The Menuhin century. The virtuoso & his landmark recordings
(2016)

Music CD

Call Numbers:
CD/CLASSICAL/BOX SET/VIOLIN/MENUHIN,Y/3625

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PUBLISHED
[London?] : Warner Classics, [2016]
℗2016
DESCRIPTION

13 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : portraits ; 13 cm)

ISBN/ISSN
9786316466297 0825646777075, 6316466293 :, 00825646777075, 825646777075
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Spoken material in English, French, and German

Title from container

"Le siècle de Menuhin, le virtuose et ses enregistrements légendaires ; Der jahrhundert-künstler, der virtuose & seine legendären aufnahmen"--Container

[Disc] 3, Paganini. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6 -- Introduction & Variations on “Dal tuo stellato soglio”, Op. 24 -- La campanella / arr. Wilhelm -- Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11 -- 24 Caprices, Op. 1. No. 6 in G minor ; No. 9 in E, “La Chasse” ; No. 13 in B flat (arr. Kreisler) ; No. 20 in D (arr. Kreisler) ; No. 23 in E flat, “Posato” ; No. 24 in A minor

Accompanying booklet contains biographical notes on the performer and program notes on the recordings, all in French, English, and German

"Edited under the artistic direction of Bruno Monsaingeon"--Container

Yehudi Menuhin, violin, viola ; with various additional musicians and orchestras

CONTENTS
[Disc] 1, Showpieces. Yehudi Menuhin in his own words (spoken words in English, French and German) -- La ronde des lutins, Op. 25 / Antonio Bazzini -- Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46, No. 2 / Antonín Dvořák ; arr. Kreisler -- Hungarian Dances. No. 1 in G minor ; No. 4 in B minor ; No. 6 in B flat ; No. 7 in A ; No. 17 in F sharp minor ; No. 11 in D minor ; No. 12 in D minor / Johannes Brahms ; arr. Joachim -- Préludes, Book 1, No. 8. La Fille aux cheveux de lin / Claude Debussy ; arr. Hartmann -- Pièce en forme de Habanera / Maurice Ravel -- Tzigane / Maurice Ravel -- Hora Staccato / Grigoraș Dinicu ; arr. Heifetz -- Perpetuum mobile, Op. 5 No. 4 / Ottokar Novácek -- Guitarre, Op. 45 No. 2 / Moritz Moszkowski ; arr. Sarasate, Heifetz -- Song of the Bride, from The Tsar's Bride / Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov ; arr. Franko -- Flight of the Bumblebee, from The Tale of Tsar Saltan / Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov ; arr. Hartmann -- Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6 / Henryk Wieniawski ; arr. Sarasate -- Notturno e Tarantella, Op. 28 / Karol Szymanowski [Disc] 2, Spanish dances ; Showpieces. Caprice basque, Op. 24 / Pablo de Sarasate -- Danzas españolas. Op. 21 No. 1 "Malagueña" ; Op. 21 No. 2 "Habanera" ; Op. 22 No. 1 "Romanza andaluza" ; Op. 23 No. 2 "Zapateado" / Pablo de Sarasate -- Caprice viennois, Op. 2 ; Tambourin chinois, Op. 3 ; Schön Rosmarin ; Praeludium & Allegro in the style of Pugnani ; La Chasse in the style of Cartier ; Sicilienne & Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur ; Recitativo & Scherzo-caprice, Op. 6 / Fritz Kreisler -- Danzas españolas, Op. 37 No. 5 Playera "Andaluza" / Enrique Granados ; arr. Kreisler -- Danse espagnole from La vida breve / Manuel de Falla ; arr. Kreisler -- Divertimento No. 17 in D Major, K334: III. Menuetto-Trio / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; arr. emil Kross -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert ; arr. Menuhin [Disc] 4, Prokofiev, Schubert, Lili Boulanger. Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 80 / Sergey Prokofiev -- Fantasia in C, D934 / Franz Schubert -- Two pieces for violin & piano. Nocturne ; Cortège / Lili Boulanger -- D'un matin de printemps / Lili Boulanger [Disc] 5, Beethoven: the complete sonatas with Louis Kentner (I). Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12 No. 1 -- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12 No. 2 -- Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat, Op. 12 No. 3 -- Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30 No. 1 [Disc] 6, Beethoven: the complete sonatas with Louis Kentner (II). Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 -- Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30 No. 3 -- Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96 [Disc] 7, Beethoven: the complete sonatas with Louis Kentner (III). Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 -- Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24 "Spring" -- Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" [Disc] 8, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky. Harold in Italy, Op. 16 / Hector Berlioz -- Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8 / Hector Berlioz -- Swan Lake, Op. 20. Act 1, No. 5 Tempo di valse - Andante - Allegro - Molto più mosso ; Act 1, No. 13 Andante - Andante non troppo ; Act 3, No. 20 Danse russe / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66. Act 1, No. 8 Pas d'action - Variation d'Aurore ; Act 3, No. 28 Pas de deux - Variation II / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [Disc] 9, Brahms. String Sextet No. 1 in B flat, Op. 18 -- String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 [Disc] 10, Bartók. Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36 -- Viola Concerto, Sz. 120 / ed. Serly -- 44 Duos for two violins, Sz.98. No. 28, Sorrow ; No. 31, New Year's Greeting ; No. 33, Harvest Song ; No. 36, Bagpipes ; No. 41, Scherzo ; No. 42, Arabian Dance -- Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 -- Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90 [Disc] 11, Berg, Poulenc, Debussy. Violin Concerto "To the memory of an Angel" / Alban Berg -- Violin Sonata / Francis Poulenc -- Violin Sonata / Claude Debussy -- Sonata for flute, viola and harp / Claude Debussy [Disc] 12, Handel, Bach, Rachmaninov, Beethoven. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40. Act I, May the Fates be kind (Ombra mai fu) / George Frideric Handel -- 6 Songs, Op. 4. No. 3, V molchanʹi nochi taĭnoĭ (In the Silence of the Secret Night) / Sergei Rachmaninov -- Cantata "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt", BWV 68. Aria: Mein gläubiges Herze ; Cantata "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut", BWV 199. Choral: Ich, dein betrübtes Kind / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Folk songs. Polly Stewart, WoO 156 No. 7 ; Sweetest lad was Jamie, Op. 108 No. 5 ; Faithfu' Johnie, Op. 108 No. 20 ; Cease your funning, WoO 156 No. 5 ; Bonny laddie, Highland laddie, Op. 108 No. 7 ; Parting kiss, WoO 155 No. 25 ; Good night, WoO 155 No. 26 ; Return to Ulster, WoO 152 No. 1 ; Once more I hail thee, WoO 152 No. 3 ; Morning air plays on my face, WoO 152 No. 4 ; Soldier's dream, WoO 152 No. 9 ; Oh harp of Erin, WoO 154 No. 2 ; Pulse of an Irishman, WoO 154 No. 4 ; Sunset, Op. 108 No. 2 ; Oh, sweet were the hours, Op. 108 No. 3 ; Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie, Op. 108 No. 7 ; Oh, had my fate been join'd with thine, Op. 108 No. 12 ; Come fill, fill, my good fellow, Op. 108 No. 13 ; Could this ill world have been contriv'd, Op. 108 No. 16 ; Faithfu' Johnie, Op. 108 No. 20 ; La gondoletta, WoO 157 No. 12 / Ludwig van Beethoven [Disc] 13, Beethoven. Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30 No. 1 -- Piano Concerto No. 6 in D, Op. 61a / transcription from the Violin Concerto, Op. 61 ; cadenzas by the composer

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