The Menuhin Century: The Historic Recordings

~ Release by Yehudi Menuhin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

An 18-CD collection of Yehudi Menuhin's historically significant recordings.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Elgar: Concerto / La Capricieuse

2▶CD: Bach: Sonata no. 1 / Partitas nos. 1 & 2

3▶CD: Bach: Sonatas nos. 2 & 3 / Partita no. 3 / Concerto, BWV 1041

4▶CD: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Bach / Dvořák / Paganini / Wieniawski

5▶CD: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Mozart: Concertos

6▶CD: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Mendelssohn / Lalo / Chausson

7▶CD: Schumann: Concerto / Mozart: Concerto, K. 281 / Liberation of Paris Concert, 1944 / 1st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1949

8▶CD: Menuhin in Moscow, 1945: Bach: Double Concerto with David Oistrakh / Saint-Saëns / Wieniawski / Sarasate / Tchaikovsky / Dvořák / Kreisler / Bartók

9▶CD: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Concertos: Beethoven / Mendelssohn

10▶CD: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Concertos: Brahms / Bartók (no. 2)

11▶CD: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Beethoven: Concerto / Romances

12▶CD: Bartók: Sonatas

13▶CD: Walton: Sonata / Concertos (violin, viola)

14▶CD: Martin: Polyptyque / Ballade / Harris: Sonata

15▶CD: Concertos: Berkeley / Williamson / Panufnik

16▼CD: Bloch: Abodah / Suites / Finney: Fantasy / Somers: Solo Violin / Ben-Haim: Sonata
#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Abodah piano: Hendrik Endt (on 1939-03-14) violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1939-03-14) balance engineer: Edward Fowler recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1939-03-14) recording of: Abodah (A Yom Kippur Melody) (on 1939-03-14) composer: Ernest Bloch (in 1928)	Ernest Bloch	5:05
2	Suite no. 1 for solo violin: Prelude producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin: I. Prelude composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	2:56
3	Suite no. 1 for solo violin: Andante tranquillo producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin: II. Andante tranquillo composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	2:53
4	Suite no. 1 for solo violin: Allegro - Andante producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin: III. Allegro - Andante composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	2:54
5	Suite no. 1 for solo violin: Allegro energico producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin: IV. Allegro energico composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 1 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	1:58
6	Suite no. 2 for solo violin: Energico, deciso producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin: I. Energico, deciso composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	3:03
7	Suite no. 2 for solo violin: Moderato producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin: II. Moderato composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	2:44
8	Suite no. 2 for solo violin: Andante producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin: III. Andante composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	2:32
9	Suite no. 2 for solo violin: Allegro molto producer: John Mordler violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) balance engineer: Neville Boyling and Robert Gooch recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1974-01-04, on 1974-02-15, on 1975-04-16) recording of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin: IV. Allegro molto composer: Ernest Bloch part of: Suite no. 2 for Solo Violin	Ernest Bloch	3:01
10	Fantasy for solo violin: I. Statement and Variation violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1958-06-28) recorded at: Expo 58 recording of: Fantasy for Solo Violin: I. Statement and Variation (on 1958-06-28) composer: Ross Lee Finney part of: Fantasy for Solo Violin	Ross Lee Finney	10:46
11	Fantasy for solo violin: II. Development and Conclusion violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1958-06-28) recorded at: Expo 58 recording of: Fantasy for Solo Violin: II. Development and Conclusion (on 1958-06-28) composer: Ross Lee Finney part of: Fantasy for Solo Violin	Ross Lee Finney	7:31
12	Music for solo violin recording engineer: Gilles Vaudeville producer: Richard Coulter, Edward Farrant and Monique Grenier violin: Yehudi Menuhin (on 1974-04-27) recorded at: Guelph Spring Festival 1974 recording of: Music for Solo Violin (on 1974-04-27) composer: Harry Somers (in 1974)	Harry Somers	21:27
13	Sonata in G for solo violin: I. Allegro energico violin: Yehudi Menuhin recorded at: EMI Studios in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany recording of: Sonata for Solo Violin in G, op. 44: I. Allegro energico composer: Paul Ben-Haim (in 1951) part of: Sonata for Solo Violin in G, op. 44	Paul Ben-Haim	4:56
14	Sonata in G for solo violin: II. Lento e sotto voce violin: Yehudi Menuhin recorded at: EMI Studios in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany recording of: Sonata for Solo Violin in G, op. 44: II. Lento e sotto voce composer: Paul Ben-Haim (in 1951) part of: Sonata for Solo Violin in G, op. 44	Paul Ben-Haim	4:39
15	Sonata in G for solo violin: III. Molto allegro violin: Yehudi Menuhin recorded at: EMI Studios in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany recording of: Sonata for Solo Violin in G, op. 44: III. Molto allegro composer: Paul Ben-Haim (in 1951) part of: Sonata for Solo Violin in G, op. 44	Paul Ben-Haim	3:15

17▶CD: “West meets East” with Ravi Shankar

18▶CD: “Jealousy” with Stéphane Grappelli

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