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Notes and Editorial ReviewsIn these fifty-one CDs - the fifty first consists of spoken recollections and musical illustrations
- we have enshrined over fifty years of music-making from one of the most beloved musical
figures of the twentieth century. I can only briefly touch on what’s here and have only
sampled this set, though I have listened to something from each disc, even if only a couple
of tracks.
The first discs are given over to Bach. Menuhin starts the whole box, somewhat
unexpectedly perhaps in the circumstances, as conductor of the Bath Festival Chamber
Orchestra in the Second, Third and Fifth Brandenburg Concertos. Since the set is often
duplicatory we have the enviable pleasure of comparing and contrasting performances; the
Bach Double for instance with Ferras is here and elsewhere we find the famed Menuhin-
Enescu. But there is also slightly less familiar fare - the de los Angeles contributions to two
cantatas for instance. Naturally the ravishing violin and oboe concerto with Goossens takes
its assured place at the end of disc two. The Bach violin concertos are heard in the 1958
stereos and the pre-war Enescu directed performances but the sonatas and partitas are the
pre-war versions. The later remakes are not included and there is a case for preferring them
in a number of interpretative respects.
Discs seven and eight are given over to Bartók. The Sz36 Concerto (No.1), No.2 and the
Viola Concerto - edited by Serly of course - are directed by Dorati. Interesting to hear his
viola playing, as it is later in the set in Harold in Italy when directed by Colin Davis. The solo
sonata recordings date from 1947 and 1957 and there are - usefully - six duos for two violins
where he is partnered by that considerable player Nell Gotkovsky; elsewhere incidentally we
have Spohr duos with Gioconda de Vito.
There are three performances of the Beethoven Violin Concerto - Furtwängler, Silvestri, and
Menuhin’s self-directed 1971 effort, in descending order of significance. The pre-war
Hephzibah Menuhin Kreutzer sonata is here, and splendid it is, along with the Brahms
Op.108 sonata, but for the cycle of Beethoven sonatas we have the Louis Kentner set from
1952. Kentner was Menuhin’s brother-in-law and they make a congenial pairing. Menuhin’s
vibrato is sometimes alarmingly wide though and his intonation suspect. The story of
Menuhin’s post war decline is often trotted out but it tends to be done in too absolute a
sense. His 1951 Japanese tour for instance saw playing as magnificent as any in his career -
it’s on Biddulph - and he was still producing many excellent performances into the 1960s
and indeed beyond, if, admittedly, erratically.
The pairing of Berg and Bloch - the former with Boulez, the latter with Kletzki - forms the
spine of disc sixteen. Neither is perfect but both are examples of his commitment to the
music of his time. So too is the disc that gives us the Berkeley, Panufnik and Williamson
concertos - the last in particular is a powerful work that really shouldn’t languish as it has.
From 1974 comes the haunting and magnificent Frank Martin Polyptyque in a recording of
great value
Brahms obviously looms large - the concerto with Furtwängler (Lucerne, 1949) and with
Kempe (Berlin, 1957) and the Double with Tortelier in 1984, which is when I heard them play
it in concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The sextets are powerful, and sport an elite
corpus of colleagues. French music is nicely represented in disc twenty two. You may not
have caught the Chausson Concert with Kentner and the Pascal Quartet - the latter adding
evocative Gallic strength. The Poulenc sonata with Février is thin toned.
British music is well represented. The august Elgar-directed B minor Concerto obviously
holds sway - the Boult stereo remake is not here. VW’s Concerto Academico, this time with
Boult, is here. In a parallel sonata disc Elgar’s sonata gets a disappointing reading but VW’s
sonata, recorded at the same time, is better and Walton’s sonata with Kentner from 1950
vastly better still. The 1968-69 Walton violin and viola concertos with the composer
conducting are also here.
A famous pre-war disc of Enescu’s Sonata No. 3 is balanced by a less well known 1948
Prokofiev First Sonata with Marcel Gazelle. The Franck is with Kentner. In the three Grieg
sonatas he is partnered by Robert Levin in 1957 - he was a fine and longstanding sonata
partner of Menuhin’s American colleague Camilla Wicks. There is a sequence of Handel
sonatas with Ambrose Gauntlett and George Malcolm. The last named had track record on
disc before with these works, having recorded them for Decca with Campoli.
Back to concertos. The Symphonie espagnole is heard with Enescu (1933) and Eugene
Goossens from 1956. Conductorial elegance for Saint-Saëns is provided by Gaston Poulet.
Well known and youthful traversals of the Mendelssohn and Dvo?ák concertos are obviously
here and so too, equally obviously, the Mendelssohn with Furtwängler too - my first CD
purchase - as well as the 1958 Kurtz. We’ve not mentioned Mozart and we must. The Enescu
and Monteux pre-war K216, 271a and 294a are here. With the Bath Festival we have the
cycle of five and with Barshai K364 - a good performance. A supplement arrives in the shape
of K218 from wartime Liverpool with Malcolm Sargent. There are sonatas - or movements
therefrom - with his sisters. A disc is given over entirely to Paganini and another is shared
with virtuoso fare from Vieuxtemps - the Fourth and Fifth concertos, inevitably, with
Susskind and Fistoulari. Whilst his Nielsen concerto is a known and admired quantity some
may not have caught his Sibelius with Boult, who was himself a most convincing Sibelian. It
may not be quite atmospheric enough but there are truly fine things in it.
Gioconda de Vito reappears for 1955 traversals of Purcell, Handel and Viotti in disc forty one
- juxtaposed awkwardly with Vivaldi’s Concerto in D RV210 in a 1982 recording with Jerzy
Maksymiuk and a 1963 disc of Mozart’s Concertone. There’s more Purcell and Corelli and the
Four Seasons later on. It’s good to hear Cassadó and Kentner in Ravel’s Trio though once
again Menuhin is less persuasive tonally in the Debussy sonata with Février. There are
Schubert trios (Gendron, and Hephzibah Menuhin) and Alan Civil in the Brahms Horn Trio.
The Sarasate and Kreisler disc derives from pre-war sessions - all canonic and brilliant -
whilst there are also the Grappelli recordings to consider, which are more of an acquired
taste. The last disc - phew, we’ve made it - consists of extracts from a talk made in 1995. It’s
all pretty well tilled soil but good to have. Jon Tolansky, who introduces it, gets on my nerves
with an affected pronunciation of Bartók’s surname.
How best can one sum up fifty one discs that contain the greatest of Menuhin’s recordings
and some less well known nuggets? It’s on sale currently with an on-line British seller for £93
which is a whack, true, but represents pretty much all you will ever need from the artist -
with the exception of more peripheral things, or things that specialists, connoisseurs or
completists must have. Given the many duplications and the cross-denominational nature of
some performances of Menuhin-the-conductor, it may not be a set for the less committed
Menuhin admirer, to put it mildly. For others I think that there will be enough rarities to
entice.
-- Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International
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Works on This Recording1.Concerto for Violin no 1, Sz 36 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 09/1966
2.Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Austria
Date of Recording: 08/1949
3.Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Society of the Conservatory Concerts Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879-1880; Bohemia
Date of Recording: 02/1936
4.Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1718; ?Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1959
5.Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711-1713; ?Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1959
6.Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720-1721; ?Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1959
7.Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1747; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 11/1960
8.Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 1964
9.Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1714; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 06/1964
10.Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Leon Goossens (Oboe)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 04/1962
11.Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1958
12.Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1958
13.Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 06/1932
14.Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/1936
15.Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/1936
16.Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple
Concerto"by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: William Bennett (Flute), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1730; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 06/1965
17.Concerto for Viola, Sz 120 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Viola)
Conductor: Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1945; USA
Date of Recording: 1965-1966
18.Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no 1, Sz 87 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 02/1968
19.Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no 2, Sz 90 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 02/1968
20.Concerto for Violin no 2, Sz 112 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937-1938; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 1965-1966
21.Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 08/1947
22.Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1953
23.Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: ?1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1953
24.Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1960
25.Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: ?1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1960
26.Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Constantin Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1960
27.Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1971
28.Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1971
29.Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1953
30.Concerto for Violin by Alban Berg
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1968
31.Concerto for Violin, Op. 59 by Lennox Berkeley
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble: Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961
Date of Recording: 04/1971
32.Puttin' on the Ritz: Puttin' on the Ritz by Irving Berlin
Performer: Stéphane Grappelli (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929; USA
Date of Recording: 07/1981
33.Harold en Italie, Op. 16 by Hector Berlioz
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Viola)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834; France
Date of Recording: 10/1962
34.Rêverie et caprice for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8 by Hector Berlioz
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841; France
Date of Recording: 02/1964
35.Concerto for Violin by Ernest Bloch
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937-1938; Switzerland
Date of Recording: 06/1963
36.Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Austria
Date of Recording: 09/1957
37.Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Paul Tortelier (Cello)
Conductor: Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1984
38.Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/1971
39.Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1956
40.Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21 by Ernest
Chausson
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Conductor: None
Orchestra/Ensemble: Pascal String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889-1891; France
Date of Recording: 11/1954
41.Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25 by Ernest Chausson
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; France
Date of Recording: 1933
42.Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61 by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Edward Elgar
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; England
Date of Recording: 07/1932
43.Lady, be Good: Fascinating rhythm by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
44.Strike up the Band: Soon by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
45.Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
46.Damsel in Distress: Nice work if you can get it by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
47.Girl Crazy: Embraceable you by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
48.Show Girl: Liza "All the clouds'll roll away" by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
49.Funny Face: 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
50.Girl Crazy: I got rhythm by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; USA
Date of Recording: 05/1975
51.Funny Face: He loves and she loves by George Gershwin
Performer: Stéphane Grappelli (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; USA
Date of Recording: 07/1981
52.Shall We Dance: They can't take that away from me by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936-1937; USA
Date of Recording: 07/1981
53.Shall We Dance: They all laughed by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936-1937; USA
Date of Recording: 07/1981
54.Funny Face: Funny face by George Gershwin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; USA
Date of Recording: 07/1981
55.Alison by Stéphane Grappelli
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 07/1981
56.Amanda by Stéphane Grappelli
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 07/1981
57.Sonata à cinque for Violin and Strings in B flat major, HWV 288 by George
Frideric Handel
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1706-1707; Italy
Date of Recording: 1968
58.Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H 7a no 1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: by 1769; Eszterhazá, Hungary
Date of Recording: 02/1963
59.Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 by Edouard Lalo
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; France
Date of Recording: 06/1933
60.Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 by Edouard Lalo
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; France
Date of Recording: 09/1956
61.Polyptyque "6 images de la Passion du Christ" by Frank Martin
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Edmond de Stoutz
Orchestra/Ensemble: Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1972-1973; Switzerland
Date of Recording: 09/1974
62.Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/1971
63.Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Colonne Concerts Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/1938
64.Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/1952
65.Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Efrem Kurtz
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/1958
66.Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Written: 1775
Date of Recording: 12/1954
67.Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1935
68.Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Date of Recording: 12/1935
69.Concerto for Violin in D major "Adelaide" by Marius Casadesus
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1931; France
Date of Recording: 05/1934
70.Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 09/1963
71.Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 06/1961
72.Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Written: 1775
Date of Recording: 07/1961
73.Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/1963
74.Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Written: 1775
Date of Recording: 07/1962
75.Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364
(320d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Rudolf Barshai (Viola), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1779; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/1962
76.Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
Orchestra/Ensemble: Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1775
Date of Recording: 03/1943
77.Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Derek Simpson (Cello), Alberto Lysy (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1774; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/1963
78.Concerto for Violin, Op. 33 by Carl Nielsen
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Mogens Wöldike
Orchestra/Ensemble: Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; Denmark
Date of Recording: 09/1952
79.Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6 by Niccolò Paganini
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1817
Date of Recording: 05/1934
80.Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6 by Niccolò Paganini
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1817
Date of Recording: 05/1955
81.Concerto for Violin and Strings by Andrzej Panufnik
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik
Orchestra/Ensemble: Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1971; England
Date of Recording: 01/1975
82.Concerto for Violin no 3 in B minor, Op. 61 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Gaston Poulet
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; France
Date of Recording: 07/1955
83.Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op.
28by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Date of Recording: 09/1957
84.Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Date of Recording: 08/1957
85.Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1905; Finland
Date of Recording: 06/1955
86.Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli by Michael Tippett
Performer: Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Conductor: Michael Tippett
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1953; England
Date of Recording: 10/1964
87.Concerto for Violin in D minor "Concerto accademico" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924-1925; England
Date of Recording: 02/1952
88.Concerto for Violin no 4 in D minor, Op. 31 by Henri Vieuxtemps
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1850
Date of Recording: 05/1951
89.Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry" by Henri Vieuxtemps
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861; Belgium
Date of Recording: 12/1954
90.Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk
Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1982
91.Concertos (4) for Violin, Op. 8 no 1-4 "Four seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1979
92.Concerto for 2 Violins and Cello in D minor, Op. 3 no 11/RV 565 by Antonio
Vivaldi
Performer: Alberto Lysy (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Conductor: Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1985
93.Concerto for 4 Violins in D major, Op. 3 no 1/RV 549 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Lee Mi-Kyung (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Alberto Lysy (Violin),
Hu Kun (Violin)
Conductor: Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1985
94.Concerto for Violin in B flat major, Op. 8 no 10/RV 362 "La caccia" by Antonio
Vivaldi
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk
Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1982
95.Concerto for Violin in B minor by Sir William Walton
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir William Walton
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938-1939; England
Date of Recording: 07/1969
96.Concerto for Viola by Sir William Walton
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir William Walton
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929/1961; England
Date of Recording: 10/1968
97.Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17 by Henri Wieniawski
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Colonne Concerts Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1860; St. Petersburg, Russ
Date of Recording: 05/1938
98.Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17 by Henri Wieniawski
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1860; St. Petersburg, Russ
Date of Recording: 02/1964
99.Concerto for Violin by Malcolm Williamson
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 01/1971
100.Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 1935-1936
101.Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 12/1935
102.Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 12/1935
103.Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 05/1934
104.Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 05/1934
105.Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/1936
106.Romanian Dance(s) by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Hungary
Date of Recording: 04/1964
107.Duets (44) for 2 Violins, Sz 98: Excerpt(s) by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Nell Gotkovsky (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 07/1965
108.Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; USA
Date of Recording: 10/1957
109.Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; USA
Date of Recording: 06/1947
110.La ronde des lutins, Op. 25 by Antonio Bazzini
Performer: Marcel Gazelle (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1847; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1934
111.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Classical
Written: 1802-1803; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1934
112.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1952
113.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12 no 2 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1952
114.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1952
115.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 6 in A major, Op. 30 no 1 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1954
116.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 7 in C minor, Op. 30 no 2 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1955
117.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3 by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria
118.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 96 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1812; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 10/1953
119.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 4 in A minor, Op. 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1954
120.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 09/1953
121.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" by Ludwig van
Beethoven
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1802-1803; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 09/1953
122.Suite for Violin solo no 1 by Ernest Bloch
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1958; USA
Date of Recording: 04/1975
123.Abodah by Ernest Bloch
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Hendrik Endt (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929; USA
Date of Recording: 03/1939
124.Cortège for Violin and Piano by Lili Boulanger
Performer: Clifford Curzon (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1967
125.D'un matin de printemps by Lili Boulanger
Performer: Clifford Curzon (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1967
126.Nocturne for Violin and Piano in F major by Lili Boulanger
Performer: Clifford Curzon (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; France
Date of Recording: 12/1967
127.Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1888; Austria
Date of Recording: 07/1936
128.Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 1 in G minor by Johannes
Brahms
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Marcel Gazelle (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1936
129.Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 4 in F minor by Johannes
Brahms
Performer: Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1936
130.Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 6 in D flat
major by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1934
131.Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 7 in A major by Johannes
Brahms
Performer: Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1936
132.Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 17 in F sharp
minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1936
133.Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Maurice Gendron (Cello), Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Robert Masters (Violin),
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello), Ernst Wallfisch (Viola)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859-1860; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1963
134.Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Maurice Gendron (Cello), Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Robert Masters (Violin),
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello), Ernst Wallfisch (Viola)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864-1865; Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1964
135.Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 12 in D minor by Johannes
Brahms
Performer: Ferguson Webster (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Austria
Date of Recording: 03/1938
136.Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Alan Civil (French Horn), Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Austria
Date of Recording: 07/1966
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