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Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina In Tempus Praesens' | 
| Artist: Anne-sophie Mutter
Creators: Bach, Gubaidulina, Gergiev
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1618
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001205402
UPC: 028947780441
EAN: 0028947780441
ASIN: B001EBSV2I
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 - I. Allegro moderato | | • | Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 - II Andante | | • | Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 - III Allegro assai | | • | Bach: Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 - I. Allegro | | • | Bach: Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 - II Adagio | | • | Bach: Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 - III Allegro assai | | • | Gubaidulina: In tempus praesens, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
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Album Description
Anne-Sophie Mutter's new recording combines the popularity of Bach with the radiance and intensity of the contemporary composer Sophia Gubaidulina. Gubaidulina's In tempus praesens receives its world-premiere recording; the work was commissioned by Ms.Mutter herself. This is also Anne-Sophie Mutter's first Bach recording for Deutsche Grammophon. The Bach Concertos reunites Mutter with the Trondheim Soloists, with whom she recorded the Vivaldi Four Seasons. Also available is a deluxe version of this recording that presents this CD in a hard bound book format that features the essay in various languages and additional photographs of the artist.
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THE GREAT ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER: SUPERB BACH & SOARING GUBAIDULINA October 8, 2008
RBSProds (Deep in the heart of Texas)
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
Five INSPIRING Stars!! BRILLIANT!! With the possibility of retirement taken off the table, Anne-Sophie Mutter, the brilliant Grammy-winning virtuoso violinist, seems to be back with an artistic vengeance presenting a program that bridges both her love of traditional and contemporary classical music. She revisits works by Bach which she recorded in her youth and performs the world premier recording of a five movement work which famed Russian contemporary composer Sofia Gubaidulina dedicated to Ms Mutter. Her performances are absolutely superb and inspiring. Her artistic choices are ably supported by Norway's famed Trondheim Soloists (TrondheimSolistene) with whom she has toured and the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Valery Gergiev. Ms Mutter uses a baroque-style bow (but no gut strings) and tightly controlled left-hand dynamics on the Bach concertos to achieve "transparency of sound and also the capacity to use Bach's original phrasing". Based on this recording, she succeeds wonderfully.
It has been over 20 years since Ms Mutter recorded the two Bach concerti and now she clearly demonstrates her changed attitude and "new ideas". Likewise, it has been almost a decade since Ms Mutter recorded the heralded Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Tartini: The Devil's Trill with the Trondheim Soloists and the relationship, based on touring with them prior to this recording, produces a wonderfully cohesive sound and interplay on both Bach pieces. The 'pieces de resistance' of Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor are the wonderous beauty of the Andante and the Allegro assai movements. Similarly, the Adagio and Allegro assai of No 2 are of exceptional splendor. The performance of Ms Gubaidulina's dense and intense 32 minute "In tempus praesens" (In The Present Time) is soaring and emotional reflecting influences of both the Russia of her past and our modern day insecurities in her concerto without the conventional "hero" (soloist). Ms Mutter's blazing bow-work produces intense, incandescent beauty and force. The five movements are performed as one continuous passionate piece. Anne-Sophie Mutter, maestro Gergiev and the LSO, using unusual instrumentation, give this magnificent work the grandeur and angst it deserves. This is a CD of outstanding performances of great works. Kudos to all concerned. My Highest Recommendation. Five IMPRESSIVE Stars. (This review is based on an Amazon.com MP3 download. There is also both a CD and limited-edition hard bound CD package available.)
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A great new violin concerto October 18, 2008
Oldnslow (Seattle, Washington USA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Gubaiadulina concerto is magnificant, as is Mutter's playing and Gergiev and the LSO. I have listened to this work about half a dozen times now and am more impressed every time I hear it. One continuous piece that contains about every aspect of violin playing one could ask for, with a lean, but brilliant orchestration (the use of percussion is striking and very effective). Kudos to Mutter to learn such a demanding piece. Bravo!
"In tempus praesens" -- a triumph for Sofia and Anne-Sophie! December 7, 2008
R. Hutchinson (a world ruled by fossil fuels and fossil minds)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recomposition of spiritual integrity through the composition of music." --Sofia Gubaidulina
"In tempus praesens" (2007 -- 32'45) is an absolutely stunning new violin concerto. Promised long ago to Anne-Sophie Mutter by Sofia Gubaidulina, it was finally finished in 2006/2007, and premiered at the Lucerne Festival in August 2007, performed by Mutter and the Berlin Philharmoniker with Simon Rattle conducting. For this premiere recording Valery Gergiev leads the London Symphony Orchestra. The now 77-year-old composer has been intimately involved in both of these premieres, supervising the rehearsals and insuring that her vision is conveyed.
"In tempus praesens" features a nearly unbroken solo line, a virtuoso vehicle for Mutter and surely many others to come. Though seemingly depicting a spiritual journey like her first violin concerto Offertorium (1980 -- 35'34 -- see my review), this new piece presents the soloist with less orchestral accompaniment, perhaps more purely. The orchestra menaces periodically, but not with as much vehemence as in the earlier work. And if the ending is not entirely unambiguous, the radiant rising tones of the violin nonetheless sound victorious. For Gubaidulina music always conveys a deep spiritual significance and, no matter how much she has been influenced by Webern, there is always a clear meaning to every note -- though there are no lyrics, this is not abstract, non-representational music. There are tones for good (generally high and major key), and for evil (generally low and minor key). An Orthodox Christian, her vision is practically Zoroastrian in its binary purity -- Light versus Darkness.
The two Sophies, Sofia and Anne-Sophie, seem to see it as natural to include violin concertos by Bach along with Gubaidulina, as Bach is a major influence on the Russian/Tatar composer. However, the music does not sound at all similar, structural or harmonic influences notwithstanding. It seems more likely to me that this was a marketing decision -- Bach will clearly outsell Gubaidulina, and so more people will probably buy this as a Mutter disc, or a Mutter/Bach disc than as a Gubaidulina or Mutter/Gubaidulina disc-with-Bach-thrown-in like me. On the bright side, this may mean that Sofia gains more listeners than she would otherwise. But we can still regret that Anne-Sophie did not record a new performance of "Offertorium" for this DG release.
As for the Bach concertos, they sound great. The melodies are instantly recognizable, some of the most memorable in all of classical music. Both of these works were later turned into keyboard concertos by Bach as well -- the recordings by Murray Periahia and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields of the "Concerto No. 3 in D Major" (Violin Concerto for E Major) and "Concerto No. 7 in G Minor" (Violin Concerto in A Minor) are sparkling and wonderful (Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7).
All in all, one of the classical recording events of the year!
See my list SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: A LISTENER'S GUIDE for more by one of the best composers of our time, as well as my list THE TEN BEST LATE 20TH CENTURY COMPOSERS.
Adventurous and Skillful--a Great Experience November 22, 2008
Gregory Loselle (Southgate, MI United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As one of our greatest living violinists--a crowded field, these days, considering the competition among a growing number of very great players, indeed--Anne-Sophie Mutter turns in a bouncy and full-bodied account of the Bach concerti, in very much a modern idiom, that leaves me wanting only the 'missing' entry, here--Bach's Concerto for Two Violins. Oh well, perhaps on another recording.
The Gubaidulina work is also deeply satisfying, given its mindfulness of the soloist and her place in the repertoire: In Tempus Praesens ("in our time") is a worthy successor to her earlier Offertorium. It is beautifully--colorfully, clearly and skillfully--orchestrated, and presents the listener with the sense of solid musical argument that a concerto can accomplish when the soloist and ensemble are heard in a sort of conversation: motifs are introduced and 'discussed,' analyzed and transformed--and the end result is a cogent and fulfilling experience.
Gratitude is in order, as much for the sheer fun of hearing such confident and zestful standards as for the introduction of a new and noteworthy work!
 Transcental JS Bach-Gubaidulina Journey November 22, 2008
Pio Valenzuela (Williamston, MI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had the pleasure of listening to Anne-Sophie Mutter play the JS Bach violin concertos BWV 1041, BWV 1042 and BWV 1043 during her recent concert in East Lansing, Michigan. So I had to get this CD when I found out about it. I thought the recording was excellent, although I still preferred the live performance. Then I compared this with her previous recording with EMI. This newer DG recording is still Anne-Sophie, but I found her playing to be more mature and sublime.
Not knowing what to expect of Gubaidulina, it took me two listenings to appreciate it. On the second listening, I found myself floating in a meditative state! Thank you for the music, and thank you for the experience.
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