Admirers of Sir Yehudi Menuhin will be pleased to have this compilation of his early stereo recordings of the major violin concertos. I have always enjoyed his version of the Bach Double Concerto with Christian Ferras; it rightly dominated the catalogue throughout the 1960s, and the spirited baroque vitality of the performance, plus a beautifully judged central Largo, give great satisfaction. Moreover, it demonstrates what a good sound balance Peter Andry and Neville Boyling could achieve in London’s Kingsway Hall in 1959.
The Brahms is even better. The ambience of the Grünewald Kirche, Berlin conveys a fine body of tone to the Berlin Philharmonic and is flattering to the soloist. The performance is quite marvellous, demonstrating Menuhin’s nobility of line at its most impressive: the reading has breadth, humanity and spontaneity. The Mozart concertos are freshly straightforward and animated, never indulgent, though I would not enthuse about the Franko cadenzas in K216. The Beethoven reading is not quite so memorable as Menuhin’s earlier 1954 mono account with Furtwangler, and the recording is less flattering to his timbre, which sounds thin. However, this is undoubtedly the finest of his three stereo versions of this work. The Bruch and Mendelssohn were again balanced by Neville Boyling: the Bruch in Kingsway Hall in 1956, the Mendelssohn in Abbey Road Studio No. I in 1958. Both project vividly. Menuhin is in first-class form and Kurtz sparkles to match his soloist in the finale of the latter work.–Gramophone
Performer:
CD1:
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Christian Ferras, violin
Bath Festival Orchestra
CD2:
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Wiener Philharmoniker/ Constantin Silvestri
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Efrem Kurtz
CD3:
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Berliner Philharmoniker/ Rudolf Kempe
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Walter Susskind
Track List:
CD1:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Largo ma non tanto
03. III. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K 216
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Rondeau (Allegro-Andante-Allegretto)
Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K 219 “Turkish”
07. I. Allegro aperto
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Rondeau (Tempo di Menuetto-Allegro)
CD2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D, Op.61
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Rondo (Allegro)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
04. I. Allegro molto appassionato – Presto
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegretto non troppo-Allegro molto vivace
CD3:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 77
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op. 26
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Finale (Allegro energico)
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