Description
The Menuhin Century – Live Performances And Festival Recordings / Warner Classics 7x Audio CD 2016 Stereo, Mono / 0825646777044
UPC 825646777044
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM KBE (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. He played the Soil Stradivarius, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari.
| Label: | Warner Classics – 0825646777044 |
|---|---|
| Series: | The Menuhin Century |
| Format: |
7 x CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2016 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern |
Tracklist:
| CD1-2 |
Concertos Bach (No. 2) - Brahms - Paganini (No. 1) - Encores | Carnegie Hall, 1940 | 1:59:02 | |
| CD3 | Brahms Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 | Eugene Istomin - Pablo Casals - Prades, 1955 | 1:01:52 | |
| CD4 | Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 | Eugene Istomin - Pablo Casals - Prades, 1955 / Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 | Mieczyslaw Horszowski - Pablo Casals - Prades, 1956 / Mozart Sonata, K376 | Mieczyslaw Horszowski - Prades, 1956 | 1:03:38 | |
| CD5 | Partos Concerto | Gary Bertini - Tel Aviv, 1964 / Bach Concerto, BWV 1052R | Edmond de Stoutz - Ascona, 1972 | 57:30 | |
| CD6 | Britten Concerto | Istvan Kertesz - Edinburgh, 1968 / Ravel Sonato for violin and cello | Maurice Gendron - Paris, 1971 / Paganini Di tanti palpiti - Szymanowski Dryades et Pan | Brussels, 1958 | 1:07:38 | |
| CD7 | Stravinsky - Hindemuth - Bartok - Corelli - Tippett | Bath Festival Orchestra, 1964-1965 | 1:21:18 |
- Design – WLP Ltd.
- Liner Notes [English Translation] – Hattie Spence, Susannah Howe
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Cornelia Geiser
- Photography – EMI Archive, Warner Music Archives
- Photography By – Angus McBean, David Farrell (3), Douglas Lander, Gerhard Kowalewsky, Hansa-Bild, Houston Rogers, John Dove (2), Reg Wilson
- Remastered By – Christophe Hénault, Pierre Brousses
- Supervised By [Reissue Superviser], Liner Notes – Bruno Monsaingeon
- Violin – Yehudi Menuhin
