Bach: Violin Concertos; Gubaidulina: In Tempus Praesens

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Vivien Schweitzer wrote in the New York Times: "The German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has said that she is not a 'great believer in so-called authentic playing' of Baroque music, but that the knowledge gained from the period-instrument movement regarding phrasing and sound production has been 'fruitful.' With the Camerata Salzburg at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, Ms. Mutter — elegant in a mulberry-colored strapless dress — demonstrated that she can play Bach with simultaneous nods to both the 18th and 21st centuries. In Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV 1041) she played with her trademark rich, sweet tone. … Her American tour this month playing Bach coincides with a Deutsche Grammophon release of two of the Bach concertos on the program. The rather breathless speeds set by Ms. Mutter in the A minor concerto’s outer movements felt more rushed in the live performance than on the recording with the Trondheim Soloists. (Her Bach tempos on the CD, which pairs the A minor and E major concertos with a striking new work by Sofia Gubaidulina, are certainly on the brisk side, but less impetuous.)"