Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pierre Alexandre Monsigny, Arcangelo Corelli, Max Bruch
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin, Hubert Giesen
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Landon Ronald
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Release: 2016
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. “J’avais 12 ans et j’étais déjà un vétéran du violon…” (Speech in French)
02. “I was already a veteran violinist of 12…” (Speech in English)
03. “Als ich im Alte von 12 Jahren…” (Speech in German)
Bach: Sonata for Violin Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005
04. I. Adagio
05. II. Fuga
06. III. Largo
07. IV. Allegro assa
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1
08. I. Allegro con brio
09. II. Tema con variazioni – Andante con moto
10. III. Rondo – Allegro
Monsigny:
11. Rigaudon (from Aline, Reine de Golconde)
Corelli:
12. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 5 No. 12, ‘La Folia’
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
13. I. Allegro moderato
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Finale – Allegro energico
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.