Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Wiener Philharmoniker Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major Brahms Symphony No. 2 Anne-Sophie Mutter Wiener Philharmoniker The can always be relied upon to offer compelling couplings of artistic personalities: in this case star violinist Anne- Sophie Mutter and Maestro Riccardo Muti on the podium to conduct Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky the Orchestra. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Exactly 30 years to the day since Anne-Sophie Mutter first performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at the festival under the direction of Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 , Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece – originally deemed to be unplayable – is back on the programme. And Mutter’s playing is stupendous: whether in her restrained, vibratoless playing in the middle Violin Anne-Sophie Mutter movement or her bold approach in the finale, she succeeds in a way Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker that draws astonishment. There is no doubt that the virtuoso, especially Conductor Riccardo Muti in combination with Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic, “is at the peak of her art”, as the Salzburger Nachrichten observed. The diva Video Director Agnes Meth of the violin dedicated the encore she gave that memorable day, Bach’s Sarabande in D minor, to her mentor, Karajan.

Length: approx. 105' “The second half of the morning concert was a triumph of tonal beauty,” according to the Salzburger Nachrichten. In Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, Shot in HDTV 1080/50i which like Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto was premiered by the Vienna Cat. no. A 045 50050 0000 Philharmonic, the veteran conductor Muti “lets the string and wind groups demonstrate in exemplary manner how it can sound when all A production of the musicians are in perfect harmony with one another.” A wonderfully ORF, UNITEL CLASSICA and NHK transparent tonal sound that seems to make time stand still resulted in in co-production with BR a thoroughly justified standing ovation in the Großes Festspielhaus! in cooperation with Salzburg Festival and Wiener Philharmoniker

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