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The Menuhin Century: Brahms – The 2 Sextets (24/96 FLAC)

The Menuhin Century: Brahms - The 2 Sextets (24/96 FLAC)
The Menuhin Century: Brahms – The 2 Sextets (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Masters, Cecil Aronowitz, Ernst Wallfisch, Maurice Gendron, Derek Simpson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Release: 2016
Size: 1.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Andante ma moderato
03. III. Scherzo – Allegro molto
04. IV. Rondo – Poco allegretto e grazioso

String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Scherzo – Allegro non troppo – Presto giocoso
07. III. Poco adagio
08. IV. Poco allegro

This box illustrates Menuhin’s historic role as a musician through recordings such as: the legendary Elgar Violin Concerto with the composer conducting; historical concerts, such as the re-opening of the Opéra de Paris two months after Paris liberation; Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Bartók with Wilhelm Furtwängler; the Bach Double Concerto with David Oistrakh, and works composed for Menuhin by Bloch, Bartók and many others.

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