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Bath Festival Orchestra

Band, GB
Classical
A.k.a. Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Orchestra, that was founded 1959 in Bath, England & formed by Yehudi Menuhin as the resident symphonic ensemble at an international music festival held every spring in Bath Abbey, Wells & Bristol. In 1968 Menuhin resigned as artistic director of the festival, took the orchestra with him and renaming it as the Menuhin Festival Orchestra

     
Popular Tracks   
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Gigue on Handel: Water Music/Sonatas etc. by George Frideric Handel, Yehudi Menuhin & Bath Festival Orchestra
Bach, JS: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto on Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046 - 1051 & Violin Concertos, BWV 1042 - 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin
Bach, JS: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: I. — on Bach: Double Concerto & Violin Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra & Christian Ferras
Bach, JS: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D Minor, BWV 1060R: II. Adagio on Bach: Orchestral Suites & Other Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, Bath Festival Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 3, HWV 350: I. Lento (Ed. Boyling) on Handel: Water Music/Sonatas etc. by George Frideric Handel, Yehudi Menuhin & Bath Festival Orchestra
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act III: Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
Handel: Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: III. Larghetto e piano on Handel: Water Music/Sonatas etc. by George Frideric Handel, Yehudi Menuhin & Bath Festival Orchestra
Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau on Essential Baroque by Various Artists
Bach, JS: Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044: I. Allegro on Bach: Orchestral Suites and Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach & Yehudi Menuhin
Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1043: Second movement: Largo ma non tanto (opening) on Classical Heartbreakers by Various Artists

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Solo Cantatas & AriasJohann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel / Janet Baker, Bath Festival Orchestra, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Neville Marriner, Raymond Leppard2007Album
Sérénades / DivertimentiWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker2007Compil.
Double Concerto Pour Violon Et Hautbois, Triple Concerto Pour Violon, Flûte Et ClavecinJohann Sebastian Bach - Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Leon Goossens, William Bennett, George Malcolm2005Album
Orchestral Suites • ConcertosJohann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra Of London2001Album
Water Music • 2 Concerti Grossi • 6 SonatasGeorg Friedrich Händel - Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm, Ambrose Gauntlett1999Compil.
The Four Orchestral SuitesJohann Sebastian Bach, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1996Album
Brandenburgse Concerten 1,2 En 3 - De Thuisconcerten, Schoonheid in Klassiek 1Johann Sebastian Bach, Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin1995Album
Die Schönsten SerenadenWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehan, Consortium Musicum, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1991Album
Concertos Pour Violon En La Mineur Et En Mi Majeur - Concerto Pour Deux Violons En Ré Mineur - Concerto pour violon, hautbois et orchestre en Ré mineurJohann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1991Album
Suites Pour Orchestre = Orchestral Suites = Orchester-Suiten / L'Offrande Musicale = Musical Offering = Musikalisches OpferJohann Sebastian Bach - Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1991Compil.
De Meesterwerken. 22 • Vioolconcerten in a & E • DubbelconcertYehudi Menuhin Sir Yehudi Menuhin Johann Sebastian Bach, Christian Ferras, Bath Festival Orchestra1990Album
Orchestersuiten No. 1-3Johann Sebastian Bach - Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1990Album
Brandenburgse Concerten Nos 4,5 & 6Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1990Album
Matinées Musicales / Soirées Musicales / Variations On A Theme Of Frank BridgeBenjamin Britten, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Irving / Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1990Album
Orkestsuites nrs 2 en 3 / Brandenburgse Concerten nrs 1, 3 en 4Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1989Album
Violinkonzerte No. 1 - 3Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1989Album
Violinkonzerte Nr. 4 & 5Yehudi Menuhin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bath Festival Orchestra1988Album
Concertos Brandebourgeois . Brandenburg Convertos . Brandenburgische KonzerteJohann Sebastian Bach, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1988Album
Violinkonzerte Nr.1 & 6Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bath Festival Orchestra1988Album
WassermusikGeorg Friedrich Händel, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1987Album
Sämtliche ViolinkonzerteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1986Compil.
Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 4-6Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1985Album
Concertos Pour Violon Nº 3 Et 5Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Yehudi Menuhin / Bath Festival Orchestra1985Album
Oboenkonzerte Nr.1-3 / Concerti Grossi Op.6 Nr.10 Und 12Georg Friedrich Händel, Leon Goossens, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1985Album
Suiten Für Orchester Nr.2 & 3Johann Sebastian Bach, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1985Album
Water MusicGeorg Friedrich Händel, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1983Album
Concerto Nos 3 Et 5Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1983Album
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester Nr. 4 D-Dur, KV 218, Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester Nr. 3 G-Dur, KV 216Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1983Album
Divertimenti N° 15 En Si Bemol Majeur KV 287 Et En Ré Majeur KV 196Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1979Album
Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 6Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1978Compil.
Mozart's The Abduction From The Seraglio (Sung In English)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, Jenifer Eddy, John Fryatt, Noel Mangin, Bath Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers1978Album
Viooolconcert Nr 3 In G, KV 216 / Sinfonia Concertante In Es, KV 364Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Barshai, Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra, Bath Festival Orchestra1976Album
J. S. Bach, Brandenburg Concertos 3 & 6, Orchesteal Suite 2Bath Festival Orchestra1975Album
The Water MusicGeorg Friedrich Händel, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1974Album
The Organ Concertos (Complete)Georg Friedrich Händel, Simon Preston, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Menuhin Festival Orchestra1972Album
Sinfonie Nr.5 B-Dur 485, Sinfonie Nr.6 C-Dur 589Bath Festival Orchestra ,Yehudi Menuhin Franz Schubert1969Album
Symphony No. 2 In B Flat / Symphony No. 6 ("Little C Major")Franz Schubert, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1968Album
The Abduction From The Seraglio Sung In EnglishWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mattiwilda Dobbs / Nicolai Gedda / Jenifer Eddy / Noel Mangin / John Fryatt / The Ambrosian Singers / Bath Festival Orchestra Conducted By Yehudi Menuhin1968Album
Music For The ArchbishopWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1967Album
Concerti Grossi, Opus 6 (No. 7 In B Flat, 8 In C Minor, 9 In F, 11 In A)Georg Friedrich Händel – Yehudi Menuhin And The Bath Festival Orchestra1967Album
Symphonies Nos. 26,44 & 48Joseph Haydn, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1967Album
Concerti Grossi, Opus 6Georg Friedrich Händel – Yehudi Menuhin And The Bath Festival Orchestra1967Album
Konzert Für 4 Violinen Und Streichorchester H-moll / Konzert Für Violine, Oboe Und Streichorchester D-moll BWV 1060 / Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester G-dur KV 216Antonio Vivaldi / Johann Sebastian Bach / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1967Album
Suiten für Orchester Nr. 3 / 4Johann Sebastian Bach - Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1967Album
Italian Baroque MusicClaudio Monteverdi / Francesco Cavalli - Heather Harper, Gerald English, Hugues Cuénod, Bath Festival Orchestra Directed By Raymond Leppard1967Album
Bach CantatasJohann Sebastian Bach, Janet Baker, Bath Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin1967Album
Piano Concerto No. 19 In F, K.459 Concerto No. 14 in E Flat, K.449Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hephzibah Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1966Album
Twentieth Century Classics For StringsIgor Stravinsky / Béla Bartók / Paul Hindemith, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1966Album
Harpsichord Concerto In D Minor / Triple Concerto In A MinorCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Johann Sebastian Bach - Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm, William Bennett & Bath Festival Orchestra1966Album
A Purcell Anthology Volume 2 - Music For The TheatreHenry Purcell, Yehudi Menuhin, Joan Carlyle, Bath Festival Orchestra1966Album
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge / Concerto For Double String OrchestraYehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten / Sir Michael Tippett / Moscow Chamber Orchestra1965Album
Concerto Nº 7 Para Violino E Orquestra / Concertone Para 2 Violinos E OrquestraWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1965Album
Haffner SerenadeWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1965Album
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge / Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli / Concerto Grosso In F, Op. 6 No. 2Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten / Sir Michael Tippett / Arcangelo Corelli1965Album
Concerti Grossi Op. 6Georg Friedrich Händel – Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1964Album
Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos 1,2 &3Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1964Album
Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1964Album
Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos 4,5 & 6Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1964Album
Mozart Symphony No 29 And Haydn Symphony No 49Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1964Album
Water Music (Complete)Georg Friedrich Händel, Bath Festival Orchestra Conducted By Yehudi Menuhin1964Album
Concerti Grossi Op. 6Georg Friedrich Händel – Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1964Album
The Twelve Concerti Grossi Op. 6Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Georg Friedrich Händel1964Album
Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1964Album
Mozart Violin Concertos No. 4 in D Major. K.218 No. 6 in D Major, K271aWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra1963Album
BachYehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival OrchestraAlbum
Handel WatermusicYehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival OrchestraAlbum
L'Offrande MusicaleYehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Johann Sebastian BachAlbum
The Musical OfferingYehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Johann Sebastian BachAlbum
Sinfonie Nr. 45 "Abschieds-Sinfonie / Sinfonie Nr. 49 "La Passione"Joseph Haydn, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival OrchestraAlbum
Violinkonzerte Nr. 2 & 3Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival OrchestraAlbum
Menuhin Spielt Mozart - Violinkonzerte 3-5 / Sinfonia Concertante KV 364Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Barshai, Bath Festival OrchestraAlbum
Water MusicGeorg Friedrich Händel, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi MenuhinAlbum
Concert No.3 In G ~ KV 216Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin And Bath Festival OrchestraAlbum
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