Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes

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Album Info

Release Date: 2022-06-03

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter reunite for World Premiere recording of the composer’s Violin Concerto No. 2 alongside three film themes in special new arrangements. Now available as a special single-disc Blu-ray edition of the album featuring all tracks in Pure Audio – also available in Surround and Dolby Atmos (Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes) – along with films of last summer’s world premiere of the second violin concerto at Tanglewood, together with the artists’ encore performance of “Across the Stars” (from Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones); the three film themes in concert from Boston; and a 25‑minute interview with John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter at Tanglewood.

“I can only think of this piece as being about Anne-Sophie Mutter, and the violin itself—an instrument that is the unsurpassed product of the luthier’s art. With so much great music already written for the instrument, much of it recently for Anne-Sophie herself, I wondered what further contribution I could possibly make. But I took my inspiration and energy directly from this great artist herself.” – John Williams

Recording: Boston, Symphony Hall, 9 & 10/2021

Includes 20-page booklet with programme notes by John Williams and Robert Kirzinger in English and German. Some pre-orders came with a second booklet signed by Anne-Sophie Mutter.