The Silver Album[2 CD]

The Silver Album[2 CD]

With this special 2-CD collection including world-premiere recordings of Previn and Penderecki and new recordings of Ravel and Massenet Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis mark 25 years of a level of artistic partnership that is rare, even in the highest echelons of concert performance<br>(Seattle Times).<br><br>The celebrated violinist says: Meeting Lambert was a stroke of luck for me. It quickly became clear how perfectly we breathe and phrase together. With Lambert I can do anything.<br><br>It was in December 1988 that Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis gave their first joint recitals in America and immediately sensed that they shared a mutually sympathetic way of thinking about music which neither felt would ever change. For Anne-Sophie Mutter such an affinity is either there or it isn t. It s hard to put it into words (...) Ever since the two of them have explored the musical worlds of many different composers in a wonderful artistic partnership.<br><br>For Lambert Orkis, the question of how such a partnership between artists can survive for so long without even the faintest murmur of disagreement is very simple: We like one another, we like each other s playing and we like each other s company. This makes things a lot simpler, because we work very hard.<br><br>Of course, we talk to each other, but we say very little about interpretation. We talk about politics and religion or about her dogs and my cats and we never argue.<br><br>And about Anne-Sophie Mutter he says: Her playing is incredibly beautiful and well-informed, her taste absolutely sound, even in contemporary music. Anne-Sophie combines a very real delight in music with a spirit of adventure and an enormous passion for the matter in hand.