PENTATONE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Rina Sitorus - PR Manager rina.sitorus@pentatonemusic.com +31 35 548 07 29 Finally time for Mozart Baarn, the Netherlands, May 1, 2014 Violinist Arabella Steinbacher was only eight years old when she began playing her first Mozart violin concerto (in G major). As the legendary pianist Arthur Schnabel once mentioned, Mozart’s piano sonatas are too easy for children, yet too difficult for adults. In Ms. Steinbacher’s words: when playing Mozart, one must always make sure that the performance is powerful, yet never aggressive, and that the sound always remains beautifully pure and almost angelic. And since then, the Violin Concerto in G major has remained an underlying theme throughout her career. Arabella Steinbacher – PENTATONE’s Artist of the Season January to June 2014 – has performed the work on many important occasions in her life. It was also the piece that led to her acceptance as the youngest student of Ana Chumachenko, when aged only nine. Yet up until now, her performance of the concertos had not appeared on CD, despite regular requests from listeners. During the recording of the concerto, Ms. Steinbacher said: “I am glad it can finally be recorded now. Mozart connects me to my childhood and has opened many doors for me.” Equally exciting is the collaboration between Ms. Steinbacher and the Festival Strings Lucerne. As she said: “When I play Mozart, I actually prefer playing without a conductor, as it is very much chamber music and the Lucerne Festival Strings are accustomed to playing without a conductor. It is just much more exciting to communicate directly with the orchestra. Everyone can see me, everyone is very close to me. During the recording, we listened carefully to one another, and it was very harmonious.” Finally satisfying a long-standing demand, it is now time for Ms. Steinbacher’s Mozart. Released on PENTATONE, Mozart - Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 is available world-wide as of May 1, 2014.
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