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East Meets West

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Details

Composer
Thomas Ades, Unsuk Chin, Aftab Darvishi, Jorg Widmann
Artist
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Apr 03, 2026
Catalog #
ALPHA1244
UPC
3701624512449

About

Anne-Sophie Mutter is launching her own series of recordings on Alpha Classics, ASM Forte Forward, devoted to the music of our time: it will exclusively feature contemporary works written for her. In 2026 and 2027, this exceptional artist is celebrating her jubilee: 50 years on stage, driven by curiosity, passion and commitment to the future of music. The first opus in this new series, East Meets West, includes works by four composers from diverse origins. The programme moves from solo violin, through duo and chamber repertoire, to concerto with orchestra. It opens with Likoo for solo violin by Iranian-Dutch composer Aftab Darvishi, followed by Gran Cadenza for two violins by Unsuk Chin, a South Korean composer living in Berlin, Jörg Widmann's String Quartet No. 6, entitled Studie über Beethoven; and concludes with Thomas Adès' concerto for violin and orchestra, Air-Homage to Sibelius, premiered in 2022 and recorded here with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the British composer himself.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Likoo 06:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Likoo
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Aftab Darvishi
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter
  2. 2 Gran Cadenza 08:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gran Cadenza
    Duration
    08:53
    Composer
    Unsuk Chin
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Nancy Zhou
  3. 3 Maestoso - Largo subito - 02:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Maestoso - Largo subito -
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  4. 4 Poco più tranquillo - 02:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Poco più tranquillo -
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  5. 5 Poco accelerando - 01:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    Poco accelerando -
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  6. 6 Poco più mosso (ma calmo!) - 02:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Poco più mosso (ma calmo!) -
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  7. 7 Pesante subito - Presto vivace subito - 03:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Pesante subito - Presto vivace subito -
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  8. 8 Più pesante - 02:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Più pesante -
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  9. 9 L'istesso tempo - 02:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    L'istesso tempo -
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  10. 10 Più mosso (molto ritmico) - 02:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    Più mosso (molto ritmico) -
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  11. 11 Molto vivace - 02:48
    Track
    11
    Title
    Molto vivace -
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  12. 12 Scherzando vivace (spielerisch, leicht) - 02:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scherzando vivace (spielerisch, leicht) -
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  13. 13 Feroce, agitato subito 03:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    Feroce, agitato subito
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández
  14. 14 Adagio, calmo, con moto - 10:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    Adagio, calmo, con moto -
    Duration
    10:08
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Adès
  15. 15 esitando … più … quasi a tempo 06:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    esitando … più … quasi a tempo
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Anne-Sophie Mutter
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Adès