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 Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings
Release Date: 04/21/2009 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 64131   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Béla BartókEdouard LaloJohannes BrahmsAntonín DvorákJohann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van BeethovenAlban BergLennox BerkeleyIrving Berlin
Hector BerliozErnest BlochMax BruchErnest Chausson
Sir Edward ElgarGeorge GershwinStéphane GrappelliGeorge Frideric Handel
Franz Joseph HaydnFrank MartinFelix MendelssohnWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marius CasadesusCarl NielsenNiccolň PaganiniAndrzej Panufnik
Camille Saint-SaënsJean SibeliusMichael TippettRalph Vaughan Williams
Henri VieuxtempsAntonio VivaldiSir William WaltonHenri Wieniawski
Malcolm WilliamsonAntonio BazziniLili Boulanger
Performer:  Yehudi MenuhinVictoria de los AngelesLeon GoossensWilliam BennettGeorge Malcolm
Stéphane GrappelliPaul TortelierLouis KentnerRudolf Barshai
Derek SimpsonAlberto LysyRobert MastersEduardo Vassallo
Lee Mi-KyungHu KunGerald MooreNell Gotkovsky
Marcel GazelleHephzibah MenuhinHendrik EndtClifford Curzon
Maurice GendronCecil AronowitzErnst WallfischFerguson Webster
Alan Civil
Conductor:  Antal DorátiWilhelm FurtwänglerGeorge EnescuYehudi MenuhinPierre Monteux
Pierre BoulezJohn PritchardConstantin SilvestriSir Adrian Boult
Nelson RiddleSir Colin DavisPaul KletzkiRudolf Kempe
Paavo BerglundWalter SusskindNoneSir Edward Elgar
Max HarrisSir Eugene GoossensEdmond de StoutzR. Frühbeck de Burgos
Efrem KurtzSir Malcolm SargentMogens WöldikeAnatole Fistoulari
Andrzej PanufnikGaston PouletMichael TippettJerzy Maksymiuk
Alberto LysySir William Walton
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia OrchestraLucerne Festival OrchestraSociety of the Conservatory Concerts OrchestraBath Festival Orchestra
Paris Symphony OrchestraBBC Symphony OrchestraPhilharmonia Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraMenuhin Festival OrchestraInstrumental Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Symphony Orchestra
Pascal String QuartetZurich Chamber OrchestraColonne Concerts Orchestra
Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraDanish State Radio Symphony OrchestraPolish Chamber Orchestra
Camerata Lysy

Number of Discs: 50 
Recorded in: Mixed 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Given Yehudi Menuhin's near-iconic status, it would seem appropriate for EMI to bring out a complete edition of his violin recordings, similar to the label's successful comprehensive Callas and Karajan sets. Until that happens, consider acquiring this 50-CD compilation that covers about 70 percent of Menuhin's output as soloist, chamber collaborator, and concerto player in an impressively wide repertoire range. Naturally collectors will kvetch over this or that omission, such as Menuhin's Beethoven concerto with Klemperer, his LP-era unaccompanied Bach traversals, his Delius sonatas with Eric Fenby, or the earliest and finest of his Bruch G minor concerto traversals. Or, for that matter, why include Menuhin's jazz duets with Stéphane Grappelli but not his West Meets East encounters with Ravi Shankar? Yet if you calculate this package's cost per disc based on the list list price, even without a discount you've got the best Menuhin bargain in town.

That said, unevenness was Menuhin's middle name. Compare, for example, the violinist's fluent, colorful pioneering recording of the solo sonata Bartók wrote for him with his disturbingly parched LP-era remake. Menuhin's relatively pale tone in the Beethoven sonatas with Louis Kentner and the Furtwängler-led Beethoven concerto radically differs from the more robust fiddling he served up when remaking the concerto in Vienna with Silvestri.

At the same time, some of Menuhin's later efforts find him on top form (the Brahms Double Concerto with Paul Tortelier), while Paganini's difficult Second concerto lacks nothing in surface charm and scintillation. The Walton concerto and Berlioz's Harold in Italy also represent Menuhin's underrated accomplishments as a violist. Look no further than the Elgar concerto with the composer conducting, the Enescu Third sonata, Bazzini's finger-twisting La Ronde des lutins, or the Bach sonatas and partitas to understand why the best recordings from Menuhin's teen years still withstand time's unforgiving test. A bonus documentary disc features Menuhin in his own words interspersed with musical examples; it's about as compelling and insightful as a late-night TV infomercial. In all, self-recommending to Menuhin acolytes.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

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1.  Concerto for Violin no 1, Sz 36 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1907-1908; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 09/1966 
2.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Austria 
Date of Recording: 08/1949 
3.  Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Society of the Conservatory Concerts Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1879-1880; Bohemia 
Date of Recording: 02/1936 
4.  Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1718; ?Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 07/1959 
5.  Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1711-1713; ?Weimar, Germany 
Date of Recording: 07/1959 
6.  Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720-1721; ?Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 07/1959 
7.  Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1747; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 11/1960 
8.  Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1725; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 1964 
9.  Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1714; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 06/1964 
10.  Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Leon Goossens (Oboe)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Date of Recording: 04/1962 
11.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/1958 
12.  Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/1958 
13.  Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 06/1932 
14.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 02/1936 
15.  Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 02/1936 
16.  Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  William Bennett (Flute), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1730; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 06/1965 
17.  Concerto for Viola, Sz 120 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Viola)
Conductor:  Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1945; USA 
Date of Recording: 1965-1966 
18.  Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no 1, Sz 87 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 02/1968 
19.  Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no 2, Sz 90 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 02/1968 
20.  Concerto for Violin no 2, Sz 112 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937-1938; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 1965-1966 
21.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 08/1947 
22.  Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 04/1953 
23.  Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: ?1798; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 04/1953 
24.  Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 1960 
25.  Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: ?1798; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 1960 
26.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Constantin Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 02/1960 
27.  Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 11/1971 
28.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 11/1971 
29.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 04/1953 
30.  Concerto for Violin by Alban Berg
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; Austria 
Date of Recording: 02/1968 
31.  Concerto for Violin, Op. 59 by Lennox Berkeley
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1961 
Date of Recording: 04/1971 
32.  Puttin' on the Ritz: Puttin' on the Ritz by Irving Berlin
Performer:  Stéphane Grappelli (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1929; USA 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
33.  Harold en Italie, Op. 16 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Viola)
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834; France 
Date of Recording: 10/1962 
34.  Ręverie et caprice for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841; France 
Date of Recording: 02/1964 
35.  Concerto for Violin by Ernest Bloch
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Paul Kletzki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937-1938; Switzerland 
Date of Recording: 06/1963 
36.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Austria 
Date of Recording: 09/1957 
37.  Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Paul Tortelier (Cello)
Conductor:  Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Austria 
Date of Recording: 11/1984 
38.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Germany 
Date of Recording: 12/1971 
39.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Walter Susskind
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Germany 
Date of Recording: 09/1956 
40.  Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21 by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Conductor:  None
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Pascal String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1889-1891; France 
Date of Recording: 11/1954 
41.  Počme for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25 by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; France 
Date of Recording: 1933 
42.  Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61 by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Edward Elgar
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909-1910; England 
Date of Recording: 07/1932 
43.  Lady, be Good: Fascinating rhythm by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1924; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
44.  Strike up the Band: Soon by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1929; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
45.  Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
46.  Damsel in Distress: Nice work if you can get it by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
47.  Girl Crazy: Embraceable you by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1930; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
48.  Show Girl: Liza "All the clouds'll roll away" by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1929; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
49.  Funny Face: 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1927; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
50.  Girl Crazy: I got rhythm by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Max Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1930; USA 
Date of Recording: 05/1975 
51.  Funny Face: He loves and she loves by George Gershwin
Performer:  Stéphane Grappelli (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1927; USA 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
52.  Shall We Dance: They can't take that away from me by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936-1937; USA 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
53.  Shall We Dance: They all laughed by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936-1937; USA 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
54.  Funny Face: Funny face by George Gershwin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1927; USA 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
55.  Alison by Stéphane Grappelli
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
56.  Amanda by Stéphane Grappelli
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Date of Recording: 07/1981 
57.  Sonata ŕ cinque for Violin and Strings in B flat major, HWV 288 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1706-1707; Italy 
Date of Recording: 1968 
58.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H 7a no 1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: by 1769; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 02/1963 
59.  Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 by Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873; France 
Date of Recording: 06/1933 
60.  Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 by Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873; France 
Date of Recording: 09/1956 
61.  Polyptyque "6 images de la Passion du Christ" by Frank Martin
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Edmond de Stoutz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Menuhin Festival Orchestra,  Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1972-1973; Switzerland 
Date of Recording: 09/1974 
62.  Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  R. Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Germany 
Date of Recording: 11/1971 
63.  Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Colonne Concerts Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Germany 
Date of Recording: 05/1938 
64.  Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Germany 
Date of Recording: 05/1952 
65.  Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Efrem Kurtz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Germany 
Date of Recording: 04/1958 
66.  Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 12/1954 
67.  Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 12/1935 
68.  Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Date of Recording: 12/1935 
69.  Concerto for Violin in D major "Adelaide" by Marius Casadesus
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1931; France 
Date of Recording: 05/1934 
70.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 09/1963 
71.  Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 06/1961 
72.  Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1961 
73.  Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1963 
74.  Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1962 
75.  Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Rudolf Barshai (Viola), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1779; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1962 
76.  Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Malcolm Sargent
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 03/1943 
77.  Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Derek Simpson (Cello), Alberto Lysy (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1774; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1963 
78.  Concerto for Violin, Op. 33 by Carl Nielsen
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Mogens Wöldike
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911; Denmark 
Date of Recording: 09/1952 
79.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6 by Niccolň Paganini
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1817 
Date of Recording: 05/1934 
80.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6 by Niccolň Paganini
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1817 
Date of Recording: 05/1955 
81.  Concerto for Violin and Strings by Andrzej Panufnik
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Andrzej Panufnik
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1971; England 
Date of Recording: 01/1975 
82.  Concerto for Violin no 3 in B minor, Op. 61 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Gaston Poulet
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; France 
Date of Recording: 07/1955 
83.  Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 28 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; France 
Date of Recording: 09/1957 
84.  Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; France 
Date of Recording: 08/1957 
85.  Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903-1905; Finland 
Date of Recording: 06/1955 
86.  Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli by Michael Tippett
Performer:  Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Conductor:  Michael Tippett
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bath Festival Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; England 
Date of Recording: 10/1964 
87.  Concerto for Violin in D minor "Concerto accademico" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1924-1925; England 
Date of Recording: 02/1952 
88.  Concerto for Violin no 4 in D minor, Op. 31 by Henri Vieuxtemps
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Walter Susskind
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1850 
Date of Recording: 05/1951 
89.  Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry" by Henri Vieuxtemps
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1861; Belgium 
Date of Recording: 12/1954 
90.  Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Jerzy Maksymiuk
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy 
Date of Recording: 04/1982 
91.  Concertos (4) for Violin, Op. 8 no 1-4 "Four seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy 
Date of Recording: 12/1979 
92.  Concerto for 2 Violins and Cello in D minor, Op. 3 no 11/RV 565 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Alberto Lysy (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Conductor:  Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1711; Venice, Italy 
Date of Recording: 12/1985 
93.  Concerto for 4 Violins in D major, Op. 3 no 1/RV 549 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Lee Mi-Kyung (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Alberto Lysy (Violin),
Hu Kun (Violin)
Conductor:  Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1711; Venice, Italy 
Date of Recording: 12/1985 
94.  Concerto for Violin in B flat major, Op. 8 no 10/RV 362 "La caccia" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Jerzy Maksymiuk
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy 
Date of Recording: 04/1982 
95.  Concerto for Violin in B minor by Sir William Walton
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir William Walton
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938-1939; England 
Date of Recording: 07/1969 
96.  Concerto for Viola by Sir William Walton
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir William Walton
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1929/1961; England 
Date of Recording: 10/1968 
97.  Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17 by Henri Wieniawski
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  George Enescu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Colonne Concerts Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1860; St. Petersburg, Russ 
Date of Recording: 05/1938 
98.  Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17 by Henri Wieniawski
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1860; St. Petersburg, Russ 
Date of Recording: 02/1964 
99.  Concerto for Violin by Malcolm Williamson
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Date of Recording: 01/1971 
100.  Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 1935-1936 
101.  Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 12/1935 
102.  Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 12/1935 
103.  Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 05/1934 
104.  Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 05/1934 
105.  Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
Date of Recording: 02/1936 
106.  Romanian Dance(s) by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Hungary 
Date of Recording: 04/1964 
107.  Duets (44) for 2 Violins, Sz 98: Excerpt(s) by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Nell Gotkovsky (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1932; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 07/1965 
108.  Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1944; USA 
Date of Recording: 10/1957 
109.  Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1944; USA 
Date of Recording: 06/1947 
110.  La ronde des lutins, Op. 25 by Antonio Bazzini
Performer:  Marcel Gazelle (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1847; Italy 
Date of Recording: 09/1934 
111.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802-1803; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 11/1934 
112.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 02/1952 
113.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 02/1952 
114.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 02/1952 
115.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 6 in A major, Op. 30 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 12/1954 
116.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 7 in C minor, Op. 30 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 01/1955 
117.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria 
118.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 96 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1812; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 10/1953 
119.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 4 in A minor, Op. 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 12/1954 
120.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 09/1953 
121.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Louis Kentner (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802-1803; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 09/1953 
122.  Suite for Violin solo no 1 by Ernest Bloch
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1958; USA 
Date of Recording: 04/1975 
123.  Abodah by Ernest Bloch
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Hendrik Endt (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1929; USA 
Date of Recording: 03/1939 
124.  Cortčge for Violin and Piano by Lili Boulanger
Performer:  Clifford Curzon (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914; Rome, Italy 
Date of Recording: 12/1967 
125.  D'un matin de printemps by Lili Boulanger
Performer:  Clifford Curzon (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1918; Italy 
Date of Recording: 12/1967 
126.  Nocturne for Violin and Piano in F major by Lili Boulanger
Performer:  Clifford Curzon (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911; France 
Date of Recording: 12/1967 
127.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886-1888; Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1936 
128.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 1 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Marcel Gazelle (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
Date of Recording: 01/1936 
129.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 4 in F minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
Date of Recording: 02/1936 
130.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 6 in D flat major by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
Date of Recording: 11/1934 
131.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 7 in A major by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
Date of Recording: 01/1936 
132.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 17 in F sharp minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Robert Masters (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1880; Austria 
Date of Recording: 01/1936 
133.  Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Maurice Gendron (Cello), Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Robert Masters (Violin),
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello), Ernst Wallfisch (Viola)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859-1860; Germany 
Date of Recording: 09/1963 
134.  Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Maurice Gendron (Cello), Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Robert Masters (Violin),
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello), Ernst Wallfisch (Viola)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1864-1865; Austria 
Date of Recording: 12/1964 
135.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 12 in D minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Ferguson Webster (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Austria 
Date of Recording: 03/1938 
136.  Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Alan Civil (French Horn), Hephzibah Menuhin (Piano), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Austria 
Date of Recording: 07/1966 
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