100 Best Menuhin - (6CD)

Yehudi Menuhin

100 Best Menuhin - (6CD)

Genre: Classics, Violin
Audio Codec: FLAC
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Bitrate audio: lossless
Extras. infomatio : BEST MENUHIN 100 is another release in EMI's highly successful 100 BEST series. Information: BEST MENUHIN 100 is another release in EMI's highly successful 100 BEST series. This 6 CD set presents 100 highlights from the extensive catalogue of the legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin. This 6 CD set presents 100 highlights from the extensive catalogue of the legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

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CD 1: VIVALDI
LE QUATTRO STAGIONI (THE FOUR SEASONS)
Concerto No.1 in E 'La primavera' (Spring)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Concerto No.2 in G minor 'L'estate' (Summer)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Presto
Concerto No.3 in F 'L'autunno' (Autumn)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Allegro
Concerto No.4 in F minor 'L'inverno' (Winter)
I. Allegro non molto
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Paul Cocker continuo
Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy
Concerto in C 'Il piacere' RV180 (Pleasure)
I. Allegro
II. Largo e cantabile
III. Allegro
Concerto in E flat 'La tempesta di mare' RV253 (The Storm at Sea)
I. Presto
II. Largo
III. Presto
Concerto in B flat 'La caccia' RV362 (The Hunt)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Concerto in A minor RV356
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Presto
Polish Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk 

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CD 2: BACH & MOZART
J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV1048
I. Allegro
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043
II. Largo ma non tanto
Christian Ferras violin
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041
I. Allegro
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Concerto for violin & oboe in D minor BWV 1060
II. Adagio
Leon Goossens oboe
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Violin Concerto in E BWV 1042
III. Allegro assai Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Musical Offering BWV 1079 ed. Boyling
Trio Sonata – I. Largo
Elaine Schaffer flute
Members of the Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Partita No.3 in E BWV1006
I. Preludio
III. Gavotte en Rondeau
IV. Menuet I
V. Bourrée
Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004
III. Sarabanda
IV. Giga
Sonata No.3 in C BWV 1005
IV. Allegro assai
MOZART
Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216
II. Adagio
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi menuhin director
Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219 'Turkish'
III. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto – Allegro
cadenza: Menuhin
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director
Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364
III. Presto
Rudolf Barshai viola
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin director  

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CD 3: BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS
BEETHOVEN
Romance No.1 in G Op.40
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Pritchard
Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 'Spring'
I. Allegro opening
III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
IV. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
Jeremy Menuhin piano
Romance No.2 in F Op.50
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Pritchard
Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op.47 'Kreutzer'
II. Andante
III. Finale: Presto conclusion
Jeremy Menuhin piano
Violin Concerto in D Op.61
I. Allegro ma non troppo opening
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo: Allegro (cadenza: Kreisler) conclusion
Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler
BRAHMS
Horn Trio in E flat, Op.40
IV. Finale: Allegro con brio
Alan Civil horn • Hephzibah Menuhin piano
Violin Concerto in D minor Op.77
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Berliner Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe  

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CD 4: THE ROMANTIC ERA
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64
I. Allegro molto appassionato
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26
II. Adagio
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind
LALO
Symphonie espagnole Op.21
III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens
PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.6
III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alberto Erede
SAINT-SAËNS
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor Op.28
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor Op.37
III. Adagio – IV. Allegro con fuoco
Philharmonia Orchestra / Anatole Fistoulari
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake
Pas d'action Act II (Andante – Andante non troppo – Allegro)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz
PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor Op.6
III. Rondo ('La campanella')
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alberto Erede
ELGAR
Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61
III. Cadenza (accompagnata: Lento) – Allegro molto
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Edward Elgar  

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CD 5: SHOWPIECES & ENCORES
PAGANINI
Moto perpetuo in C Op.11
Marcel Gazelle piano
24 Caprices Op.1
No.9 in E 'La chasse'
No.24 in A minor
SARASATE
Caprice basque Op.24
Marcel Gazelle piano
Danzas españoles No.1 ‘Malagueña' Op.21 No.1
Hendrik Endt piano
Danzas españoles No.2 ‘Habañera' Op.21 No.2
Danzas españoles No.3 ‘Romanza andaluza' Op.22 No.1
Danzas españoles No.6 ‘Zapateado' Op.23 No.2
Marcel Gazelle piano
BAZZINI
La Ronde des lutins Op.25
Marcel Gazelle piano
KREISLER
Caprice viennois
Tambourin chinois
Schön Rosmarin
Praeludium & Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
La Chasse in the Style of Cartier
Marcel Gazelle piano
DINICU arr. Heifetz
Hora Staccata
Hendrik Endt piano
MOSZKOWSKI arr. Sarasate
Guitarre Op.45 No.2
Artur Balsam piano
BRAHMS arr. Joachim
Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor
Hungarian Dance No.4 in B minor
Hungarian Dance No.6 in B flat
Hungarian Dance No.7 in A
Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor
Marcel Gazelle piano  

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CD 6: MENUHIN THE ADVENTURER
WALTON
Violin Concerto (1939 rev.1943)
II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana & Trio (Canzonetta)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir William Walton
SHANKAR
Swara-Kakali based on Rága Tilang
Ravi Shankar sitar • Alla Rakha tabla
MARTIN
Polyptyque for violin & two small string orchestras
I. Image des Rameaux
VI. Image de la Glorification
Menuhin Festival Orchestra • Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Edmond de Stoutz
WILLIAMSON
Violin Concerto
II. Vivace
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
BARTÓK 44 Duos for 2 violins
No.28 Sorrow
No.31 Greeting
No.33 Harvest Song
No.36 Bagpipes
No.41 Scherzo
No.42 Arabian Song
Nell Gotkovsky violin
BOULANGER
3 Pieces for violin & piano
D'un matin de printemps
Clifford Curzon piano
BARTÓK
Rhapsody No.2 (1928 rev.1944)
Lassú (Moderato) – Friss (Allegro moderato)
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez
PANUFNIK
Violin Concerto
III. Vivace
Menuhin Festival Orchestra / Sir Andrzej Panufnik
GADE arr. Harris
Jealousy
Stéphane Grappelli violin
Alan Clare Trio
(Alan Clare piano • Lennie Bush bass • Chris Karan drums)
Max Harris
GERSHWIN arr. Harris
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Stéphane Grappelli violin
Alan Clare electric piano • Lennie Bush bass • Ronnie Verrell drums
Max Harris
YOUMANS arr. Harris
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)

Stéphane Grappelli violin

John Etheridge lead guitar • Jan Blok rhythm guitar
Pierre Michelot bass • Ronnie Verrell drums
GRAPPELLI
Menuet pour Menuhin
Stéphane Grappelli electric piano  

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