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Box 1: Unpublished Recordings and Rarities (https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a9509df-3561-4f69-8cdd-adc7d9b25e14)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

▶CD 1: 1929-1931 Bach: Sonata, BWV 1005 / Beethoven: Sonata no. 1 / Bruch: Concerto no. 1
▶CD 2: 1932-1936 Tartini / Wieniawski / Bach / Nováček / Dvořák / Ravel / Kreisler / Beethoven
▶CD 3: 1938-1945 Locatelli / Schumann / Handel / Scott / Nin / Bach / Dvořák / Bartók / Paganini
▶CD 4: 1947-1950 Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Paganini: La campanella
▶CD 5: 1952-1953 Chausson: Poème / Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor
▶CD 6: 1953-1956 Mozart: Concerto, K. 219 / Sonatas, K. 454 & K. 526
▶CD 7: 1956-1958 Brahms: The Sonatas
▶CD 8: Recitals with Gerald Moore: 1947, 1953, 1964 Wieniawski / Dvořák / Kreisler / Bartók
▶CD 9: Recitals with Gerald Moore: 1953, 1956, 1968 Schubert / Corelli / Sarasate / Ravel / Debussy
▶CD 10: 1959-1960 Tchaikovsky: Concerto / Beethoven: Romances / Delibes / Paganini
▶CD 11: 1961 Bach: The Sonatas for violin & harpsichord (I)
▶CD 12: 1961 Bach: The Sonatas for violin & harpsichord (II)
▶CD 13: 1963 Schubert: Octet
▶CD 14: 1965-1966 Mozart: Piano Quartets / Sonata, K. 303
▶CD 15: 1966-1968 Schubert: String Quintet / String Trio, D. 471
▶CD 16: 1956-1970 Fauré: Piano Quartet no. 1 / Sonata no. 1 / Copland: Sonata
▶CD 17: 1971-1976 Viotti: Concertos nos. 16 & 22 / Bruch: Concerto no. 2
▶CD 18: 1978-1979 Corelli: 12 Sonatas, op. 5 (I)
▶CD 19: 1978-1979 Corelli: 12 Sonatas, op. 5 (II)
▶CD 20: 1980 Brahms: The Viola Sonatas
▶CD 21: Violin and harp recital: 1980 Pollini / Spohr / Boieldieu / Wilm / Rossini
▶CD 22: 1983 Leclair: Concertos, op. 7 nos 1 & 5 / Tartini: Concertos, D. 12 & D. 36
▶CD 23: Elgar: Concerto / La Capricieuse
▶CD 24: Bach: Sonata no. 1 / Partitas nos. 1 & 2
▶CD 25: Bach: Sonatas nos. 2 & 3 / Partita no. 3 / Concerto, BWV 1041
▶CD 26: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Bach / Dvořák / Paganini / Wieniawski
▶CD 27: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Mozart: Concertos
▶CD 28: Complete Recordings with Enescu: Mendelssohn / Lalo / Chausson
▶CD 29: Schumann: Concerto / Mozart: Concerto, K. 281 / Liberation of Paris Concert, 1944 / 1st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1949
▶CD 30: Menuhin in Moscow, 1945: Bach: Double Concerto with David Oistrakh / Saint-Saëns / Wieniawski / Sarasate / Tchaikovsky / Dvořák / Kreisler / Bartók
▶CD 31: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Concertos: Beethoven / Mendelssohn
▶CD 32: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Concertos: Brahms / Bartók (no. 2)
▶CD 33: Complete Recordings with Furtwängler: Beethoven: Concerto / Romances
▶CD 34: Bartók: Sonatas
▶CD 35: Walton: Sonata / Concertos (violin, viola)
▶CD 36: Martin: Polyptyque / Ballade / Harris: Sonata
▶CD 37: Concertos: Berkeley / Williamson / Panufnik
▶CD 38: Bloch: Abodah / Suites / Finney: Fantasy / Somers: Solo Violin / Ben-Haim: Sonata
▶CD 39: “West meets East” with Ravi Shankar
▶CD 40: “Jealousy” with Stéphane Grappelli
▶CD 41: Carnegie Hall, 1940 (I): Concertos: Bach (BWV 1042) / Brahms
▶CD 42: Carnegie Hall, 1940 (II): Paganini: Concerto no. 1 / Encores
▶CD 43: Prades, 1955 (Eugene Istomin, Pablo Casals): Brahms: Trios nos. 1 & 2
▶CD 44: Prades, 1955 & 1956 (Pablo Casals, Eugene Istomin, Mieczysław Horszowski): Piano Trios: Brahms (no. 3) / Schumann (no. 2) / Mozart: Sonata, K. 376
▶CD 45: Tel Aviv, 1964 / Ascona, 1972 (Gary Bertini, Edmond de Stoutz): Concertos: Pártos / Bach (BWV 1052R)
▶CD 46: Edinburgh, 1968 / Paris, 1971 / Brussels, 1958 (István Kertész, Maurice Gendron, Marcel Gazelle): Britten / Ravel / Paganini / Szymanowski
▶CD 47: Bath Festival Orchestra, 1964-1965: Stravinsky / Hindemith / Bartók / Corelli / Tippett
▶CD 48: Mozart: Sonatas, K. 301, K. 376, K. 378 & K. 526
▶CD 49: Beethoven: Sonatas nos. 7, 8 & “Kreutzer” / Rondo
▶CD 50: Beethoven: Piano Trio “Ghost” / Sonatas nos. 3 & 10 / Schubert: Rondo in B minor
▶CD 51: Sonatas: Brahms (no. 3) / Franck / Lekeu
▶CD 52: Sonatas: Enescu (no. 3) / Pizzetti (no. 1) / Bach (BWV 1016)
▶CD 53: Schumann: Sonata no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
▶CD 54: Sonatas: Brahms (nos. 1 & 3) / Beethoven (no. 10)
▶CD 55: Sonatas: Beethoven (“Spring” & “Kreutzer”) / Brahms (no. 3)
▶CD 56: Sonatas: Bartók (no. 1) / Enescu (no. 3) / Brahms: “Sonatensatz”
▶CD 57: Sonatas: Schumann (no. 2) / Franck / Mozart (K. 526)
▶CD 58: Beethoven: Sonatas nos. 7 & 10
▶CD 59: Beethoven: Piano Trios op. 70, no. 1 “Ghost” & no. 2
▶CD 60: Schubert: Piano Trios no. 1, “Sonatensatz” & Notturno
▶CD 61: Brahms: Horn Trio / Piano Trio no. 2
▶CD 62: Piano Trios: Beethoven (“Archduke”) / Schubert (no. 2)
▶CD 63: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio / Mozart: Piano Quartet, K. 478
▶CD 64: Sonatas: Mozart (K. 379) / Elgar / Vaughan Williams
▶CD 65: Mozart: Double Piano Concerto, K. 365 / Piano Concertos, K. 449 & K. 459
▶CD 66: Mendelssohn: Double Concerto for violin and piano / Mozart: Triple Piano Concerto, K. 242
▶CD 67: Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 3 / Piano Concerto no. 3 / Mozart: Sonatas, K. 481 & K. 526
▶CD 68: Showpieces: Bazzini / Dvořák / Brahms / Debussy / Ravel / Rimsky-Korsakov / Wieniawski
▶CD 69: Spanish Dances: Sarasate / Granados / Falla / Showpieces: Kreisler
▶CD 70: Paganini: Concerto no. 1 / Caprices / La campanella
▶CD 71: Prokofiev: Sonata no. 1 / Schubert: Fantasia / Lili Boulanger
▶CD 72: Beethoven: The complete Sonatas with Louis Kentner (I) nos. 1, 2, 3 & 6
▶CD 73: Beethoven: The complete Sonatas with Louis Kentner (II) nos. 7, 8 & 10
▶CD 74: Beethoven: The complete Sonatas with Louis Kentner (III) no. 4, “Spring” & “Kreutzer”
▶CD 75: Berlioz: Harold in Italy / Rêverie & Caprice / Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty
▼CD 76: Brahms: String Sextets
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1String Sextet no.1 in B-flat, op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo
producer:
Douglas Gamley (film composer) and Victor Olof
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1859 until 1860)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18
Johannes Brahms12:12
2String Sextet no.1 in B-flat, op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato
producer:
Douglas Gamley (film composer) and Victor Olof
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1859 until 1860)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18
Johannes Brahms10:20
3String Sextet no.1 in B-flat, op. 18: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
producer:
Douglas Gamley (film composer) and Victor Olof
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Animato - Più animato (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1859 until 1860)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18
Johannes Brahms3:06
4String Sextet no.1 in B-flat, op. 18: IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
producer:
Douglas Gamley (film composer) and Victor Olof
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: IV. Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso (from 1963-09-01 until 1963-09-02)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1859 until 1860)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18
Johannes Brahms11:52
5String Sextet no. 2 in G, op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1864 until 1865)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36
Johannes Brahms10:59
6String Sextet no. 2 in G, op. 36: II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36: II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1864 until 1865)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36
Johannes Brahms8:13
7String Sextet no. 2 in G, op. 36: III. Poco adagio
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36: III. Poco adagio (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1864 until 1865)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36
Johannes Brahms9:17
8String Sextet no. 2 in G, op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
cello:
Maurice Gendron (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Derek Simpson (cellist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Ernst Wallfisch (viola soloist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
violin:
Robert Masters (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23) and Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21, on 1964-12-23)
recording of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36: IV. Poco allegro (from 1964-12-20 until 1964-12-21)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1864 until 1865)
part of:
Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 2 in G major, op. 36
Johannes Brahms9:00
▶CD 77: Bartók: Concerto no. 1 / Viola Concerto / 6 Violin Duos / Rhapsodies
▶CD 78: Berg: Concerto / Poulenc: Sonata / Debussy: Sonatas (violin / flute, viola & harp)
▶CD 79: Arias: Handel / Bach / Songs: Beethoven / Rachmaninov (with Robert Merrill, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau)
▶CD 80: Beethoven: Sonata no. 6 / Piano Concerto op. 61a
▶DVD-Video 81: Concert Magic
▶DVD-Video 82: Menuhin plays Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn / Brahms / Sarasate / Bazzini
▶DVD-Video 83: Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin: Mozart / Bartók / Enescu / Mendelssohn
▶DVD-Video 84: The Violin of the Century
▶DVD-Video 85: “Do you realize how much I love music?” - Monsaingeon on Menuhin / Retour aux Sources. Yehudi Menuhin in the Soviet Union - First Episode
▶DVD-Video 86: Yehudi Menuhin in Moscow
▶DVD-Video 87: Retour aux Sources. Yehudi Menuhin in the Soviet Union - Second Episode / Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova in Leningrad
▶DVD-Video 88: Retour aux Sources. Yehudi Menuhin in the Soviet Union - Third Episode / Yehudi Menuhin in Leningrad
▶DVD-Video 89: Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova in Moscow / Tchaikovsky's Trio “In memory of a great artist”
▶DVD-Video 90: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
▶DVD-Video 91: Conversations with Yehudi Menuhin - Mykonos, June 1994