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Release Date: 27 March 2026
Label: Alpha Classics / Outhere / Alpha
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3701624512449
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: East Meets West
Description
Anne-Sophie Mutter is launching her own series of recordings on Alpha Classics, ASM Forte Forward, devoted to the music of our time: it will exclusively feature contemporary works written for her. In 2026 and 2027, this exceptional artist is celebrating 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 origins. The programme moves from solo violin, through duo and chamber repertoire, 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 Unsuk Chin, a South Korean composer living in Berlin, Jorg Widmann's String Quartet No. 6, entitled Studie uber Beethoven; and concludes with Thomas Ades' concerto for violin and orchestra, Air-Homage to Sibelius, premiered in 2022 and recorded here with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the British composer himself.
Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu
Thomas Dunford
Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich; Paavo Jarvi
Frankfurt Radio Symphony; Alain Altinoglu
La Nereide
Justin Taylor
Emmanuel Ceysson; Veronique Gens; Quatuor Voce
Barbara Hannigan; David Chalmin; Katia Labeque; Marielle Labeque
WindSync
Tommaso Rossi|Alessandro Ciccolini|Giovanni Battista Graziadio|Compagnia de Violini
Mosaic
Les Heures Bleues
Leipziger Streichquartett
Isidore String Quartet
Illia Ovcharenko, Oksana Lyniv, MDR-Sinfonieorchester
Il Giardino delle Muse|Simone Erre|Ugo Nastrucci|Mauro Occhionero
