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Anne-Sophie Mutter

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Celebrating Her 60th Birthday: A Passionate and Ambitious Work Featuring Mutter Performing with Her Own Ensemble and a Carefully Curated Selection of PiecesThis album features Anne-Sophie Mutter and her ensemble, Mutters Virtuosi, composed of her handpicked musicians. For this new recording, they selected Vivaldis Concerto for Three Violins, Bachs Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Previns Nonet (2014), Joseph de Boulognes Concerto in A major, and, as encores, selections from Vivaldis *The Four Seasons* and works by John Williams. Mutter performed the Violin Concerto by Joseph de Saint-Georges, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, for the first time at the 2022 Lucerne Festival. This 18th-century composer, also known as the Black Mozart, saw his career limited by the racism of his time. This is an important issue that Mutter and the ensemble hope the audience will giv