More By Artist: Yehudi Menuhin
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Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin (violins), with Alan Clare Trio, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter and Rodgers & Hart [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/1988 ] "The dialogue is seemingly spontaneous, and the tone is affectionate and bantering. Given the scaffolding of these wonderful songs, Grappelli and Menuhin build castles in the sky. You may wish to mix martinis before putting this CD on," ClassicalNet |
MAX BRUCH / EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar/Bruch: Violin Concertos Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar, Landon Ronald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "This is the first concerto recording made by Menuhin, in 1931. He is playing his 'Prince Khevenhüller' Stradivari, which was purchased for him when he was 12 years old. There is a strong sense in this recording of the promise of the future" Gramopho |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 / "Mose in Egitto" Variations / 6 Caprices, Op 1 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Orchestre Symphoniique de Paris, Pierre Monteux, with George Enescu (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "In 1934, Yehudi Menuhin recorded uncut, Paganini's D major Concerto with Emile Sauret's cadenza in Paris under Pierre Monteux." (Wiki) |
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BACH / R. STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / TCHEREPNIN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul Tortelier: The Great EMI Recordings [20 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with Aldo Ciccolini, Eric Heidsieck, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic, New Philharmonia, London Symphony [ EMI Budget Boxes / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month May 2010 - "Tortelier's many admirers will find here much that has slipped through the net; merits the highest admiration" (MusicWeb May 2010) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6 Sinfonia Varsovia, Yehudi Menuhin [ Warner Apex / CD - released 13/Oct/2003 ] "Menuhin and Sinfonia Varsovia acquit themselves in fine style. Again it is the sheer verve of the playing that comes over most strongly. The rhythmic drive has terrific power" MusicWeb |
Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli (violins), Alan Claire Trio, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jealousy [ EMI Music / CD - released 26/Jul/2005 ] A classic album from these two masters of their art. Full of fun and infectious music-making, the recording is supplemented here with tracks from the 1975 LP 'Fascinatin' Rhythm'. |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Play Gershwin Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli (violins) [ EMI / CD - released 12/Nov/1988 ] Today it does not look in the least absurd, but in the early 1970s it seemed strange to match a self-taught, somewhat unorthodox jazz violinist who came to prominence with the guitarist Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France with a... |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / BLOCH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Yehudi Menuhin plays favourite encores Yehudi Menuhin (violin) [ Biddulph / CD - released 21/Jun/1996 ] These discs feature a collection of shorter, virtuosic pieces that Menuhin often performed at the end of concerts, with Biddulph Recordings releasing a series of these remastered recordings Piano - Ferguson Webster (tracks: 4, 9, 10, 17), Hendrik... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / MOZART / LISZT
The Klemperer Legacy: Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano), Alan Civil (horn), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI The Klemperer Legacy / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2013 ] Although Klemperer had primarily been contracted to provide orchestral music for the EMI Classics catalogue there were soloists who benefitted from his presence in recording concertos. |
BEETHOVEN / SZYMANOWSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / FRANCK / MOZART / BRAHMS / etc
David Oistrakh - The Warner Remastered Edition David Oistrakh (violin), with Lev Oborin , Vladimir Yampolsky (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Borodin Quartet, various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 61 CD/DVD Box Set - released 18/Oct/2024 ] "For many, Oistrakh remains the violinistic ideal...his winning combination of tonal sumptuousness, clear interpretative focus, musical humility and effortless technical poise across a broad repertoire remains unmatched to this day." The Strad |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN / etc
Hephzibah Menuhin - Homage [9 CDs plus 2 DVDs] Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) with Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Janet Baker, Maurice Gendron, Amadeus Quartet, Sydney String Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics CDs/DVDs / 11 CD/DVD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "An independent spirit, a gracious, generous woman who was also deserving of a place among the great pianists of the 20th century." Hephzibah Menuhin is summed up in those word by Bruno Monsaingeon, who was close to both her and her dazzlingly famous... |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Greig: Piano, Orchestral & Vocal Works, Chamber Music Leif Ove Andsnes, Cyprien Katsaris, Juhani Lagerspetz, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Yehudi Menuhin, Truls Mørk, Kirsten Flagstad, Paavo Jarvi, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2020 ] "Jarvi junior follows in father's footsteps with a worthwhile disc of Peer Gynt" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine August 2005 for Peer Gynt) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lily Laskine: The Complete Erato & HMV Recordings Lily Laskine (harp) with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maurice Andre, Yehudi Menuhin, Marie-Claire Alain & others [ Erato / Warner Classics Icon / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2014 ] The harpist Lily Laskine (1893-1988) was a popular and influential figure whose name was particularly closely identified with the Erato label, although she also recorded for EMI. |
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BERNSTEIN
Symphony No 3 / Chichester Psalms karita Mattila (soprano) Yehudi Menuhin (speaker) / Maitrise de Radio france / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio Fance [ Warner Maestro / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] Bernstein struggled for years with his third symphony, "Kaddish," for narrator, soprano soloist, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra. Kaddish is a prayer used in services of mourning that at the same time praises God's greatness. The central... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos / Solo Partita in D minor Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, George Enescu [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] Bach's music was central to the life and career of Yehudi Menuhin, and the violinist is captured in his full early bloom in these performances from the 1930s. Joining the teenage Menuhin in the first and most celebrated of his four recordings of the... |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Beethoven / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Furtwängler shared the same philosophical and spiritual approach to making music. This, their second recording of the work, was made in London in 1953, the year after they recorded the Mendelssohn Concerto in Berlin. |
BACH / BARTOK / BRITTEN / BRAHMS / PAGANINI / SCHUMANN / etc
The Menuhin Century - Live Performances and Festival Recordings Yehudi Menuhin (violin) [ Warner Classics The Menuhin Century / 7 CD Box Set - released 6/Apr/2016 ] Live recordings dating from the years between 1940 and 1969 at venues including Carnegie Hall, New York, Prades Festival in Spain, and halls in Israel and Rumania, and recordings with the Bath Festival Orchestra, which he established in 1959. |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / WAGNER / etc
Otto Klemperer - The Warner Classics Remastered Edition Otto Klemperer (conductor) with Daniel Barenboim, Alan Civil, Yehudi Menuhin, Janet Baker, Dennis Brain, Annie Fischer, Christa Ludwig, etc [ Warner Classics / 95 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. |
