Anne Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtousi – Bach / Bologne / Previn / Vivaldi / Williams (UHQCD)

To mark her 60th birthday, Anne-Sophie Mutter played an impressive concert at the Vienna Musikverein in June 2023, which forms the basis for this recording. The „Mutters Virtuosi” ensemble consists of current and former scholarship holders of the artist’s foundation, which has been presenting outstanding young musicians since 2011. A varied selection of works by Antonio Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, Joseph Bologne, André Previn and John Williams was recorded for this concert.

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Lista pieselor

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto For 3 Viiolins. Strings and Basso Continuo in F Major RV 551

1. Allegro

2. Andante

3. Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach

Concerto for Violin. Strings and Basso Continuo No. 1 in A Minor BWV 1041

4. [without tempo indication]

5. Andante

6. Allegro assai

André Previn

Nonet For Two String Quartets and Double Bass To Anne Sophie Mutter

7. Promenade

8. Tempo ad libitum – Slow

9. Interlude for Solo Violin and Double Bass

10. Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048

11. [without tempo indication]

12. Adagio

13. Allegro

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Concerto For Violin And Strings in A Major Op. 5/2

14. Allegro moderato

15. Largo

16. Rondeau

John Williams

17. Nice To Be Around

Antonio Vivaldi

18. Presto From Violin Concerto in G Minor ‘L’estate’ (Summer) RV 315, The Four Seasons

John Williams

19. Theme From Schindler’s List

Artist	Anne Sophie Mutter & Mutter's Virtousi
Format	UHQCD
Gen muzical	Muzică clasică