Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina ‘In Tempus Praesens' (1 CD, FLAC)
# Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Trondheim Soloists
# Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
# Conductor: Valery Gergiev
# Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Sofia Gubaidulina
# Audio CD (October 7, 2008)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: FLAC (tracks)
# Label: Deutsche Grammophon
# ASIN: B001EBSV2I
# Size: 270 MB
# Recovery: +3%
# Scan: no
# Server: filesonic, uploadstation
01. Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 – 1. (Allegro moderato)
02. Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 – 2. Andante 6:41
03. Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 – 3. Allegro assai
04. Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 – 1. Allegro
05. Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 – 2. Adagio
06. Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 – 3. Allegro assai
07. In tempus praesens (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)
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This disc I have since long, but never really listened to these Bachs. A couple of outer movements somewhat fast, from what memory has not neglected; and the otherwise splendid Mutter has a Bartoliesque tendency of “revitalizing” those all to familiar works with steroids they are healthy content without, making them stronger thus weaker. However Big B is immune system incarnate, and it is always nice to have him another release from period straitjacket views. The Bach pair are certainly not bad here, but well-known as is Mutter: a predictable delivery i can even easier create in my mind, preferred prejudice and tweaking at will. Gubaidulina is the treat here. Yes, hence it be known that Gubaidulina is a joker, and a good one. To those of you tired of her frowned-brow output, this is your spoon of sugar! I actually thought she was joking with that recurring leap for structural significance, the more so in the finale, and, be that as it may, that alone is enough vitamin for my view of her. As had she taken Penderecki’s thickest 60′s glasses and put Groucho brows on them. The underlined basic coupling of Gubaidiluna and Mutter by opus through [knowing-uttering] the name Sofia may be discarded as esoteric, unworthy of others’ effort, even selfish – but it is foremost incidental, as is life. Might as well have tongue in cheek. We are lucky enough to have such an oil of olay cover free from cheesy titles. It would then be interesting with Mutter for her next take at the Bach concertos in another 20 years to do the double violin too, as Kremer. Such essential part-editing makes for an undiagnosed sound match to Sebastian’s part-writing.
More: http://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/me_index_gubaidulina.php
Much as I enjoyed your acerbic comments, I cannot see how they can ever be associated with this particular performance.