Menuhin was born of a distinguished rabbinical dynasty. The name Yehudi (‘Jew’ in Hebrew) was decided when a prospective landlady told his parents that she didn’t take Jews: his mother vowed that her unborn baby would have a label proclaiming his race to the world.
Menuhin’s fame began with his first public performance aged eight and the commencement of his seventy-year recording career four years later. His playing was intuitively musical, eliciting praise from a New York Times critic in 1927: ‘It may seem ridiculous to say that he showed a mature conception of Beethoven’s Concerto, but that is the fact’, and Elgar’s comment to Delius: ‘The way that boy plays my concerto is amazing.’ Despite this adulation and all his training with Pers...
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BACH, J.S.: Concerto for 2 Violins / MOZART, W.A.: Sinfonia concertante / BRAHMS, J.: Violin Concerto (D. and I. Oistrakh) | |
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BACH, J.S.: Concerto for 2 Violins / MOZART, W.A.: Sinfonia concertante / BRAHMS, J.: Violin Concerto (D. and I. Oistrakh)
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Brahms, Johannes -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Artists:
Davis, Colin -- English Chamber Orchestra -- Kondrashin, Kirill -- Menuhin, Yehudi -- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra -- Oistrakh, David -- Oistrakh, Igor
Label/Producer: ICA Classics |
INDIA: Raga (Documentary, 1992) | |
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INDIA: Raga (Documentary, 1992)
Artist:
Menuhin, Yehudi
Label/Producer: Lyrichord World |
MENUHIN PLAYS MENDELSSOHN | |
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MENUHIN PLAYS MENDELSSOHN
Composers:
Bazzini, Antonio -- Brahms, Johannes -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Sarasate, Pablo de
Artists:
Baller, Adolph -- Dorati, Antal -- Hollywood Symphony Orchestra -- Menuhin, Yehudi
Label/Producer: Ideale Audience |
MENUHIN, Yehudi: Concert Magic | |
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MENUHIN, Yehudi: Concert Magic
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Chopin, Fryderyk -- Gounod, Charles-Francois -- Liszt, Franz -- Locatelli, Pietro Antonio -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Novacek, Ottokar -- Paganini, Nicolo -- Schubert, Franz -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Wieniawski, Henryk
Artists:
Baller, Adolph -- Beal, Eula -- Campbell, Marguerite -- Dorati, Antal -- Gimpel, Jakob -- Hollywood Symphony Orchestra -- Menuhin, Yehudi
Label/Producer: EuroArts |