Track Listing

1. 1. Allegro moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2. 2. Canzonetta: Andante - attacca: - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. 3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4. 1. Moderato nobile - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
5. 2. Romance: Andante - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
6. 3. Finale: Allegro assai vivace - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
7. 1. Allegro moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
8. 2. Canzonetta: Andante - attacca: - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
9. 3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
10. 1. Moderato nobile - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
11. 2. Romance: Andante - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12. 3. Finale: Allegro assai vivace - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
13. 1. Allegro moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
14. 2. Canzonetta: Andante - attacca: - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
15. 3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, Reinhild Schmidt, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jürgen Bulgrin, Mark Buecker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
16. 1. Moderato nobile - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
17. 2. Romance: Andante - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
18. 3. Finale: Allegro assai vivace - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martin T:son Engstroem, London Symphony Orchestra, Reinhild Schmidt, André Previn, Ulrich Vette, Günter Hermanns, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mark Buecker, Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35386 in Music
• Released on: 2004-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Hybrid SACD, SACD
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 176 minutes

Customer Reviews

Mutter back on form in fine coupling
An excellent SACD - sonically the use of the rears is very discreet, just emphasising the clarity and warmth of the recording, although to be honest I didn't really notice the quality of the sound as the performances are so good.

I'm not a particular fan of the Tchaikovsky concerto (I really got this for the Korngold) but this is a very fine interpretation: high quality playing from the soloist with plenty of imaginative touches. I've never heard Mutter's much earlier version with Karajan, which I imagine is 'straighter', but no need to worry that the eccentricities which marred her second version of the Beethoven Concerto with Masur would materialise here.

This is a superb live performance with plenty of poetry and bravura. The VPO are in top aristocratic form and Previn is as an imaginative accompanist as his soloist wife.

The Korngold is if anything even better - first of all the recording is as good if not finer than the coupling, completely eclipsing Gil Shaham's enjoyable version (also on DG with the LSO and Previn) which was marred by the excessively close balance of the solo violin, making the listener's ears cringe at the climaxes.

Just listen to Mutter's lovely playing in the central Romance - and then enjoy the vividness of the recording in the sparkling finale, with the soloist's pizzicato chords and the woodwind solos crystal clear.