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Yehudi Menuhin
The Historic Recordings
Album US 2016 on Warner Classics label
(Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern)
Yehudi Menuhin plays the violin on all tracks excepting if he is not credited otherwise. © 2016 Parlophone Records Ltd., a Warner Music Group company. An 82-page digital booklet included with liner notes in French, English and German, and an Index of the musical works included in the whole 950-file digital Menuhin Century Edition (catalog number 0825646207961).
Musicians
 | Yehudi Menuhin vn, 1916-1999 GB violin, album by, narrator, viola |
 | Hattie Spence , liner notes, english translation |
 | Susannah Howe , liner notes, english translation |
 | Cornelia Geiser , liner notes, german translation |
 | Sir Edward Elgar vc, vn, 1857-1934 GB conductor, composed by |
 | The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Gerald Moore p, 1899-1987 GB piano |
 | George Enescu vn, 1881-1955 RO conductor, violin, arranged by, for 2 violins, conductor, cadenza |
 | Orchestre Symphonique De Paris , FR orchestra |
 | Pierre Monteux vn, vl, 1875-1964 FR conductor |
 | Orchestre Du Conservatoire de Paris , orchestra |
 | L'Orchestre de I'Association des Concert Colonne , orchestra |
 | Sam Franko vn, 1857-1937 US cadenza |
 | Paul Hindemith p, vl, 1895-1963 DE cadenza |
 | Sir John Barbirolli vc, 1899-1970 GB conductor |
 | The New York Philharmonic Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Sir Malcolm Sargent p, 1895-1967 GB conductor |
 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra , GB orchestra |
 | Monique Berger , narrator |
 | Charles Munch vn, *1891 FR conductor |
 | Alexander Orlov , RU conductor |
 | Russian State Symphony Orchestra , US orchestra |
 | Абрам Макаров p, piano |
 | Fritz Kreisler vn, 1875-1962 AT arranged by, composed by, cadenza |
 | Wilhelm Furtwängler p, 1886-1954 DE conductor |
 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Berliner Philharmoniker , DE orchestra |
 | Philharmonia Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Jeremy Menuhin p, *1951 GB piano |
 | Louis Kentner p, 1905-1987 GB piano |
 | Sir William Walton , 1902-1983 GB conductor, composed by |
 | New Philharmonia Orchestra , GB orchestra |
 | Edmond De Stoutz , 1920-1997 conductor |
 | Menuhin Festival Orchestra , *1969 orchestra |
 | Zürcher Kammerorchester , CH orchestra |
 | Michael Dobson ob, org, GB conductor |
 | Unknown Artist , piano |
 | Sir Adrian Boult , 1889-1983 GB conductor |
 | The London Philharmonic Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Andrzej Panufnik p, 1914-1991 PL composed by, conductor |
| Hendrik Endt , piano |
 | Ravi Shankar sit, 1920-2012 IN sitar |
 | Alla Rakha tab, 1919-2000 IN tabla |
 | Amiya Das Gupta , tambura |
 | Ken Baldock b, 1932-2010 US double bass |
 | Lennie Bush b, 1927-2004 GB double bass |
 | Pierre Michelot b, cb, 1928-2005 FR double bass |
 | Chris Karan dr, perc, *1939 AU drums |
 | Ronnie Verrell dr, 1926-2002 GB drums |
 | Tony Crombie dr, 1925-1999 GB drums |
| Ike Issacs , guitar |
 | Jan Blok g, guitar |
 | John Etheridge eg, acg, g, *1948 GB guitar |
 | Laurie Holloway p, key, *1938 GB keyboards |
 | Alan Clare p, 1921-1993 GB piano |
 | Max Harris p, 1918-2004 GB piano, written by |
 | Stéphane Grappelli vn, 1908-1997 FR violin, written by |
Producers
| WLP Ltd. design, cover design |
| Bruno Monsaingeon liner notes, supervised by, reissue superviser |
| EMI Archive photography |
| Warner Music Archives photography |
| Angus McBean photography by |
| David Farrell photography by |
| Douglas Lander photography by |
| Gerhard Kowalewsky photography by |
| Hansa photography by |
| Houston Rogers photography by |
| John Dove photography by |
| Reg Wilson photography by |
| Christophe Hénault remastered by |
| Pierre Brousses remastered by |
| Yehudi Menuhin score editor |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op. 61 | Yehudi Menuhin | Sir Edward Elgar | 49:54 |
| 2 | La Capricieuse, Op. 17 | Yehudi Menuhin | Sir Edward Elgar | 3:53 |
| 3 | Sonata For Solo Violin No. 1 In G Minor, BWV1001 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 16:34 |
| 4 | Partita For Solo Violin No. 1 In B Minor, BWV1002 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 29:36 |
| 5 | Partita For Solo Violin No. 2 In D Minor, BWV1004 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 28:58 |
| 6 | Sonata For Solo Violin No. 2 In A Minor, BWV1003 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 21:06 |
| 7 | Sonata For Solo Violin No. 3 In C Major, BWV1005 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 23:15 |
| 8 | Partita For Solo Violin No. 3 In E Major, BWV1006 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 18:22 |
| 9 | Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, BWV1041 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 16:16 |
| 10 | Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Major, BWV1042 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 18:15 |
| 11 | Yehudi Menuhin In His Own Words | Yehudi Menuhin | 1:17 | |
| 12 | Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, BWV1043 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 15:41 |
| 13 | Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 53 | Yehudi Menuhin | Antonín Dvořák | 30:16 |
| 14 | 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 6 In G Minor | Yehudi Menuhin | Niccolò Paganini | 4:05 |
| 15 | Légende In G Minor, Op. 17 | Yehudi Menuhin | Henryk Wieniawski | 7:17 |
| 16 | Violin Concerto No. 3 In G Major, K216 | Yehudi Menuhin | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 23:54 |
| 17 | Violin Concerto In D Major, K. 271a | Yehudi Menuhin | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 26:35 |
| 18 | Violin Concerto In D Major, K. Anh. 294a, 'Adelaide' | Yehudi Menuhin | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 22:48 |
| 19 | Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64 | Yehudi Menuhin | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 26:01 |
| 20 | Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 | Yehudi Menuhin | Édouard Lalo | 32:33 |
| 21 | Poème For Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ernest Chausson | 15:28 |
| 22 | Violin Concerto In D Minor, WoO 23 | Yehudi Menuhin | Robert Schumann | 27:31 |
| 23 | Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Major, K218 | Yehudi Menuhin | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 25:09 |
| 24 | "Presentation By Journalist Monique Berger" (Speech In French) | Yehudi Menuhin | 1:17 | |
| 25 | La Marseillaise | Yehudi Menuhin | Rouget de Lisle | 1:21 |
| 26 | Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante (Excerpt) | Yehudi Menuhin | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 3:35 |
| 27 | Symphonie Espagnole In D Minor, Op. 21 (Excerpt) | Yehudi Menuhin | Édouard Lalo | 3:31 |
| 28 | Violin Partita No. 3 In E Major, BWV 1006: I. Prelude (Excerpt) [Incorrectly Announced As The Beethoven Violin Concerto Cadenza] | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 0:32 |
| 29 | Yehudi Menuhin Speaks To The Audience (Speech In French) | Yehudi Menuhin | 0:43 | |
| 30 | Partita For Violin Solo No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 12:03 |
| 31 | Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, BWV1043 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johann Sebastian Bach | 18:41 |
| 32 | Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 | Yehudi Menuhin | Camille Saint-Saëns | 8:56 |
| 33 | Scherzo-Tarantelle In G Minor, Op. 16 | Yehudi Menuhin | Henryk Wieniawski | 4:14 |
| 34 | Perpetuum Mobile, Concert Caprice For Violin & Piano, Op. 5 No. 4 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ottokar Nováček | 2:41 |
| 35 | Zigeunerweisen, For Violin & Piano (Or Orchestra) ('Gypsy Airs'), Op. 20 | Yehudi Menuhin | Pablo de Sarasate | 7:43 |
| 36 | Sérénade Mélancolique, For Violin &Oorchestra (Or Piano) In B Minor, Op. 26 | Yehudi Menuhin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 8:20 |
| 37 | Slavonic Dance No. 10 For Orchestra In E Minor B. 147-2 (Op. 72-2) | Yehudi Menuhin | Antonín Dvořák | 4:32 |
| 38 | Caprice Viennois, For Violin & Piano (Or Orchestra), Op. 2 | Yehudi Menuhin | Fritz Kreisler | 3:59 |
| 39 | Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin | Yehudi Menuhin | Claude Debussy | 2:34 |
| 40 | 6 Romanian Folk Dances (6) For Piano, Sz. 56, BB 68 | Yehudi Menuhin | Béla Bartók | 6:11 |
| 41 | Baal Shem: 3 Pictures Of Hassidic Life, For Violin & Piano (Or Orchestra): II. Nigun | Yehudi Menuhin | Ernest Bloch | 5:41 |
| 42 | Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ludwig van Beethoven | 45:04 |
| 43 | Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64 | Yehudi Menuhin | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 27:04 |
| 44 | Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77 | Yehudi Menuhin | Johannes Brahms | 40:14 |
| 45 | Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 | Yehudi Menuhin | Béla Bartók | 37:48 |
| 46 | Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ludwig van Beethoven | 44:15 |
| 47 | Romance No. 1 For Violin And Orchestra In G Major, Op. 40 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ludwig van Beethoven | 7:40 |
| 48 | Romance No. 2 For Violin And Orchestra In F Major, Op. 50 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ludwig van Beethoven | 9:36 |
| 49 | Yehudi Menuhin In His Own Words | Yehudi Menuhin | 2:22 | |
| 50 | Sonata For Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117 | Yehudi Menuhin | Béla Bartók | 26:10 |
| 51 | Violin Sonata No. 1, BB 84, Sz. 75 | Yehudi Menuhin | Béla Bartók | 32:50 |
| 52 | Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76 | Yehudi Menuhin | Béla Bartók | 19:40 |
| 53 | Violin Sonata | Yehudi Menuhin | Sir William Walton | 24:54 |
| 54 | Violin Concerto | Yehudi Menuhin | Sir William Walton | 31:37 |
| 55 | Viola Concerto | Yehudi Menuhin | Sir William Walton | 25:36 |
| 56 | Polyptyque: 6 Images De La Passion Du Christ | Yehudi Menuhin | Frank Martin | 25:21 |
| 57 | Ballade For Viola & Winds, Harp, Harpsichord & Timpani | Yehudi Menuhin | Frank Martin | 13:46 |
| 58 | Sonata For Violin And Piano | Yehudi Menuhin | Roy Harris | 20:46 |
| 59 | Violin Concerto, Op. 59 | Yehudi Menuhin | Lennox Berkeley | 22:30 |
| 60 | Violin Concerto | Yehudi Menuhin | Malcolm Williamson | 25:22 |
| 61 | Violin Concerto, Op. 19 | Yehudi Menuhin | Andrzej Panufnik | 24:57 |
| 62 | Abodah: A Yom Kippur Melody, For Violin & Piano | Yehudi Menuhin | Ernest Bloch | 5:05 |
| 63 | Suite For Solo Violin No. 1 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ernest Bloch | 10:39 |
| 64 | Suite For Solo Violin No. 2 | Yehudi Menuhin | Ernest Bloch | 11:19 |
| 65 | Fantasy For Solo Violin | Yehudi Menuhin | Ross Lee Finney | 18:16 |
| 66 | Music For Solo Violin | Yehudi Menuhin | Harry Sommers | 21:26 |
| 67 | Sonata For Solo Violin In G Minor, Op. 44 | Yehudi Menuhin | Paul Ben-Haim | 12:49 |
| 68 | Prabhati (Based On Raga Gunkali) | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 4:11 |
| 69 | Raga Puriya Kalyan | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 11:46 |
| 70 | Sawara Kakali For Sitar, Violin & Tabla (Based On Raga Tilang) | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 8:50 |
| 71 | Raga Ananda Bhairava For Sitar, Violin & Tabla | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 14:40 |
| 72 | Raga Ananda Bhairava | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 15:41 |
| 73 | Tenderness, For Sitar, Tabla, Tambura & Violin | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 8:40 |
| 74 | Twilight Mood, For Sitar, Tabla, Tambura & Violin | Yehudi Menuhin | Traditional | 10:33 |
| 75 | Jalusy, With Stéphane Grappelli | Yehudi Menuhin | Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jack Strachey, Jacob Gade, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Max Harris, Richard Rodgers, Stéphane Grappelli, Vincent Youmans | 79:00 |
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