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Yehudi Menuhin [videorecording (DVD)] : the violin of the century.

EMI Classics, p2005.

DVD 787.2092 M549y

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.

Violinists -- Biography.

Classic archive ; 36

[videorecording (DVD)] :

1 videodisc (129 min..) : sd., col. with b&w sequences, stereo./mono. ; 12 cm.

Narrated by Yehudi Menuhin in English; optional subtitles in English (chapter titles), French, German, and Spanish.

Prologue (8:33). Ave Maria / F. Schubert -- Flight of the bumble bee / N. Rimsky-Korsakov -- Aria in D maj. / J. S. Bach (Antal Dorati, conductor) -- Habanera / P. de Sarasate (Adolph Baller, piano)

Roots (7:23). Gypsy airs / P. de Sarasate (Adolph Baller, piano)

The child prodigy (15:37). Violin concerto, mvt. I. Allegro molto appassionato / F. Mendelssohn (Orchestre National de L'Opéra de Monte Carlo ; Paul Paray, conductor) -- Sonata no. 3 / G. Enescu (Hephzibah Menuhin, piano) -- Scherzo-tarantelle / H. Wieniawski (Adolph Baller, piano) -- Liebesleid / Fritz Kreisler (Viktoria Postnikova, piano) -- Romanesca / Joseph Achron.

An incomparable career (17:36). Hungarian Dance in B minor / J. Brahms -- Violin concerto / E. Elgar (New York Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Songs my mother taught me / A. Dvořák -- Symphonie espagnole / E. Lalo (Charles Makerras, conductor) -- Chaconne / J.S. Bach -- Violin concerto / J. Brahms (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Wilhelm Furtwängler)

Hephzibah (12:41). Sonata / C. Franck (H. Menuhin, piano) -- Concert, op.21 / E. Chausson (H. Menuhin, piano ; Sydney String Quartet) -- Piano trio no. 1 / F. Schubert (H. Menuhin, piano ; Maurice Gendron, cello) ; Variations sérieuses / F. Mendelssohn (H. Menuhin, piano) -- Sonata no. 10 / L. van Beethoven (H. Menuhin, piano)

Encounters (22:40). Concerto in D maj. / L. van Beethoven (London Symphony Orchestra ; Colin Davis, conductor (1962) ; Casals Festival Orchestra ; Pablo Casals, conductor (1965) ; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor (1987)) -- Violin concerto / J. Brahms (Berliner Symphonisches Orchester ; Ferenc Fricsay, conductor) -- Concerto K219 / W.A. Mozart (Wiener Symphoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- An der schönen, blauen Donau / J. Strauss (Herbert von Karajan, piano) -- "Toy Symphony" / Leopold Mozart (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor) -- Cantata BWV13 / J.S. Bach (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello) -- Sonata no. 10 / L. van Beethoven (Wilhelm Kempff, piano (1977) ; Glenn Gould, piano (1965)) -- Sonata no. 1 / B. Bartók (Viktoria Postnikova, piano) -- Liebesleid / Fritz Kreisler (Viktoria Postnikova, piano) -- Concerto no. 2 (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor ; Contrasts (The King, clarinet ; Jeremy Menuhin, piano) ; Sonata no. 1 ; Romanian dance no. 6 (H. Menuhin, piano) ; Sonata for solo violin / B. Bartók.

A wandering violin (12:02). Malagueña / P. de Sarasate -- Hungarian dance / J. Brahms -- Come Sunday ; Black, brown and beige / Duke Ellington (D. Ellington, piano) -- Jalousie / Jacob Gade, arr. Grappelli (Stéphane Grappelli, violin ; Harry Stoneham Five) -- Raga Piloo / Ravi Shankar (Ravi Shankar, sitar) -- Music for Jean Carignan / André Gagnon (Jean Carignan, violin ; André Gagnon Orchestra) -- Concerto K219 / W.A. Mozart ; Cadenza / Yehudi Menuhin (Menuhin Festival Orchestra ; Y. Menuhin, conductor)

The ear that feels the sound (8:59). Gypsy airs / P. de Sarasate (Adolph Baller, piano) -- Caprice no. 24 / N. Paganini (Adolph Baller, piano)

Epilogue, from Yehudi Menuhin to Lord Menuhin (6:30). Partita in E maj. ; Chaconne / J.S. Bach.

Bonus. Abodah / Ernest Bloch (6:37) -- Kaddish / M. Ravel (Y. Menuhin, violin ; Yit-Kin Seow, piano) (4:40) -- Sonata for solo violin, Sz117. Fuga / B. Bartók (Y. Menuhin, violin)

Producer, Bruno Monsaingeon.

Yehudi Menuhin, violin with various accompanists and orchestras.

A film about Yehudi Menuhin's career, including his first steps into the limelight as a child, his development into a star violinist, expansion into jazz and Indian music, his close family ties, and his great humanity to those less fortunate than himself.

Violin and piano music.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.

Monsaingeon, Bruno.

Bardet, Pierre-Olivier.

Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. Abodah.

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Mélodies hébraïques. Kaddisch.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Sonatas, violin. Fuga.

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Idéale Audience International.

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