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Box 1: Unpublished Recordings and Rarities (https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a9509df-3561-4f69-8cdd-adc7d9b25e14)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
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1Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 1. Front credits
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
Yehudi Menuhin0:22
2Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 2. Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R: I. Allegro
violin:
Igor Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1987-11-13), Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13) and Valery Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R: I. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064: I. Allegro
part of:
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R
Johann Sebastian Bach7:33
3Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 3. Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R: II. Adagio
violin:
Igor Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1987-11-13), Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13) and Valery Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R: II. Adagio
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064: II. Adagio
part of:
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R
Johann Sebastian Bach8:11
4Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 4. Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R: III. Allegro
violin:
Igor Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1987-11-13), Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13) and Valery Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R: III. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064: III. Allegro
part of:
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R
Johann Sebastian Bach5:01
5Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 5. Violin Concerto no. 2, Sz. 112: I. Allegro non troppo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117: I. Allegro non troppo
composer:
Béla Bartók (composer) (from 1937 until 1938)
part of:
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117
Béla Bartók18:06
6Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 6. Violin Concerto no. 2, Sz. 112: II. Andante tranquillo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117: II. Andante tranquillo
composer:
Béla Bartók (composer) (from 1937 until 1938)
part of:
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117
Béla Bartók11:27
7Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 7. Violin Concerto no. 2, Sz. 112: III. Allegro molto
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117: III. Allegro molto
composer:
Béla Bartók (composer) (from 1937 until 1938)
part of:
Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117
Béla Bartók13:22
8Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 8. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven25:45
9Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 9. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: II. Larghetto
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: II. Larghetto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven11:05
10Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 10. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven14:35
11Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 11. Sérénade mélancolique
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
orchestra:
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (on 1987-11-13)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Sérénade mélancolique in B-flat minor, op. 26 (for violin and orchestra)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1876-01-28)
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (in 1875-02)
dedicated to:
Leopold Auer (Hungarian violinist and composer)
part of:
Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 26), The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 56) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 58)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10:13
12Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow: 12. End credits
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
Yehudi Menuhin0:27
13Encores: 1. Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006: III. Gavotte en rondeau
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1720)
part of:
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006
Johann Sebastian Bach3:12
14Encores: 2. Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1987-11-13)
video director:
Bruno Monsaingeon (French filmmaker, writer, violinist)
shot at:
Salle Tchaikovsky (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia (on 1987-11-13)
recording of:
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006: VII. Gigue
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1720)
part of:
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006
Johann Sebastian Bach1:53
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
91▶DVD-Video: Conversations with Yehudi Menuhin - Mykonos, June 1994