To capture the brilliant partnership between violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis, one only has to look to their riveting recording of Beethoven s Violin Sonatas. Over the course of those four CDs, the pair revealed themselves to be a lively, sympathetic team. The same description could be used for this single-CD recital, featuring four very different 20th-century compositions from four very different composers. The spiky nature and high notes of Prokofiev s Sonata stand in direct contrast with George Crumb s Four Nocturnes, a fragmented but short sonic journey filled with subtle harmonics and stark, hallucinogenic movements. Moving to Webern s Four Pieces, Mutter and Orkis literally define the essence of collaboration

Tracklist:
# Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94 bis
Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

# Nocturnes (4) (Night Music II), for violin & piano
Composed by George Crumb
with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

# Pieces (4) for violin & piano, Op. 7
Composed by Anton Webern
with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

# Sonata for violin & piano, in B minor, P. 110
Composed by Ottorino Respighi
with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

01. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D, Op.94a - 1. Moderato
02. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D, Op.94a - 2. Presto
03. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D, Op.94a - 3. Andante
04. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D, Op.94a - 4. Allegro con brio
05. Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) - for violin and piano - Notturno I: serenamente
06. Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) - for violin and piano - Notturno II: scorrevole, vivace possibile
07. Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) - for violin and piano - Notturno III: contemplativo
08. Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) - for violin and piano - Notturno IV: con un sentimento di nostalgia
09. Four Pieces, Op.7 - for violin and piano - 1. Sehr langsam
10. Four Pieces, Op.7 - for violin and piano - 2. Rasch
11. Four Pieces, Op.7 - for violin and piano - 3. Sehr langsam
12. Four Pieces, Op.7 - for violin and piano - 4. Bewegt
13. Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor - 1. Moderato
14. Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor - 2. Andante espressivo
15. Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor - 3. Passacaglia - Allegro moderato ma energico Allegro moderato, ma energico