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Music to my ears

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Violinist

As Krzysztof Penderecki has sadly passed away, I’ve gone back to his ; there’s a recording conducted by Antoni Wit that I like a lot. I was actually present at the world premiere of the ‘Recordare’, which happened in Stuttgart in 1984, and it changed my life and my perception of contemporary music. It shows us all the human facets of the good and the dark. It is uplifting and also reminds us of the errors of the past, the hope for the future and the possibility for humankind to change for the

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