The Menuhin Century

~ Release by Yehudi Menuhin (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Annotation

A collection of 80 CDs, 11 DVDs, and a hardcover book. The collection includes the various individual boxed releases of the Menuhin Century series, plus an 11-DVD set that is not available separately. As per the book, the box numbering is:

Box 1: Unpublished Recordings and Rarities (https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a9509df-3561-4f69-8cdd-adc7d9b25e14)
Box 2: The Historic Recordings (https://musicbrainz.org/release/4e15b7b3-57f8-4037-91b1-c9e8f76f312a)
Box 3: Live Performances and Festival Recordings (https://musicbrainz.org/release/c19db8de-5874-4698-a3f9-dac30680a728)
Box 4: The Complete Recordings with Hephzibah Menuhin (https://musicbrainz.org/release/21e5ef1c-6283-4f6e-a710-b288587abbb4)
Box 5: The Virtuoso & His Landmark Recordings (https://musicbrainz.org/release/99af0a3b-7c36-439d-8d55-5b286c0e2b72)
Box 6: Menuhin on Film 1947-1997

While the set is also listed as "The Menuhin Century - Luxury Edition" on various sites, the title used for this release is the one given by Warner Classics.

Annotation last modified on 2021-01-10 10:47 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: 1929-1931 Bach: Sonata, BWV 1005 / Beethoven: Sonata no. 1 / Bruch: Concerto no. 1
2▶CD: 1932-1936 Tartini / Wieniawski / Bach / Nováček / Dvořák / Ravel / Kreisler / Beethoven
3▶CD: 1938-1945 Locatelli / Schumann / Handel / Scott / Nin / Bach / Dvořák / Bartók / Paganini
4▶CD: 1947-1950 Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Paganini: La campanella
5▶CD: 1952-1953 Chausson: Poème / Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor
6▶CD: 1953-1956 Mozart: Concerto, K. 219 / Sonatas, K. 454 & K. 526
7▶CD: 1956-1958 Brahms: The Sonatas
8▶CD: Recitals with Gerald Moore: 1947, 1953, 1964 Wieniawski / Dvořák / Kreisler / Bartók
9▶CD: Recitals with Gerald Moore: 1953, 1956, 1968 Schubert / Corelli / Sarasate / Ravel / Debussy
10▶CD: 1959-1960 Tchaikovsky: Concerto / Beethoven: Romances / Delibes / Paganini
11▶CD: 1961 Bach: The Sonatas for violin & harpsichord (I)
12▶CD: 1961 Bach: The Sonatas for violin & harpsichord (II)
13▶CD: 1963 Schubert: Octet
14▶CD: 1965-1966 Mozart: Piano Quartets / Sonata, K. 303
15▶CD: 1966-1968 Schubert: String Quintet / String Trio, D. 471
16▶CD: 1956-1970 Fauré: Piano Quartet no. 1 / Sonata no. 1 / Copland: Sonata
17▶CD: 1971-1976 Viotti: Concertos nos. 16 & 22 / Bruch: Concerto no. 2
18▶CD: 1978-1979 Corelli: 12 Sonatas, op. 5 (I)
19▶CD: 1978-1979 Corelli: 12 Sonatas, op. 5 (II)
20▶CD: 1980 Brahms: The Viola Sonatas
21▶CD: Violin and harp recital: 1980 Pollini / Spohr / Boieldieu / Wilm / Rossini
22▶CD: 1983 Leclair: Concertos, op. 7 nos 1 & 5 / Tartini: Concertos, D. 12 & D. 36
23▶CD: Elgar: Concerto / La Capricieuse
24▶CD: Bach: Sonata no. 1 / Partitas nos. 1 & 2
25▶CD: Bach: Sonatas nos. 2 & 3 / Partita no. 3 / Concerto, BWV 1041
26▶CD: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Bach / Dvořák / Paganini / Wieniawski
27▶CD: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Mozart: Concertos
28▶CD: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Mendelssohn / Lalo / Chausson
29▶CD: Schumann: Concerto / Mozart: Concerto, K. 281 / Liberation of Paris Concert, 1944 / 1st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1949
30▶CD: Menuhin in Moscow, 1945: Bach: Double Concerto with David Oistrakh / Saint-Saëns / Wieniawski / Sarasate / Tchaikovsky / Dvořák / Kreisler / Bartók
31▶CD: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Concertos: Beethoven / Mendelssohn
32▶CD: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Concertos: Brahms / Bartók (no. 2)
33▶CD: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Beethoven: Concerto / Romances
34▶CD: Bartók: Sonatas
35▶CD: Walton: Sonata / Concertos (violin, viola)
36▶CD: Martin: Polyptyque / Ballade / Harris: Sonata
37▶CD: Concertos: Berkeley / Williamson / Panufnik
38▶CD: Bloch: Abodah / Suites / Finney: Fantasy / Somers: Solo Violin / Ben-Haim: Sonata
39▶CD: “West meets East” with Ravi Shankar
40▶CD: “Jealousy” with Stéphane Grappelli
41▶CD: Carnegie Hall, 1940 (I): Concertos: Bach (BWV 1042) / Brahms
42▶CD: Carnegie Hall, 1940 (II): Paganini: Concerto no. 1 / Encores
43▶CD: Prades, 1955 (Eugene Istomin, Pablo Casals): Brahms: Trios nos. 1 & 2
44▶CD: Prades, 1955 & 1956 (Pablo Casals, Eugene Istomin, Mieczysław Horszowski): Piano Trios: Brahms (no. 3) / Schumann (no. 2) / Mozart: Sonata, K. 376
45▶CD: Tel Aviv, 1964 / Ascona, 1972 (Gary Bertini, Edmond de Stoutz): Concertos: Pártos / Bach (BWV 1052R)
46▶CD: Edinburgh, 1968 / Paris, 1971 / Brussels, 1958 (István Kertész, Maurice Gendron, Marcel Gazelle): Britten / Ravel / Paganini / Szymanowski
47▶CD: Bath Festival Orchestra, 1964-1965: Stravinsky / Hindemith / Bartók / Corelli / Tippett
48▶CD: Mozart: Sonatas, K. 301, K. 376, K. 378 & K. 526
49▶CD: Beethoven: Sonatas nos. 7, 8 & “Kreutzer” / Rondo
50▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Trio “Ghost” / Sonatas nos. 3 & 10 / Schubert: Rondo in B minor
51▶CD: Sonatas: Brahms (no. 3) / Franck / Lekeu
52▶CD: Sonatas: Enescu (no. 3) / Pizzetti (no. 1) / Bach (BWV 1016)
53▶CD: Schumann: Sonata no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
54▶CD: Sonatas: Brahms (nos. 1 & 3) / Beethoven (no. 10)
55▶CD: Sonatas: Beethoven (“Spring” & “Kreutzer”) / Brahms (no. 3)
56▶CD: Sonatas: Bartók (no. 1) / Enescu (no. 3) / Brahms: “Sonatensatz”
57▶CD: Sonatas: Schumann (no. 2) / Franck / Mozart (K. 526)
58▶CD: Beethoven: Sonatas nos. 7 & 10
59▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Trios op. 70, no. 1 “Ghost” & no. 2
60▶CD: Schubert: Piano Trios no. 1, “Sonatensatz” & Notturno
61▶CD: Brahms: Horn Trio / Piano Trio no. 2
62▶CD: Piano Trios: Beethoven (“Archduke”) / Schubert (no. 2)
63▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio / Mozart: Piano Quartet, K. 478
64▶CD: Sonatas: Mozart (K. 379) / Elgar / Vaughan Williams
65▶CD: Mozart: Double Piano Concerto, K. 365 / Piano Concertos, K. 449 & K. 459
66▶CD: Mendelssohn: Double Concerto for violin and piano / Mozart: Triple Piano Concerto, K. 242
67▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 3 / Piano Concerto no. 3 / Mozart: Sonatas, K. 481 & K. 526
68▶CD: Showpieces: Bazzini / Dvořák / Brahms / Debussy / Ravel / Rimsky-Korsakov / Wieniawski
69▶CD: Spanish Dances: Sarasate / Granados / Falla / Showpieces: Kreisler
70▶CD: Paganini: Concerto no. 1 / Caprices / La campanella
71▶CD: Prokofiev: Sonata no. 1 / Schubert: Fantasia / Lili Boulanger
72▶CD: Beethoven: The complete Sonatas with Louis Kentner (I) nos. 1, 2, 3 & 6
73▶CD: Beethoven: The complete Sonatas with Louis Kentner (II) nos. 7, 8 & 10
74▶CD: Beethoven: The complete Sonatas with Louis Kentner (III) no. 4, “Spring” & “Kreutzer”
75▶CD: Berlioz: Harold in Italy / Rêverie & Caprice / Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty
76▶CD: Brahms: String Sextets
77▶CD: Bartók: Concerto no. 1 / Viola Concerto / 6 Violin Duos / Rhapsodies
78▶CD: Berg: Concerto / Poulenc: Sonata / Debussy: Sonatas (violin / flute, viola & harp)
79▶CD: Arias: Handel / Bach / Songs: Beethoven / Rachmaninov (with Robert Merrill, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau)
80▶CD: Beethoven: Sonata no. 6 / Piano Concerto op. 61a
81▶DVD-Video: Concert Magic
82▶DVD-Video: Menuhin plays Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn / Brahms / Sarasate / Bazzini
83▶DVD-Video: Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin: Mozart / Bartók / Enescu / Mendelssohn
84▶DVD-Video: The Violin of the Century
85▶DVD-Video: “Do you realize how much I love music?” - Monsaingeon on Menuhin / Retour aux Sources. Yehudi Menuhin in the Soviet Union - First Episode
86▶DVD-Video: Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow
87▶DVD-Video: Retour aux Sources. Yehudi Menuhin in the Soviet Union - Second Episode / Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova in Leningrad
88▶DVD-Video: Retour aux Sources. Yehudi Menuhin in the Soviet Union - Third Episode / Yehudi Menuhin in Leningrad
89▶DVD-Video: Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova in Moscow / Tchaikovsky's Trio “In memory of a great artist”
90▼DVD-Video: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
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1Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 1. Introduction
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Yehudi Menuhin7:56
2Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 2. Front credits
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Yehudi Menuhin0:37
3Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 3. The Four Seasons, Spring op. 8 RV 269: I. Allegro
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi3:28
4Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 4. The Four Seasons, Spring op. 8 RV 269: II. Largo e pianissimo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi3:17
5Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 5. The Four Seasons, Spring op. 8 RV 269: III. Allegro
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi4:41
6Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 6. The Four Seasons, Summer op. 8 RV 315: I. Allegro non molto
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi5:24
7Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 7. The Four Seasons, Summer op. 8 RV 315: II. Adagio
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi2:04
8Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 8. The Four Seasons, Summer op. 8 RV 315: III. Presto
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi2:49
9Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 9. The Four Seasons, Autumn op. 8 RV 293: I. Allegro
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi4:57
10Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 10. The Four Seasons, Autumn op. 8 RV 293: II. Adagio
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi2:50
11Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 11. The Four Seasons, Autumn op. 8 RV 293: III. Allegro
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi3:40
12Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 12. The Four Seasons, Winter op. 8 RV 297: I. Allegro non molto
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi3:28
13Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 13. The Four Seasons, Winter op. 8 RV 297: II. Largo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi2:25
14Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 14. The Four Seasons, Winter op. 8 RV 297: III. Allegro
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Antonio Vivaldi3:08
15Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: 15. End credits
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1979)
orchestra:
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (in 1979)
conductor:
Peter Norris (conductor) (in 1979)
performer:
Norman Perryman (painter) (in 1979)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
Yehudi Menuhin0:37
16Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 1. Introduction
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Yehudi Menuhin2:13
17Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 2. Front credits
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Yehudi Menuhin0:29
18Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 3. Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Johannes Brahms24:34
19Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 4. Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: II. Adagio
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Johannes Brahms9:37
20Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 5. Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Johannes Brahms10:39
21Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 6. Sonata for Violin no. 3 in C major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Johann Sebastian Bach5:18
22Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 7. Sonata for Violin no. 3 in C major, BWV 1005: III. Largo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:40
23Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: 8. End credits
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (in 1982)
orchestra:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Gewandhaus (1981-) in Leipzig (in 1982)
Yehudi Menuhin1:28
91▶DVD-Video: Conversations with Yehudi Menuhin - Mykonos, June 1994