best Of Bach [12 CD set] Various Artists incls Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Gustav leonhardt, Il Giardino Armonico, Marie-Claire Alain, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 6/Nov/2006 ] The perfect Bach collection covering all his major works and all taken from the vast Warner music catalogue. |
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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 |