Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Romances

At last, here it is: Anne-Sophie Mutter’s new version of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur! She was only 16 when she first recorded it with Karajan – and it was a great success.

Twenty-three years and an unequalled career later, she brings all her genius to what she calls a “cathedral of a concerto”. And she adds to it, for the first time, the two Violin Romances. “For long stretches the solo violin plays only arpeggiated triads, nothing more. Nevertheless there’s always a musical statement being made, and you have to formulate that. The architecture of the first movement, with its great arches of tension, needs the most careful planning. The trains of thought are wide-ranging, comparable to the language of Thomas Mann.

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