The Menuhin Century - The Historic Recordings

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The Menuhin Century - The Historic Recordings
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) with Stephane Grappelli & others

[ Warner Classics The Menuhin Century / 18 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Wednesday 6 April 2016

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This box illustrates Menuhin's historic role as a musician through recordings such as: the legendary Elgar Violin Concerto with the composer conducting; historical concerts, such as the re-opening of the Opéra de Paris two months after Paris liberation; Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Bartók with Wilhelm Furtwängler; the Bach Double Concerto with David Oistrakh, and works composed for Menuhin by Bloch, Bartók and many others.

Tracks:

Bach:
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Bartók:
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 (arr. Székely for violin & piano)
Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112
Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117
Violin Sonata No. 1, BB 84, Sz. 75
Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76

Beethoven:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (2 recordings)
Romances Nos. 1 & 2 for violin and orchestra

Ben-Haim:
Sonata in G minor for solo violin, Op. 44

Berkeley, L:
Violin Concerto, Op. 59

Berlin, I:
Cheek to cheek

Bloch, E:
Nigun (Baal Shem No. 2)
Abodah
Suite for solo violin No. 1
Suite for solo violin No. 2

Brahms:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Chausson:
Poème for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25

Debussy:
Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
arr. Hartmann

Dvorak:
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Elgar:
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Finney:
Fantasy for solo violin

Gade, J:
Jealousy

Gershwin:
A Fine Romance (from Swing Time)
Love Is Here to Stay
Errol
Oh, Lady Be Good!
's Wonderful
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
The Man I Love

Grappelli:
Billy
Aurore
Jermyn Street
Coucou

Harris, Max:
Viva Vivaldi
Air on a Shoestring

Harris, Roy:
Violin Sonata

Kern:
Pick Yourself Up

Kreisler:
Slavonic Dance in E minor
Caprice Viennois, Op. 2

Lalo:
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21

Martin, F:
Polyptique
Ballade for Viola, Wind Orchestra and Percussion

McHugh:
I can't believe that you're in love with me

Mendelssohn:
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (2 recordings)

Mozart:
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, KV 271a
Violin Concerto in D major 'Adelaide', KAnh.294a
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218

Novácek, O:
Perpetuum mobile - Concert Caprice Op. 5 No. 4

Paganini:
Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 6 in G minor

Panufnik, A:
Violin Concerto

Porter, C:
Night and Day

Rodgers, R:
The Blue Room
Lady is a Tramp (from Babes in Arms)

Rouget de Lisle:
La Marseillaise

Saint-Saëns:
Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

Sarasate:
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

Schumann:
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23

Somers:
Music for Solo Violin

Strachey:
These Foolish Things

Tchaikovsky:
Sérénade Mélancolique for Violin & Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26 (2 recordings)

Traditional:
Prabhati (based on Raga Gunkali)
Raga Puriya Kalyan
Swara-Kakali (based on Raga Tilang)
Raga Piloo
Raga Ananda Bhairava
Tenderness
Twilight Mood

Walton:
Violin Sonata
Violin Concerto
Viola Concerto

Wieniawski:
Légende in G minor, Op. 17
Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16

Williamson:
Violin Concerto

Youmans:
Tea for Two