Anne-Sophie Mutter, one of the greatest violinists of our time, will celebrate her 60th birthday on 29 June 2023. Deutsche Grammophon is honouring the wonderful artist with a limited and numbered Vinyl Edition (5 LPs) of her solo recordings under the baton of her early mentor Herbert von Karajan. Set content ranges from Mutter’s 1978 DG debut album with Mozart’s 3^rd and 5^th Violin Concertos to those from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms, all with Berliner Philharmoniker. LP 5 includes a live recording of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto with Wiener Philharmoniker from 1988, which turned out to be the very last cooperation of Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert von Karajan. The set provides 5 LPs on 180g vinyl and a 16-page inlay (English/German) with track listings, liner notes by Dorothea Walchshäusl, photos and facsimiles of the recording documentation.

Tracklist:

LP1
Side 1:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Rondo (Allegro)

Side 2:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

I. Allegro aperto

II. Adagio

III. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto) 

LP2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

Side 1:

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Side 2:

II. Larghetto

III. Rondo. Allegro

LP3
Side 1:

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

I. Allegro molto appassionato

II. Andante

III. Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

Side 2:

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

I. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)

II. Adagio

III. Finale (Allegro energico)

LP4

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
Side 1:

I. Allegro non troppo

Side 2:

II. Adagio

III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

LP5

Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59
(Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
Side 1:

I. Allegro moderato

Side 2:

II. Canzonetta. Andante

III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo