Menuhin: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas (2 CD, FLAC)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks+cue)
Label: EMI Classical
Size: 470 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
01. 1er Mvt Adagio Son N1 Vl Seul Sol Min Bwv 1001
02. 2eme Mvt Fuga Son N1 Vl Seul Sol Min Bwv 1001
03. 3eme Mvt Sicilianson N1 Vl Seul Sol Min Bwv 1001
04. 4eme Mvt Prestoson N1 Vl Seul Sol Min Bwv 1001
05. 1er Mvt Allemandepart N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
06. 2eme Mvt Doublepart N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
07. 3eme Mvt Correntepart N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
08. 4eme Mvt Double Part N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
09. 5eme Mvt Saraband Part N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
10. 6eme Mvt Double Part N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
11. 7eme Mvt To Di Boupart N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
12. 8eme Mvt Double Part N1vl Seul Si Min Bwv 1002
13. 1er Mvt Grave Son N2 Vl Seul La Min Bwv 1003
14. 2eme Mvt Fuga Son N2 Vl Seul La Min Bwv 1003
15. 3eme Mvt Andanteson N2 Vl Seul La Min Bwv 1003
16. 4eme Mvt Allegro Son N2 Vl Seul La Min Bwv 1003

CD 02
01. 1er Mvt Allemande Part N2 Re Min Bwv 1004
02. 2eme Mvt Corrente Part N2 Re Min Bwv 1004
03. 3eme Mvt Sarabande Part N2 Re Min Bwv 1004
04. 4eme Mvt Giga Part N2 Re Min Bwv 1004
05. 5eme Mvt Chaconne Part N2 Re Min Bwv 1004
06. 1er Mvt Adagio Son N3 Do Maj Bwv 1005
07. 2eme Mvt Fuga Son N3 Do Maj Bwv 1005
08. 3eme Mvt Largo Son N3 Do Maj Bwv 1005
09. 4eme Mvt Allegro Assaison N3 Do Maj Bwv 1005
10. 1er Mvt Preludio Part N3 Mi Maj Bwv 1006
11. 2eme Mvt Loure Part N3 Mi Maj Bwv 1006
12. 3eme Mvt Gavotte En Rond Part N3 Mi Maj Bwv 1006
13. 4eme Mvt Menuets 1 2 Part N3 Mi Maj Bwv 1006
14. 5eme Mvt Bourree Part N3 Mi Maj Bwv 1006
15. 6eme Mvt Gigue Part N3 Mi Maj Bwv 1006

the very best bach ever

I’m studying the bach sonatas and partitas by bach since an year and a half by now and the first distinction must me done on the recordings done with the baroque bow and the italian bow (the common bow everyone knows). Among the seconds the early ionterpretation of Menuhin remains the best ever he keep together the baroque sound of this compositions with beautiful deep sound. He reaches its best with the very deep sottovoce with a perfect crescendo. He keeps apart the romanticism so much common in other recordings, a moderated and very well dosed use of vibrato, trust the very best recording ever (I’ve heard other 25 recordings, the other good are UTO UGHI, Heifetz, let alone the chaccona that really lack of the sensitivness you find in Menuhin, Szigeti, Milstein is quite disappointing nice to hear but far from beeing Bach, Perlman disappointing too. It would have been nice to listen to Kogan and Oistrakh playing these pieces). The second recording by Menuhin done in the sixties is quite different many reckon it worse but I somehow prefer in the third Sonata. Just buy it.