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Yehudi Menuhin
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2001 ] |
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Yehudi Menuhin
Mendelssohn/Bruch:violin Concs [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] |
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Yehudi Menuhin
Young Menuhin Vol. 1 [ Testament / CD ] |
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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... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Great Violin Concertos [3 CD set] Yehudi Menuhin (violin) [ Regis Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2013 ] Yehudi Menuhin was one of the finest violinists of the 20th Century and his artistry is showcased in this 3-CD set of The Great Violin Concertos - concertos by Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Elgar. 3 CDs for the price of 2 |
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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... |
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DVORAK / MOZART
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' / Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 "Turkish" BLU-RAY Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "an electrifying performance by a rejuvenated Berlin Philharmonic at the peak of its powers; it is also a visually stunning record of a masterclass in virtuoso conducting." (Gramophone) |
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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. |
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BEETHOVEN / FRANCK / LEKEU
Beethoven / Franck / Lekeu - Violin Sonatas Yehudi Menuhin, violin / Hephzibah Menuhin, piano [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] Collectors always have a soft spot for gramophone premières. Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin were the first to record the large-scale Sonata in G major by the tragic Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu (1870-94), who died a day after his 24th birthday, and... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms/Schumann: Violin Sonatas (Menuhin) (1934-1940) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
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BACH / ENESCU / PIZZETTI
Violin Sonatas Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] Throughout his career the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin sought out new music to perform, often commissioning works from composers, and among those who wrote for him were Béla Bartók, Lennox Berkeley, Ernest Bloch, Frank Martin and William Walton.... |
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BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas (with Schubert-Rondo) (Rec 1934-1938) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Good duo playing depends on an intuitive understanding between the partners, which comes only after intensive study together. Of course it helps if the two musicians live in the same house and can work whenever they feel like it. |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3 (with Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1 (recorded 1934-1952) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult / George Enescu / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 12/Jan/2007 ] Not often does a recording change the public perception of a piece of music and its composer, but it happened when the 18-year-old Yehudi Menuhin set down this recording of Paganini’s First Concerto in Paris in May 1934. |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concertos; Viola Concerto; Violin Rhapsody Nos. 1 & 2; etc Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Nell Gotkovsky (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Antal Dorati; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Welcome to Gemini, the new two-for-the-price-of-one series from EMI Classics: 'Two CDs in perfect harmony for the price of one CD' |
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MENDELSSOHN / LALO
Violin Concerto / Symphonie Espagnole (with Chausson: Poeme) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre des Concerts Colonne [ Naxos Historic Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
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BARTOK
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Violin Sonata No. 1 (recorded 1947 & 1953) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler, with Adolph Baller, piano [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Yehudi Menuhin commissioned and gave the first performance of Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin and was an influential advocate of his music. This 1947 recording of the First Violin Sonata finds Menuhin in particularly intense and vivid form, his... |
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SCHUMANN / DVORAK
Violin Concertos (recorded 1936 & 1938) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] "Rarely performed or recorded, this concerto nonetheless is stirring and evocative of Schumann's broader orchestral writing" Classics Today |
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W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 3) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Furtwängler's commercial legacy wasn't huge so collectors will welcome this latest instalment with alacrity" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas (Rec 1929-47) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) with Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) [ Naxos Historic Great Violinists / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] This release covers almost two decades of Yehudi Menuhin's career as a chamber musician. It also charts the progress, over some fourteen years, of his duo with his younger sister Hephzibah, from their earliest recording together, made in Paris more... |
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ELGAR
Cello Concerto / Nursery Suite / Chanson du matin Yoohong Lee (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yehudi menuhin (cond) [ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] The world's largest-ever classical recording contract with one of the most outstanding orchestras, was begun in September 1993 and has been built into a collection of over 150 albums of the world's best classical music. |