East Meets West (LP)

Description

Anne-Sophie Mutter is launching her own recording series with Alpha Classics, ASM Forte Forward, dedicated to the music of our time: it will exclusively feature contemporary works written for her. In 2026 and 2027, this exceptional artist will celebrate 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 backgrounds. The program moves from solo violin to duo and chamber music repertoire, then 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 South Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who lives in Berlin, Jörg Widmann's String Quartet No. 6, titled Étude sur Beethoven; it concludes with Thomas Adès' Violin Concerto, Air-Homage to Sibelius, premiered in 2022 and recorded here with the London Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of the British composer.