Album
East Meets West
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Aftab Darvishi / Unsuk Chin / Jörg Widmann / Thomas Adès
2026 · Classical
East Meets West is a Classical album by Anne-Sophie Mutter, Aftab Darvishi / Unsuk Chin / Jörg Widmann / Thomas Adès, originally released in 2026.
About
The German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has consistently championed contemporary composers, and <i>East meets West</i> is the first in a projected series of albums featuring works which she has personally commissioned. It opens boldly with <i>Likoo</i>, a soul-searching piece for solo violin by the Iranian-Dutch composer Aftab Darvishi. Mutter brings her customary emotional intensity to bear to its keening glissandos, distilling an air of sorrowful melancholy. For South Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s <i>Gran Cadenza</i>, she is joined by fellow violinist Nancy Zhou, creating a spiky synergy in Chin’s sputteringly energetic writing. The spirit of Beethoven haunts Jörg Widmann’s <i>Studie über Beethoven</i> (String Quartet No. 6), where post-echoes of the Romantic composer’s string quartets are refracted and disrupted by Widmann’s more jagged modern idiom. Another composer from the past, Sibelius, is the point of reference in Thomas Adès’ <i>Air — Homage to Sibelius</i>, a single-movement work for violin and orchestra where Mutter’s rapt, singing tone in the upper registers of her instrument is a beguiling feature.
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Tracklist
- 1Likoo, for Violin Solo6:37
- 2Gran Cadenza, for Two Violins8:53
- 3Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): I. Maestoso - Largo Subito2:15
- 4Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): II. Poco più tranquillo2:05
- 5Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): III. Poco accelerando1:46
- 6Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): IV. Poco più mosso (ma calmo)2:37
- 7Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): V. Pesante subito - Presto vivace subito3:19
- 8Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): VI. Più pesante2:37
- 9Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): VII. L'istesso tempo2:30
- 10Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): VIII. Più mosso (molto ritmico)2:46
- 11Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): IX. Molto vivace2:48
- 12Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): X. Scherzando vivace (spierlerisch, leicht)2:12
- 13Studie über Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6): XI. Feroce, agitato subito3:48
- 14Air — Homage to Sibelius, for Violin and Orchestra: I. Adagio - calmo - con moto10:08
- 15Air — Homage to Sibelius, for Violin and Orchestra: II. Esitando... più… quasi a tempo6:48
Sound DNA
- Classical
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anne-Sophie MutterVIOLIN, LINER NOTES
- London Symphony OrchestraORCHESTRA
- Muriel RazaviVIOLA
- Nancy ZhouVIOLIN
- Pablo FerrándezCELLO
- Thomas AdèsCONDUCTOR
- Ye-Eun ChoiVIOLIN
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