Is Anne-Sophie Mutter, in her precise and powerful playing, the Karajanian Glenn Gould of violin virtuosos - with the difference that while Gould's playing is simply precise and unemotional - Mutter's playing is precise - but at the same time deeply emotional - without being sentimentally sweet. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BkXgZtWi8/ Anne-Sophie Mutter has been at the top of violin playing for an incredible 50 years. The legendary conductor Hetbert von Karajan discovered Mutter's talent and led her to her first recording when she was only 12 years old. And Mutter is still playing. When you listen to Karajan conducting, you can't help but think that Karajan's striking precision without sentimentality has been absorbed into Mutter's playing - although that uncompromising precision must already have been in Mutter's nature - but the special feature is that Mutter, as an openly emotional person, has also brought deep emotionality without sentimentality to...