Composer: William Walton
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin, Louis Kentner
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: William Walton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Release: 2016
Size: 1.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Violin Concerto (revised version)
01. I. Andante tranquillo
02. II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana – Trio – Canzonetta – Tempo I
03. III. Vivace
Viola Concerto (revised version)
04. I. Andante comodo
05. II. Vivo, con molto preciso
06. III. Allegro moderato
Violin Sonata
07. I. Allegro tranquillo
08. II. Variazioni – Tema – Andante
09. II. Variazioni – Variation I – A tempo poco più mosso
10. II. Variazioni – Variation II – A tempo quasi improvisando
11. II. Variazioni – Variation III – Alla marcia molto vivace
12. II. Variazioni – Variation IV – Allegro molto
13. II. Variazioni – Variation V – Allegretto con moto
14. II. Variazioni – Variation VI – Scherzando
15. II. Variazioni – Variation VII – Andante tranquillo – Coda – Molto vivace – Presto
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.