Anne-Sophie Mutter – The Early Years [3 CD/Blu-ray Audio]

Product Description

Herbert von Karajan called her “the greatest musical prodigy since the young Menuhin;” Anne-Sophie Mutter in turn praised Karajan for teaching her “to think the music through to its logical conclusion and impose a sense of direction on it”. From their earliest recordings together, starting with the Mozart concertos in 1978 their musical partnership won universal acclaim. Now DG have given three of these celebrated recordings the Blu-ray Audio + deluxe hardcover presentation, so befitting them. The Blu-ray Audio Disc presents new 24bit/192kHz remasters of the classic analogue Mozart and Beethoven albums, while the Mendelssohn & Bruch concertos being digital recordings are included at 16bit/44.1kHz quality. This Deluxe hardback 3-CD + Blu-ray Audio edition celebrates the extraordinary early recordings of Anne-Sophie Mutter accompanied by Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker The Blu-ray Audio Disc presents new 2.0 24bit/192kHz remasters of the classic analogue Mozart and Beethoven albums, while the digital recording of the Mendelssohn & Bruch concertos is included at 16bit quality Includes a 60 page booklet with new notes by Jürgen Kesting, and a recollection by Karajan himself of the young violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter’s mentor Herbert von Karajan called her “the greatest musical prodigy since the young Menuhin”. In this deluxe hardcover book are presented their earliest solo concerto recordings, beginning with Mozart from 1978, when the violinist who was just 14 played with “… the confidence and assurance of a seasoned professional” (Gramophone). The Beethoven (“rapt and poetic” –

Review

The youthful Mutter is both expressive and almost scarily assured and the freshness of her approach is hugely attractive. –Nigel Simeone, International Record Review