Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 1. Allegro moderato
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
4. 1. Allegro moderato
5. 2. Adagio
6. 3. Presto
7. 1. Allegro aperto
8. 2. Adagio
9. 3. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto)

Disc 2:

1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Andante cantabile
3. 3. Rondeau (Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo)
4. 1. Allegro
5. 2. Adagio
6. 3. Rondo (Allegro)
7. 1. Allegro maestoso - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yuri Bashmet, London Philharmonic Orchestra
8. 2. Andante - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yuri Bashmet, London Philharmonic Orchestra
9. 3. Presto - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yuri Bashmet, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44528 in Music
• Released on: 2005-11-08
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 149 minutes

Customer Reviews

Lyrical, Powerful, Moving Mozart

Every so often you find an almost perfect performance and recording that leaves you smiling and shaking your head in awe: Mutter Mozart -- The Violin Concertos and Sinfonia Concertante is definitely one of those.

Ms. Mutter's power, range, and stylistic sophistication are at their acme. She soars ethereally where it's required, sings sweetly in slow rhythms, and pushes forward like a commander where that's what's called for. The London Philharmonic is beautifully in concert with her every move and timing. Yuri Bashmet's viola in Sinfonia Concertante is equally sublime.

For those who first knew Ms. Mutter's Mozart playing when she was but a budding teen, it's fun to see how much her skill and interpretive abilities have expanded in 30 years. It's astonishing to see someone with that much experience can still appear quite young. And of course, there's the irony to appreciate of Ms. Mutter now being older than Mozart was at his death.

Above all this is a confident performance by players who know Mozart well, understand what they want to accomplish, and are in complete accord with what needs to be done. The bright optimism and energy of Mozart are beautifully displayed . . . reminding us with wonder of how his own life was often filled with problems even as he produced such astonishingly bright works one right after the other.

If you like Ms. Mutter and Mozart, I encourage you to purchase this two CD-set and the four CD-set, Mozart: The Violin Sonatas.

I'm with the Prof...
I was listening to this and thinking that it deserves a BIG pat on the back. The Prof in the previous review has said all that I wanted to say and much better than I ever could have. Frau Mutter's playing is absolutely exquisite and the accompanying players are first-rate. And of course it's Mozart, who was simply incapable of writing an inelegant note. Put it together and what have you got? An absolute feast of stunning virtuosity and glorious music. In an interview, Frau Mutter was asked what she wanted to be doing in ten years' time. "The same, as I'm doing now," she said, "only better." That she has certainly achieved.

If this recording doesn't move you, you are dead.