Anne-Sophie Mutter is a musical phenomenon: for more than 45 years the virtuoso has now been a fixture in all the world’s major concert halls, making her mark on the classical music scene as a soloist, mentor and visionary.

Prizes
- 1990: MRA Award, London
- 1990: Penguin Rosette Award


Press Quotes:

Recorded the year before he died, this might stand as a spiritual testament to Karajan's relationship with this work.
Record Review / James Jolly, Gramophone (London) / 01 December 2005

[the recordings] are rewarding readings of rigour and intensity from a conductor every music lover should know.
Record Review / David Mellor, Mail on Sunday / 05 September 2004


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. . . a 1978 Schubert "Unfinished" with the Vienna Philharmonic is testimony enough to his genius, the first movement (with repeat) initially poised on a nerve's edge, tremulous and full of energy; the second properly relaxed. Kleiber was one of the few conductors to mark a profound climate change between the two movements, and his benchmark performance contradicts the notion that Schubert's Eighth is a mere torso. It has never sounded more perfectly complete.
Record Review / Rob Cowan, Independent (London) / 06 September 2004


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The musical strengths are easy to list. Each work -- or, in the case of "Tristan", complete scene -- is a living whole. Complex, richly variegated musical arguments emerge like single, soaring spans of melody . . . If you haven't yet discovered Kleiber, don't hesitate.
Record Review / Stephen Johnson, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01 December 2004


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金装卡拉扬系列。
这张唱片收录德沃夏克《第九交响曲》和斯美塔纳《我的祖国》。
德沃夏克的《E小调第九交响曲》（自新大陆）灵感源自创业时代的美国，体现了意气勃发的朝气。整部乐曲结构完整，配器丰富，音效丰满，是交响曲这一体裁中口碑极佳的一部伟大作品。四个乐章形象各异，精彩绝伦，均是经常在音乐会上单独演奏的名曲。
卡拉扬指挥的这个版本，不再像柏林爱乐版中那样德国味十足，代之以优雅的维也纳乐风。“企鹅”评价三星保留一星，并得到日本“究极百大”榜单与日本《唱片艺术》名曲三百共同推荐。

01 Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 - 1. Allegro
02 Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 - 2. Adagio
03 Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 - 3. Rondo (Allegro)
04 Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313 - 1. Allegro maestoso
05 Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313 - 2. Adagio non troppo
06 Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313 - 3. Rondo (Tempo di Menuetto)
07 Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191 - 1. Allegro
08 Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191 - 2. Andante ma adagio - Cadenza: Dietmar Zeman
09 Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191 - 3. Rondo (Tempo di menuetto)

1987年元旦的金色大厅属于卡拉扬(Karajan)，这是指挥皇帝辉煌一生中唯一一次执棒维也纳新年音乐会！年近80的卡拉扬(Karajan)以他对斯特劳斯舞曲无比优雅、华丽的诠释，以他君临天下的气度与独特幽默感，赋予了这场音乐会太多值得人们留恋的地方。后人更评价这是历史上空前绝后的一次经典演出！
卡拉扬(Karajan)在音乐会上指挥的约翰·施特劳斯著名序曲《蝙蝠序曲》堪称典范之作，而与当时著名的青年女高音演唱家凯瑟琳·芭特尔 (Kathleen Battle)合作的《春之声圆舞曲》更是这场盛会所有曲目经典中的经典！《蓝色多瑙河》同样是风情万种、惹人留恋，其他诸多波尔卡小品与进行曲也各具风韵，气势逼人。
这张唱片系获得企鹅三星戴花评价的维也纳新年音乐会实况录音。

01 Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98 - 1. Allegro non troppo
02 Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98 - 2. Andante moderato
03 Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98 - 3. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
04 Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98 - 4. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro