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Brahms: Sonata in G major; Franck: Sonata in A major; Ravel, Kreisler / Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Paul Coker, piano

1 CD / Doron / 2012-08-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habañera; Fritz Kr...
Performers: Coker, Paul; Menuhin, Yehudi

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; Concerto for Double String Orchestra et al. / Ogdon, Menuhin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Michael Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli; Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; Piano Concerto; Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Divertim...
Performers: Masters, Robert; Menuhin, Yehudi; Ogdon, John; Robson, Nigel; Simpson, Derek
Conductors: Tippett, Michael; Barshai, Rudolf; Davis, Colin; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Bach Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) is regarded, along with Benjamin Britten, as one of the most important British composers of the 20th century. He was well-known...continue...

Very Best of Yehudi Menuhin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 ...
Performers: Clare, Alan [piano]; Cocker, Paul; Crombie, Tony; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Grappelli, Stephane; Menuhin, Yehudi; Verrell, Ronnie
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Menuhin, Yehudi; Susskind, Walter; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Pritchard, John; Erede, Alberto; Kurtz, Efrem; Kempe, Rudolf; Boult, Adrian; Lysy, Alberto; Irving, Robert; Harris...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Unforgettable Classics - Grappelli - Hits from the 30s

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-01

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); Jerome Kern: A Fine R...
Performers: Grappelli, Stephane; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Harris, Max
Ensemble: Alan Clare Trio

Bloch: Orchestral & Choral Works / Menuhin, Rostropovich, Marriner, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ); Concerto Grosso no 1, for string orchestra & piano; Concerto for Violin; Suite no 1 fo...
Performers: Grier, Francis; Lawrence, Douglas; Menuhin, Yehudi; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Abravanel, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kletzki, Paul

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As fine a version as we now have [of the Sacred Service], beautifully recorded. Rostropovich and Bernstein are highly flammable in Schelomo...The Academy of...continue...

Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite violin classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Icon - Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grapelli (4 CDs)

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); My Funny Valentine; I...
Performers: Blok, Jan; Clare, Alan [piano]; Etheridge, John [Guitar]; Fosset, Marc; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [...
Conductors: Harris, Max; Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Claire Trio

This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release...continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

At The Haunted End Of The Day: Tony Palmer's Film About William Walton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Tony Palmer Films / 2009-06-02

Works: William Walton: Various Works
Performers: Bream, Julian; Brown, Iona; de Sautoy, Carmen; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirshbaum, Ralph; Menuhin, Yehudi; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Few composers have been more loved in their lifetime than William Walton. His capacity to astonish and profoundly move us remains undiminished. This Italia prize-winning...continue...
Run Time: 99 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, B&W
Sound Format(s): Digital Stereo,
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Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

The Great Violin Concertos - Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, et al / Yehudi Menuhin

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C major ("Il piacere"; "Il Cimento" no 6), Op. 8; Concerto for Violin in C m...
Performers: Bennett, William; Cocker, Paul; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Menuhin, Yehudi; Silvestri, Constantin; Kurtz, Efrem; Enescu, George; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Wöldike, Mogens; Boulez...
Ensemble: ; Bath Festival Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Lysy; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Polish Chamber Orchestr...

This elegant 10-CD boxed set contains the greatest violin concerto recordings from Menuhin's extensive catalog, the absolute cream of the crop, including Vivaldi's Four Seasons;...continue...

Best 100 Menuhin

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in C major, Op. 8 no 6/RV 180 "Il piacere"; Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 ...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Civil, Alan; Clare, Alan [piano]; Curzon, Clifford; Endt, Hendrick; Etheridge, John [Guitar]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gazelle, Marcel; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Gotko...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pritchard, John; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Kurtz, Efrem; Susskind, Walter; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Erede, Alberto; Fistoulari, Anatole...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin Festival Orchestra; Philharmonia O...

Adding to EMI Classics' acclaimed Best 100 Series is this new release featuring the Yehudi Menuhin's 100 greatest recorded moments, organized into the following categories:...continue...

OSR Memories - Berg / Ansermet, Menuhin, Danco, et al

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Bruchstücke (3) aus "Wozzeck"; Pieces (3) for Orchestra, Op. 6
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Gemini - Shankar: Sitar Concertos, etc / Previn, Mehta

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Ravi Shankar: Morning Love; Raga piloo; Prabhati; Concerto for Sitar; Raga purlya kalyan; Swara-kakali; Concerto for Sitar no 2 "Raga-Mala"
Performers: Chakravarti, Kamala; Emery, Terence; Menuhin, Yehudi; Rakha, Alla, Ustad; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Shankar, Ravi
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm / Menuhin, Grappelli

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: George Gershwin: Lady, be Good; Strike up the Band; Porgy and Bess; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); Girl Crazy; Show Girl; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (fro...
Performers: Clare, Alan [piano]; Crombie, Tony; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Isaacs, Ike; Karan, Chris; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [Light Clas]; Swinfield, ...
Conductors: Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio

Gemini - Bartók: Violin Concertos, etc / Menuhin, Boulez

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-06-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Violin no 1, Sz 36; Concerto for Viola, Sz 120; Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no 1, Sz 87; Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no 2, Sz 90; Concerto for Violin n...
Performers: Gotkovsky, Neil; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

The Young Yehudi Menuhin- Victor Recordings 1928-29

1 CD / Biddulph / 2003-11-03

Works: Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Allegro; Joseph Achron: La Romanesca; Jesús Monasterio: Sierra morena; Ferdinand Ries: La Capricciosa for violin & piano; Saenger: Scottish Pastorale, for violin & piano; G...
Performers: Menuhin, Yehudi; Persinger, Louis
Conductors: Ronald, Landon

Bartók: Violin Concerto no 2, Sonata / Menuhin, Furtwängler

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-03-12

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117; Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117
Performers: Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

West Meets East: The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions [BGO]

1 CD / Beat Goes On / 2001-11-15

Works: Ravi Shankar: Prabhati for sitar, violin & tabla; Raga Puriya Kalyan; Sawara Kakali for sitar, violin & tabla (based on Raga Tilang); George Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25
Performers: Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi; Rakha, Alla; Sen, Prodyot; Shankar, Ravi

Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar); Ravi Shankar; Prodyot Sen (tanpura); Yehudi Menuhin (violin); Hephzibah Menuhin (piano); Alla Rakha (tabla).

That a Western violinist should choose to pair with...continue...

References - Enesco, Szymanowski, Prokofiev, Ravel / Menuhin

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-06-05

Works: George Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25; Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80; Maurice Ra...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Gazelle, Marcel; Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi

Sarasate, Bazzini, Bloch, Dinicu, et al / Yehudi Menuhin

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-10-17

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Caprice Basque; Malaguena; Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 21; Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22 no 1; Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 23; Antonio Bazzini: La rond...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Endt, Hendrick; Gazelle, Marcel; Giesen, Hubert; Menuhin, Yehudi; Webster, Ferguson

The Very Best of Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-07-14

Works: Cole Porter: Night and Day; Anything Goes; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Joseph Kosma: Autumn leaves; Irving Berlin: On The Avenue; Top Hat; Richard Rodgers: Babes in arms; Vernon Duke...
Performers: Baldock, Ken; Bush, Lennie; Clare, Alan [piano]; Crombie, Tony; Etheridge, John; Fosset, Marc; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Isaacs, Ike; Karan, Chris; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Y...
Conductors: Harris, Max
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio

This CD contains a compilation of highlights from the collaboration of jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli and the classical violinst Yehudi Menuhin. The two performers undertook...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin Sampler

1 CD / Biddulph / 1996-06-01

Works: Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Pièces de clavecin, Op. 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Johann Sebastian B...
Performers: Eisenberg, Maurice; Giesen, Hubert; Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi; Persinger, Louis
Conductors: Enescu, Georges; Ronald, Landon, Sir; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Paris Symphony Orchestra

The Young Menuhin Encores

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Ferdinand Ries: La Capricciosa for violin & piano; Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7, MS 48; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for ...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Gazelle, Marcel; Giesen, Hubert; Menuhin, Yehudi; Persinger, Louis; Webster, Ferguson

Great Artists Perform Music from Israel / Menuhin, et al

1 CD / Gallo / 1995-08-18

Works: Paul Ben-Haim: Sonata for Violin solo in G major; A star fell down; Avraham Daus: Sonnets (12) after Rilke for Cello solo; Yoram Paporisz: Florianta; Habib Hassan Touma: Taqsim
Performers: Ben-Haim, Paul; Kontarsky, Aloys; Mayer-Reinach, Ursula; Menuhin, Yehudi; Nicolet, Aurele; Palm, Siegfried