August 2002 witnessed a celebrity marriage not forecast in the crystal ball of any tabloid columnist; that of youthful, 40-ish violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter to 72-year-old pianist/conductor/composer André Previn. While their union may have set gossips' tongues to wag, in purely musical terms it is a winning combination for the most part. The Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie" is an André Previn work completed in March 2001 and intended for Mutter. Previn understands her musicianship well and plays to Mutter's strengths; the ...
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August 2002 witnessed a celebrity marriage not forecast in the crystal ball of any tabloid columnist; that of youthful, 40-ish violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter to 72-year-old pianist/conductor/composer André Previn. While their union may have set gossips' tongues to wag, in purely musical terms it is a winning combination for the most part. The Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie" is an André Previn work completed in March 2001 and intended for Mutter. Previn understands her musicianship well and plays to Mutter's strengths; the opening of the second movement where Mutter plays alone is a notable highlight of the concerto as a whole. Stylistically, the work moves between Hollywood-type scoring and a somewhat thornier aspect, the overall effect being strongly reminiscent of the music of Alban Berg. But there is also something about it that is strangely dull; while there are alternating moments of lyricism and excitement, at other points the concerto doesn't seem to "rise to the occasion" and tends to ramble....
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