Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings Yehudi Menuhin

• 1 I. Allegro non troppo 07:29
• 2 II. Scherzando - Allegro molto 04:05
• 3 III. Intermezzo - Allegretto non troppo 05:53
• 4 IV. Andante 06:21
• 5 V. Rondo - Allegro 08:02
• 6 I. Vorspiel - Allegro moderato 07:45
• 7 II. Adagio 07:59
• 8 III. Finale - Allegro energico - Presto 06:41
• 9 I. Vorspiel - Allegro moderato 07:52
• 10 II. Adagio 07:46
• 11 III. Finale - Allegro energico - Presto 06:57
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847): Violin Concerto in D Minor, MWV 03
• 12 I. Allegro molto 08:54
• 13 II. Andante 08:28
• 14 III. Allegro 06:04
• Béla Bartók (1881-1945): Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112
• 15 I. Allegro non troppo 15:40
• 16 II. Andante tranquillo 09:31
• 17 III. Allegro molto 11:37
• Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Sz. 75
• 18 I. Allegro appassionato 11:49
• 19 II. Adagio 10:02
• 20 III. Allegro molto 09:09
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Sonata for Harpsichord and Violin No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016
• 21 I. Adagio 06:09
• 22 II. Allegro 03:32
• 23 III. Adagio ma non tanto 06:06
• 24 IV. Allegro 04:13
• Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
• 25 Salut d'amour, Op. 12 02:33
• Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
• 26 La fille aux cheveux de lin 02:30
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• 27 Orchestral Suite in D Major No. 3, BWV 1068: II. Air 03:30
• Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
• 28 Ave Maria, D. 839 04:52
• Violin Sonata in D Major, D. 384, Op. 137/1
• 29 I. Allegro molto 03:56
• 30 II. Andante 03:57
• 31 III. Allegro vivace 03:40
• 32 I. Allegro moderato 07:24
• 33 II. Scherzo - Presto 03:24
• 34 III. Andantino 03:32
• 35 IV. Allegro vivace 04:27
• 36 6 Songs, Op. 4, No. 3: In the Silence of the Secret Night 02:49
• 37 Xerxes, HWV 40, Act I: May the Fates be Kind Ombra mai fu 03:42
• 38 I. Allegro 06:44
• 39 II. Adagio molto espressivo 05:47
• 40 III. Scherzo - Allegro molto 01:02
• 41 IV. Rondo - Allegro ma non troppo 05:54
• 42 I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto 10:53
• 43 II. Andante con variazioni 13:51
• 44 III. Finale - Presto 05:56
• 45 Hungarian Dance No. 4 in B Minor, WoO 1/4 03:32
• 46 La Capricciosa 02:32
• 47 Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in G Major, Op. 1/1: Allegro 02:46
• 48 16th Century Melody: La Romanesca 03:39
• 49 Sierra Morena 04:34
• 50 Scotch Pastorale, Op. 130/2 03:49
• 51 Te Deum in D, HWV 283 Dettingen: Prayer 04:09
• 52 Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Chassidic Life: II. Nigun (Improvisation) 06:26
• 53 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: II. Adagio 04:33
• 54 I. Sarabande 01:53
• 55 II. Tambourin 02:38
• 56 Chant d'Espagne 03:47
• 57 La canción del olvido 01:58
• 58 Duo Concertant for 2 Violins in D Major, Op. 67/2: III. Rondo - Vivace 01:28
• 59 Scherzo-Tarantelle in G Minor, Op. 16 04:09
• 60 Slavonic Dance in D Major, Op. 46, No. 6 03:56
• 61 Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 03:30
• Total Runtime 05:47:46

Info for Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings

Yehudi Menuhin gehörte zu den größten Geigenvirtuosen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Rechtzeitig zu seinem 100. Geburtstag am 22. April 2016 veröffentlicht Sony Classical Menuhins kompletten Einspielungen für das Label American Victor auf insgesamt 6 Alben.

Zu den legendären frühen Aufnahmen dieser Edition zählen unter anderem die bisher unveröffentlichten Einspielungen der Frühlingssonate und der Kreutzer-Sonate von Ludwig van Beethoven, bei denen Menuhin von seiner Schwester Hephzibah begleitet wird. Darüber hinaus sind erstmals die großen Violinkonzerte von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy sowie von Max Bruch und Bela Bartók auf HighResAudio verfügbar.

Als Bonus enthält diese Edition die ersten Aufnahmen Menuhins überhaut! Der damals 11 jährige spielte beliebte Zugaben zusammen mit seinem Lehrer Louis Persinger am Klavier

Yehudi Menuhin, Violine
Pierre Monteux, Dirigent
Charles Munch, Dirigent
Antal Dorati, Dirigent

Digitally remastered

Yehudi Menuhin
Lasting for nearly 70 years, Lord Menuhin's contract with EMI was the longest in the history of the music industry. In November 1929, at the age of 13, he made his first recordings for the Company in London, and he made his last recording shortly before his death in 1999, when he conducted the Sinfonia Varsovia in Beethoven's Piano Concertos with François-René Duchâble as the soloist.

In total Menuhin recorded over 300 works for EMI as both violinist and conductor. Menuhin's range was unique, including all of the main classical works for violin as well as collaborations with Stéphane Grappelli and Ravi Shankar.

Throughout his life Menuhin was concerned with education and humanitarian causes. He always made a point of putting these concerns into practical action, which included the founding in 1963 of the Yehudi Menuhin School at Stoke d'Abernon in Surrey, a boarding school for young talented musicians whose ex-pupils include Nigel Kennedy. In 1977 he also founded the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland for young graduate string players.

In 1977 he founded Live Music Now, a charity which encourages young musicians to perform in hospitals, churches, schools and prisons. Lord Menuhin was also patron of the Music Sound Foundation, an independent charity set up by EMI to mark its centenary in 1997.

During World War II Menuhin gave more than 500 concerts for the Armed Forces. When hostilities ceased, he continued to give concerts for displaced persons around Europe and saw for himself the horrors of the concentration camps, an experience that moved him greatly. In recognition of his musical and humanitarian achievements he was awarded many international honours including the Legion d'Honneur and the Croix de Lorraine from France; the Order of Merit from Germany; the Ordre Leopold and Ordre de la Couronne from Belgium. In 1960 Menuhin received the Nehru Peace Prize for International Understanding from the Prime Minister of India. Other honours include the Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal and the Cobbett Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

In 1965 he was given an honorary knighthood (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II (which became a formal knighthood in 1985 when he was granted honorary British citizenship) and in 1987 he became a member of the highly select Order of Merit (OM). In 1993 he was awarded a Life Peerage, becoming Lord Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon. He was an honorary doctor of twenty universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews; he was a Freeman of the Cities of Edinburgh, Bath, Reims and Warsaw and was the holder of the Gold Medals of the Cities of Paris, New York and Jerusalem. In 1992 he was honoured with the title of Ambassador of Goodwill to Unesco.

Active right up to the very end of his life, Lord Menuhin died on 12 March 1999 in Berlin, where he was to have conducted a concert.

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