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Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Strad's December issue cover star, has spent 37 years on the concert stage, having made her performing debut in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival, playing Mozart’s D major Violin Concerto. To mark nearly four decades of music-making, The Strad has brought together some of the finest film recordings online. Here she performs Massenet's Méditation from Thaïs, and click on the links to view the other recordings:

Beethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata

Bizet's Carmen Fantasy

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Beethoven's Triple Concerto

Mozart's Violin Sonata in F K547

Brahms's Violin Sonata no.2

Bach's Sarabande in D minor BWV1004

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

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