Yehudi Menuhin: The Great Violin Concertos

Yehudi Menuhin

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concerto No. 1 in E (La primavera/ Spring) RV269 (Op. 8 No. 1) Disc 1 I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro Concerto No. 2 in G minor (L'estate/ Summer) RV315 (Op. 8 No. 2) I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Presto Concerto No. 3 in F (L'autunno/ Autumn) RV293 (Op. 8 No. 3) I. Allegro II. Adagio molto III. Allegro Concerto No. 4 in F minor (L'inverno/ Winter) RV297 (Op. 8 No. 4) I. Allegro non molto II. Largo III. Allegro Vivaldi: Concerto No. 6 in C RV180, 'Il Piacere' (from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione Op. 8) I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro Vivaldi: Concerto in C minor RV199, 'Il sospetto' (from Il cimento dell'armonica e dell'inventione Op. 8) I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E flat 'La tempesta di mare' Op. 8 No. 5 (RV253) I. Presto II. Largo III. Presto Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B flat 'La caccia' Op. 8 No. 10 (RV362) I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2003 Digital Remaster) Disc 2 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro assai J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 (2003 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro assai J.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D minor BWV1043 (1989 Digital Remaster) I. Vivace II. Largo ma non tanto III. Allegro J.S. Bach: Triple Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord in A minor BWV1044 I. Allegro II. Adagio, ma non troppo, e dolce III. Allabreve Haydn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Hob. VIIa:1 (2003 Digital Remaster) Disc 3 I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza:Menuhin) II. Adagio molto III. Finale: Presto (Cadenza:Menuhin) Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D K218 (cadenzas by Menuhin) I. Allegro II. Andante cantabile III. Rondeau (Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo) Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A 'Turkish' K219 (cadenzas by Menuhin) (1990 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro aperto (1990 Digital Remaster) II. Adagio (1990 Digital Remaster) III. Rondeau (Tempo di menuetto - Allegro) (1990 Digital Remaster) Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op. 61 (1988 Digital Remaster) Disc 4 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Larghetto - III. Rondo (Allegro) Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor Op. 64 (1997 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro molto appassionato (1997 Digital Remaster) II. Andante (1997 Digital Remaster) III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace (1997 Digital Remaster) Lalo: Symphonie espagnole Op. 21 (1996 Digital Remaster) Disc 5 I. Allegro non troppo II. Scherzando (Allegro molto) III. Intermezzo (Allegretto non troppo) IV. Andante V. Rondo (Allegro) Chausson: Poème Op. 25 Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor B108 (Op. 53) (1991 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Adagio ma non troppo III. Finale (Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo) Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op. 77 (1988 Digital Remaster) Disc 6 I. Allegro non troppo (1988 Digital Remaster) II. Adagio (1988 Digital Remaster) III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (1988 Digital Remaster) Bruch: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (1959 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro moderato (1959 Digital Remaster) II. Adagio (1959 Digital Remaster) III. Allegro energico (1959 Digital Remaster) Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61 Disc 7 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro molto - Cadenza (accompagnata: Lento) - Allegro molto Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G K216 (1990 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro - Cadenza (by Sam Franko) II. Adagio - Cadenza (by Sam Franko) III. Rondo: Allegro - Andante - Allegretto Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique Op. 26 Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor Op. 47 (1991 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro moderato II. Adagio di molto III. Allegro ma non tanto Nielsen: Violin Concerto - Praeludium, Allegro Cavalleresco (2003 Digital Remaster) I. Allegro Cavalleresco II. Intermezzo (Poco Adagio) (2003 Digital Remaster) III. Rondo (Allegretto Scherzando) (2003 Digital Remaster) Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1 Sz87 Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1 I. Andante sostenuto II. Allegro giocoso Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante tranquillo III. Allegro molto Berg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 'To the memory of an angel' (1991 Digital Remaster) Disc 10 I. Andante II. Allegretto III. Liberamente IV. Poco a poco sempre più V. Allegro VI. Pesante, ma quasi a tempo VII. Adagio VIII. Coda Walton: Viola Concerto I. Andante comodo II. Vivo, con molto preciso III. Allegro moderato Bartók: Rhapsody No. 2 Sz90 (1991 Digital Remaster)

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Arguably the best-known classical musician of the 20th century, Yehudi Menuhin was born on 22 April 1916 in New York City. In 1918 his family moved to San Francisco where he had his first violin lessons, aged four, with Sigmund Anker. At seven he gave his first public performance accompanied by his then teacher, Louis Persinger. A year later, in 1925, he gave his first full-length recital, also with Persinger. 1926 saw him make his New York début and later that year he gave a performance of Lalo's Symphonie espagnole with the San Francisco Orchestra. In 1927, at the age of ten, Menuhin made his European début in Paris playing with the Lamoureux Orchestra under Paul Paray. Back in New York he gave his first concerto concert with the New York Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Busch and in 1928 he made his first recording for the Victor Company. 1929 was equally eventful for the young Menuhin: he was given a Stradivarius violin; made his Berlin début with the Berlin Philharmonic under Bruno Walter; began studies with Adolf Busch; he gave his début in London and made his first HMV recording. In 1931 Menuhin made his first concerto recording, Bruch Concerto No.1 in London for HMV and in 1932, at the age of 16, he made what was to become one of the most iconic classical recordings of all time when he went to EMI's new Abbey Road Studios to record the Elgar Concerto with the composer and the London Symphony Orchestra. This event put Menuhin firmly on the international map as one of the great violin virtuosi of the century and he continued to be a prolific recording artist for EMI, both as violinist and conductor, for the rest of his long career. This set of 10 CDs brings together a collection of popular violin concertos and commemorates the tenth anniversary of Yehudi Menuhin's death on 12 March 1999.

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