Menuhin - The Early Recordings

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042 Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer' Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Chausson: Poème for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25 Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 'dans le caractère populaire roumain' Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 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 Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera Tzigane Schubert: Rondo brillant in B minor, D895 (Op. 70) Szymanowski: Nocturne & Tarantella, Op. 28 Wieniawski: Légende in G minor, Op. 17

Before the legend was the violinist. The young Menuhin invented the Bach sonatas and partitas on record. The spirit that the 17-year old put in this cycle remains - 80 years after having been recorded - one of the true miracles of the history of records. And there are miracles galore on these 12 CDs, from his first Mozart recording (1929), the Mozart and Bach concertos under Pierre Monteux, to the Elgar violin concerto under the composer himself (another legendary historical moment).It truly seems like - if these words have a sense - every single note is blessed by the gods.

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