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. |
RAVI SHANKAR
Ravi Shankar Edition Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean-Pierre Rampal / London Symphony & Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn, Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Including performances from Zubin Mehta, Yehudi Menhuin, Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra, these pioneering, visionary works come together to form an inspiring whole. |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphony No 4 "Inextinguishable" / Violin Concerto Arve Tellefsen (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/1989 ] "This is a very enjoyable set, well worth having, especially for Kubelik's masterful interpretation of the 5th Symphony." (MusicWeb Aug 2009) |
100 BEST VIOLIN
100 Best Violin Various artists including Yehudi Menuhin, Renaud Capucon, Sarah Chang, Kyung-Wha Chung, Austin Dumay, Anne-Sophie Mutter, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] A compilation of 100 fantastic and popular violin works on 6 well filled CDs. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Beethoven Martha Modl (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] This CD contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by a galaxy of star musicans. |
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... |
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) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel - Organ Concertos Nos.1-10 Simon Preston (organ) / Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/May/2002 ] "...there is no doubting that this set is at present the best to be had" Gramophone |
50 BEST VIOLIN
50 Best Violin [3 CDs special price] Various Artists including Ida Haendel, Gidon Kremer, Augustin Dumay, Maxim Vengerov, Sarah Chang, Yehudi Menuhin, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] All the very best violin works performed by leading violinists of today. CD 1 is a collection of Baroque and Classical period recordings. CD 2 features romantic concertos and works from the 19th century. CD 3 is a selection of encores and showpieces. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Tribute to Gerald Moore (recorded 1967) Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker, Daniel Barenboim, Nicolai Gedda, Leon Goossens, Yehudi Menuhin [ EMI / 11 CD - released 15/Feb/1987 ] The first release on CD of the complete original LPs of the recording made live at the concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London in February 1967 to mark the retirement of Gerald Moore |
Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli
Jealousy: Hits of the Thirties [ EMI / CD - released 10/Sep/1990 ] The teaming of Max Bygraves with Ted Heath and his Music is not as unlikely as at first it may be seen. Both are among the best known and most respected artists in contemporary British show business, Max as a brilliant and imaginative solo... |
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
The Menuhin Century - The Violin of the Century [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] Re-released in 2016 on the occasion of Yehudi Menuhin's centenary, this film is devoted to the artistic heritage of a personality who ranked among the most extraordinary musicians of his time, even as a child. Menuhin was not a mere musician: he was... |
MOZART / MASCAGNI / CHOPIN / VIVALDI / OFFENBACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best-Loved Classics Volume 3 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) Dmitri Alexeev (piano) Placido Domingo (tenor) & others [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/1988 ] The perfect introduction to the world's most popular classics with recordings drawn from the vast EMI catalogue. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
Bruch / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "this coupling is an eminently recommendable one." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Symphonies, Ein deutsches Requiem & Concertos Berlin & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Wilhelm Furtwangler, with Yehudi Menuhin, Edwin Fisher, Willi Boskovsky, etc [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler saw "a wild, fantastic and even demonic universe" in the symphonies of Brahms. "Music is not something that is invented and constructed," he wrote, "but something that grows, emerging … directly from the hands of nature." With... |
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. |
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / BARTOK / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / etc
Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wanda Landowska, with Robert Merrill, Theodore Saidenberg / Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Antal Dorati [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings, a 6-CD set bringing together legendary early recordings by this violin legend. Gems from this set include the first ever releases in any format of two previously unpublished items. |
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... |
MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / MAHLER / etc
Idil Biret Best of Chamber Music - With Selections from the Complete Studio Recordings Idil Biret (piano), with Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Borusan Quartet; London String Quartet [ Naxos Idil Biret Archive / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] From the age of 16, Idil Biret played as a soloist with the most distinguished orchestras in the world including the London Symphony, the Philharmonia, the London Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, and many others. |
HAYDN / BEETHOVEN
Scottish Folk Song Arrangements / English Songs Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), with Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm, Ross Pople, Robert Spencer & others [ Testament / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "'A Pageant of English Song' was Baker's first solo LP for EMI. Side 1, in which she's accompanied by Martin Isepp and Robert Spencer, is reissued on this CD. (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |