Anne-Sophie Mutter - Anne Sophie Mutter: Great Recordings (2022)

Anne-Sophie Mutter is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of modern times, combining technical virtuosity, beauty of tone, and exceptional charisma. She has nurtured the classical music scene through her own Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, which has commissioned new works and fostered the careers of younger violinists. Mutter was born in the German town of Rheinfelden, near the Swiss border, on June 29, 1963. She took up the piano at five, and the violin shortly after. By nine she was advancing rapidly and had begun lessons with Aïda Stucki. Mutter appeared in recital at the Lucerne Festival when she was 13 and was heard there by legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan.

He became a key backer, inviting her to make her orchestral debut with the Berlin Philharmonic at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival in 1977, and to collaborate with him on her 1978 debut recording, an album of Mozart violin concertos. Their collaboration became a lasting one as they recorded many of the major 19th century violin concertos together for Deutsche Grammophon. In the 1980s, Mutter made her debut appearances in major musical capitals including Washington and New York (1980), Tokyo (1981), and Moscow (1985), and by the late 1980s she was a superstar violinist. She was appointed International Chair in Violin Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1986, and the following year founded the Rudolf Eberle Trust to support the development of gifted young string players throughout Europe. After several mergers with other groups, this became the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 2008. Mutter married Detlef Wunderlich in 1989; the couple had two children, but the marriage ended with Wunderlich's death in 1995. Her 1999 recording of the Vivaldi Four Seasons violin concertos with the Trondheim Soloists was dedicated to his memory. Mutter married conductor and pianist André Previn in 2002. Although this marriage ended in divorce in 2006, the couple remained friends and collaborators; his Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie," Violin Concerto No. 2, and Violin Sonata No. 2 are among Mutter's many world premieres, which also include works by Wolfgang Rihm, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Henri Dutilleux. Mutter announced her retirement in 2008, at the age of 45, but she later said the announcement had been misinterpreted, and indeed in the 2010s she was exceptionally active as a recording and concert artist. She made pioneering appearances at electronic music clubs at Berlin's Asphalt in 2013 and Neue Heimat in 2015; these were recorded and released in Deutsche Grammophon's new Yellow Lounge series. Her appearances late in the decade included a performance at the BBC Proms in the 2017-2018 season and a recital tour honoring the 85th birthday of Penderecki. She has remained associated with Deutsche Grammophon, where a compilation of her Penderecki recordings appeared in 2018. The Tokyo Gala Concert, a live appearance at Tokyo's Suntory Hall with conductor Seiji Ozawa leading the Saito Kinen Orchestra, followed in 2019. That same year also saw Mutter team up with legendary film composer John Williams for Across the Stars. Among Mutter's many honors are four Grammy Awards: Berg: Violin Concerto; Rihm: Time Chant (1992); Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen" (1998); Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos.1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata) (1998); and Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"; Bernstein: Serenade (2003). She has also earned the 2011 Erich-Fromm-Preis for the advancement of humanism through social engagement. Mutter has often lent her talents in support of charitable causes, including making appearances to benefit victims of the 2011 tsunami in Japan. She is the holder of the Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany, and she is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Tracklist
01. Rey's Theme (From "Star Wars: The Force Awakens")
02. No. 7 Poco Lento e grazioso
03. II. Largo (Live)
04. 9. L'Abeille (Live From Yellow Lounge)
05. III. Andante - Allegro (Live)
06. III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) (Live At Kurhaus, Wiesbaden / 1998)
07. No. 1 Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (Live From Yellow Lounge)
08. III. Erixymachus: Presto
09. III. Scherzo (Allegro)
10. 3. Allegro moderato
11. 2. Lento assai
12. Nos. 4 & 7
13. Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4
14. Beethoven: Allegro in G Major, for Mechanical Clock, WoO33/3 (Arr. Willy Hess)
15. II. Adagio - Presto - Adagio (Live)
16. Summertime
17. Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin
18. No. 7 in A Major
19. VI. Frühlingslied (Arr. by Fritz Kreisler for Violin and Piano)
20. 4. Moderato
21. III. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate) (Live)
22. 2. Menuetto. Allegretto
23. III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
24. III. Allegro assai
25. Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera
26. Hungarian Dance No. 2 in B Minor
27. II. Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti) (Live)
28. It Ain't Necessarily So
29. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
30. A Prayer for Peace (From "Munich")
31. IV. Hoe-Down (Live From Yellow Lounge)
32. Debussy: Beau Soir, L. 6
33. I. Allegro (Live)
34. 3. Scherzo. Allegro
35. 1. Moderato
36. No. 2 Andante con moto e poco rubato (Live From Yellow Lounge)
37. VI. Golliwogg's Cakewalk (Live From Yellow Lounge)
38. 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
39. 1. Vivace (Live From Yellow Lounge)
40. 3. Menuetto. Allegretto
41. Yoda's Theme (From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back")
42. 4. Allegretto alla Polacca
43. Introduction. Allegro Moderato
44. III. Allegro assai
45. Theme (From "Schindler's List")
46. II. Largo (Live)
47. II. Allegro (Live)
48. Hedwig's Theme (From "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone" / Single Version)
49. I. Allegro non molto (Live)
50. III. Scherzo (Leggiero e vivace)
51. 3. Menuetto. Allegro
52. Sibelius: Humoresque No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 87
53. Beethoven: Minuet in G, WoO 10, No. 2 (Arr. Mischa Elman)
54. 5. Menuetto. Moderato
55. III. Scherzo. Allegro (Live)
56. III. Andante
57. No. 1 in G Minor
58. III. Allegro vivo
59. I. (Allegro moderato)
60. III. Allegro vivace
61. III. Allegro (La caccia) (Live)
62. I. Larghetto affettuoso (Live)
63. No. 6 in D-Flat Major
64. Donnybrook Fair (Based On "Blowing Off Steam" From "Far And Away")
65. I. Allegro (Live)
66. III. Rondo (Allegro) (Live)
67. II. Air
68. III. Allegro (Live)
69. III. Scherzo (Presto)
70. Nice to Be Around (From "Cinderella Liberty")
71. III. Allegro (Live)
72. The Chairman's Waltz (From "Memoirs Of A Geisha")
73. 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
74. II. Intermède (Fantasque et léger)
75. III. Rondo (Allegro) (Live)
76. My Man's Gone Now
77. III. Rondo (Allegro molto)
78. Kreisler: Liebesleid
79. II. Allegro (Live)
80. Kreisler: Caprice viennois Op. 2
81. I. Andantino cantabile (Live)
82. Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16
83. II. Aristophanes: Allegretto
84. The Duel (From "The Adventures Of Tintin")
85. IV. Ständchen in D Minor (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
86. 1. Allegro assai (Live At Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden / 2005)
87. III. Rondeau (Allegro) (Live)
88. 1. Moderato
89. Mélodie (Live From Yellow Lounge)
90. III. Finale (Très animé)
91. III. Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto (Live)
92. 3. Clair de lune (Excerpt / Live From Yellow Lounge)
93. Ave Maria in B-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
94. Sayuri's Theme (From "Memoirs Of A Geisha")
95. II. Presto
96. III. Allegro (Live From Yellow Lounge)
97. I. Allegro di molto (Live)
98. II. Tempo di minuetto (Live)
99. I. Adagio - Molto allegro (Live)
100. 4. Presto
101. Williams: Han Solo and the Princess (From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back")
102. Theme (From "Sabrina")
103. 3. Adagio - Scherzo (Allegro molto) - Adagio (Tempo I) - Allegro molto
104. Luke and Leia (From "Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi")
105. II. Adagio
106. I. Allegro (Live)
107. I. Allegro (Live)
108. II. Andante più tosto allegretto
109. IV. Presto agitato
110. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
111. II. Andante grazioso (Live)
112. J.S. Bach, Gounod: Ave Maria (Live From Yellow Lounge)
113. III. Rondo (Allegro)
114. II. Largo - attacca (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin / 2019)
115. I. Allegro vivo
116. III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andante)
117. Princess Leia's Theme (From "Star Wars: A New Hope")
118. IV. Finale. Allegro (Live)
119. II. Allegro (Live)
120. III. Assai vivace
121. Across the Stars (Love Theme) (From "Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones")
122. 2. Andante quasi allegretto
123. 2. Andante
124. IV. Allegro quasi presto
125. 3. Presto
126. Night Journeys (From "Dracula")
127. 4. Finale. Presto
128. II. Andante sostenuto (Live)
129. III. Allegro piacevole
130. Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor for Violin & Piano (From the FAE-Sonata)
131. Raiders March (From "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark")
132. III. Rondo (Allegretto grazioso) (Live)
133. Dvořák: Mazurek, Op. 49, B. 90
134. III. Allegro molto
135. II. Andantino cantabile (Live)
136. II. Tempo di minuetto (Live)
137. II. Adagio molto espressivo (Live At Kurhaus, Wiesbaden / 1998)
138. III. Allegretto (Live)