Discovered by Herbert von Karajan when she was only 13, Mutter was soon recording the central works of the violin repertoire in the most illustrious company—Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky. She developed a fascination for new music and commissioned some of today's great composers to write for her; her intense, technically superb playing style was ideal. Her marriage to André Previn resulted in some great music and music-making, and she is a fine chamber musician too.