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About the artist Yehudi Menuhin

In November 1929, at the age of 13, Lord Menuhin made his first recordings in London, and he made his last recording shortly before his death in 1999, when he conducted the Sinfonia Varsovia in Beethoven Piano Concertos with François-René Duchâble as the soloist. In total, Menuhin recorded over 300 works as both violinist and conductor. Menuhin's range was unique, including all of the main classical works for violin as well as collaborations with Stéphane Grappelli and Ravi Shankar. Throughout his life Menuhin was concerned with education and humanitarian causes. He always made a point of putting these concerns into practical action, which included the founding in 1963 of the Yehudi Menuhin School at Stoke d'Abernon in Surrey, a boarding school for young talented musicians whose ex-pupils include Nigel Kennedy. In 1977 he also founded the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland for young graduate string players. In recognition of his musical and humanitarian achievements he was awarded many international honours including the Legion d'Honneur and the Croix de Lorraine from France; the Order of Merit from Germany; the Ordre Leopold and Ordre de la Couronne from Belgium. In 1960 Menuhin received the Nehru Peace Prize for International Understanding from the Prime Minister of India. Other honours include the Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal and the Cobbett Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. In 1965 he was given an honorary knighthood (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II (which became a formal knighthood in 1985 when he was granted honorary British citizenship) and in 1987 he became a member of the highly select Order of Merit (OM). In 1993 he was awarded a Life Peerage, becoming Lord Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon. He was an honorary doctor of twenty universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews; he was a Freeman of the Cities of Edinburgh, Bath, Reims and Warsaw and was the holder of the Gold Medals of the Cities of Paris, New York and Jerusalem. In 1992 he was honoured with the title of Ambassador of Goodwill to Unesco. Active right up to the very end of his life, Lord Menuhin died on 12 March 1999 in Berlin, where he was to have conducted a concert.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Yehudi Menuhin

CATALOGUE NR: 7692192  (barcode: 0077776921921)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.55
RELEASE DATE: 22-Feb-1998

TRACKS: Cheek to Cheek. Isn't this a lovely day. The Piccolino. Change Partners. Top hat white tie and tails. I've got my love to keep me warm (arr. Max Harris). Heat Wave (arr. Max Harris). The way you look tonight. Pick yourself up (arr. Max Harris. A Fine Romance. All the things you are. Why do I love you? I get a kick out of you. Night and Day. Looking at you. Just one of those things. My Funny Valentine (arr. Max Harris). Thou Swell (arr. Max Harris). The lady is a tramp. The Blue Room (arr. Max Harris).
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Stephane Grappelli    

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CATALOGUE NR: SMK87856  (barcode: 5099708785628)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95

TITLE: Gould meets Menuhin
ARTISTS: Glenn Gould   Yehudi Menuhin    

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CATALOGUE NR: 7692202  (barcode: 0077776922027)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69
RELEASE DATE: 22-Feb-1998

TITLE: Jealousy & other Great Standards
TRACKS: Jealousy. Tea for Two. Limehouse Blues. These Foolish Things. The Continental. A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square. Sweet Sue. Skylark. Laura. Sweet Georgia Brown. I'll remember April. April in Paris. The things we did last summer. September in the rain. Autumn Leaves. Autumn in New York. Button up your overcoat.
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Stephane Grappelli    

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CATALOGUE NR: YM80
RECORD LABEL: Biddulph
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.70
RELEASE DATE: 03-Nov-2003

TITLE: Yehudi Menuhin - Portrait as a Young Man
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lord Menuhin remembers the recordings of 'Master Yehudi'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5671802  (barcode: 0724356718029)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Angel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 24-Jan-2000

TITLE: West meets East
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Ravi Shankar    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Historic Shankar / Menuhin sessions

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1003  (barcode: 0749677100322)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

TITLE: The Young Menuhin plays Encores
TRACKS: pieces - Ries / Paganini / Novacek / Rimsky-Korsakov / Ravel / Falla / Bazzini / Weiniawski / Kreisler / Debussy / Sarasate / Brahms / Dvorak / Brahms.
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

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CATALOGUE NR: 5561272  (barcode: 0724355612724)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 15-Nov-1996

TITLE: Violin du Siecle
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

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CATALOGUE NR: 2054158  (barcode: 0880242541581)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Aug-2005

TITLE: Yehudi Menuhin - Concert Magic
TRACKS: plus 'The Story behind Concert Magic' - Menuhin in conversation with Humphrey Burton.
ORCHESTRA: Symphony Orchestra of Hollywood
CONDUCTOR: Antal Dorati
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Adolf Baller   Marguerite Campbell   Jakob Gimpel

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 fullscreen / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 64 minutes Concert Magic - 57 minutes The Story behind Concert Magic / Recorded: Charlie Chaplin Studios Hollywood 1947

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CATALOGUE NR: TPDVD120  (barcode: 0604388703906)
RECORD LABEL: Tony Palmer Films
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.49
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

TITLE: A Family Portrait
TRACKS: Tony Palmer's Film about Menuhin.
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: Digital Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 105 minutes / Recorded: directed by Tony Palmer

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CATALOGUE NR: TUDOR52020  (barcode: 7640110520208)
RECORD LABEL: Tudor
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.39
RELEASE DATE: 12-May-2008

TITLE: The Swiss Years
TRACKS: Extras - Concerts Saanen / Yehudi Menuhin in Berlin 1946 / Yehudi Menuhin in Switzerland 1929 / Interview in English / Interview in German / Interview in French / Interview in Italian / Interview Zamira Gerard & Jeremy Menuhin.
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 4:3 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 56 minutes & 70 minutes Extras

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CATALOGUE NR: 7490702  (barcode: 0077774907026)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.25
RELEASE DATE: 21-May-1996

TITLE: Menuhin meets Shankar
TRACKS: Prabhati - based on Raga Gunkali. Raga Puriya Kalyan. Swara-Kakali - based on Raga Tilang. Raga Piloo. Raga Ananda Bhairava.
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Ravi Shankar    

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CATALOGUE NR: 2641162  (barcode: 5099926411620)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.09
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: 100 Best Menuhin
TRACKS: CD1 VIVALDI - Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy - The Four Seasons : Concerto No.1 in E 'La primavera' Spring : Allegro / Largo / Allegro. Concerto No.2 in G minor 'L'estate' Summer : Allegro / Adagio / Presto. Concerto No.3 in F 'L'autunno' Autumn : Allegro / Adagio molto / Allegro. Concerto No.4 in F minor 'L'inverno' Winter : Allegro non molto / Largo / Allegro. Polish Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk - Concerto in C 'Il piacere' RV180. Concerto in E flat 'La tempesta di mare' RV253 The Storm at Sea. Concerto in B flat 'La caccia' RV362 The Hunt. Concerto in A minor RV356 (Vivaldi). CD2 BACH & MOZART - Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin - Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV1048. Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043. Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041. Concerto for violin & oboe in D minor BWV1060. Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 (JS Bach). Musical Offering BWV1079 (JS Bach ed. Boyling). Partita No.3 in E BWV1006. Partita No.2 in D minor BWV1004. Sonata No.3 in C BWV1005 (JS Bach). Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin - Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216. Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219 'Turkish'. Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364 (Mozart). CD3 BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS - Philharmonia Orchestra / John Pritchard - Romance No.1 in G op.40. Violin Sonata No.5 in F op.24 'Spring'. Romance No.2 in F op.50. Violin Sonata No 9 in A op.47 'Kreutzer'. Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler - Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Beethoven). Horn Trio in E flat op.40. Berliner Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe - Violin Concerto in D minor op.77 (Brahms). CD4 - THE ROMANTIC ERA - Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn). Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor op.26 (Bruch). Philharmonia Orchestra / Eugene Goossen - Symphonie espagnole op.21 (Lalo). Royal Philharmonic / Alberto Erede - Violin Concerto No.1 in D op.6 (Paganini). Philharmonia Orchestra / Eugene Goossen - Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor op.28 (Saint-Saens). Philharmonia Orchestra / Anatole Fistoulari - Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor op.37 (Vieuxtemps). Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz - Swan Lake : Pas d'action Act II (Tchaikovsky). Royal Philharmonic / Alberto Erede - Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor op.68 (Paganini). London Symphony Orchestra / Edward Elgar - Violin Concerto in B minor op.61 (Elgar). CD5 SHOWPIECES & ENCORES - Marcel Gazelle - Moto perpetuo in C op.11. 24 Caprices op.1 : No.9 in E 'La chasse' / No.24 in A minor (Paganini). Marcel Gazelle - Caprice basque op.24 (Sarasate). Hendrik Endt - Danzas espanoles No.1 'Malaguena' op.21 No.1 / Marcel Gazelle - Danzas espanoles No.2 'Habanera' op.21 No.2 / Danzas espanoles No.3 'Romanza andaluza' op.22 No.1 / Danzas espanoles No.6 'Zapateado' op.23 No.2. La Ronde des lutins op.25 (Bazzini). Caprice viennois : Tambourin chinois / Schon Rosmarin / Praeludium & Allegro in the Style of Pugnani / La Chasse in the Style of Cartier (Kreisler). Hendrik Endt - Hora Staccata (Dinicu arr. Heifetz). Artur Balsam - Guitarre op.45 No.2 (Moszkowski arr. Sarasate). Marcel Gazelle - Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor. Hungarian Dance No.4 in B minor. Hungarian Dance No.6 in B flat. Hungarian Dance No.7 in A. Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor (Brahms arr. Joachim). CD6 MENUHIN THE ADVENTURER - London Symphony Orchestra / William Walton - Violin Concerto (Walton). Ravi Shankar / Alla Rakha - Swara-Kakali based on Raga Tilang (Shankar). Menuhin Festival Orchestra / Zurich Chamber Orchestra / Edmond de Stoutz - Polyptyque for violin & two small string orchestras : Image des Rameaux / Image de la Glorification (Martin). London Philharmonic / Adrian Boult - Violin Concerto (Williamson). Nell Gotkovsky - 44 Duos for 2 violins : No.28 Sorrow / No.31 Greeting / No.33 Harvest Song / No.36 Bagpipes / No.41 Scherzo / No.42 Arabian Song (Bartok). Clifford Curzon - 3 Pieces for violin & piano : D'un matin de printemps (Boulanger). BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez - Rhapsody No.2 (Bartok). Menuhin Festival Orchestra / Andrzej Panufnik - Violin Concerto (Panufnik). Stephane Grappelli violin / Alan Clare Trio - Jealousy (Gade arr. Harris). Porgy and Bess : Summertime (Gershwin arr. Harris). Stephane Grappelli / John Etheridge / Jan Blok / Pierre Michelot / Ronnie Verrell - Tea for Two - No No Nanette (Youmans arr. Harris). Stephane Grappelli - Menuet pour Menuhin (Grappelli).
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1932-1986

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CATALOGUE NR: 2641982  (barcode: 5099926419824)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 10 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 29.99
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Great Violin Concertos
TRACKS: Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy - Concerto No.1 in E RV269 / op.8 No.1 'La primavera'. Concerto No.2 in G minor RV315 / op.8 No.2 'L'estate' / Concerto No.3 in F RV293 / op.8 No.3 'L'autunno'. Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 / op.8 No.4 'L'inverno'. Polish Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk - Violin Concerto in C RV180 / op.8 No.6 'Il piacere'. Violin Concerto in C minor RV199 'Il sospetto'. Concerto in E flat RV253 / op.8 No.5 'Il tempesta di mare'. Concerto in B flat RV362 / op.8 No.10 'La caccia' (Vivaldi). Bath Festival Orchestra - Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041. Violin Concerto in E BWV1042. Double Concerto in D minor BWV1043. Triple Concerto in A minor BWV1044 (JS Bach). Violin Concerto in C HobVII:1 (Haydn). Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218. Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219 'Turkish' (Mozart). Wiener Philharmoniker / Constantin Silvestri - Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Beethoven). Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn). Orchestre Symphonique de Paris / George Enescu - Symphonie espagnole in D minor op.21 (Lalo). Poeme op.25 (Chausson). Violin Concerto in A minor op.53 B108 (Dvorak). Berliner Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe - Violin Concerto in D op.77 (Brahms). Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor op.26 (Bruch). London Symphony Orchestra / Edward Elgar - Violin Concerto in B minor op.61 (Elgar). Orchestre Symphonique de Paris / George Enescu - Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 (Mozart). Royal Philharmonic / Adrian Boult - Serenade melancolique op.26 (Tchaikovsky). London Philharmonic / Adrian Boult - Violin Concerto in D minor op.47 (Sibelius). Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mogens Wöldike - Violin Concerto op.33 (Nielsen). BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez - Rhapsody No.1 Sz87. New Philharmonia Orchestra / Antal Dorati - Violin Concerto No.1 Sz112 (Bartok). Violin Concerto No.2. Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an angel' (Berg). London Symphony Orchestra / William Walton - Violin Concerto - revised version (Walton). BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez - Rhapsody No.2 Sz90 revised 1944 version (Bartok).
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: clamshell packaging - recorded 1932-1968

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111336  (barcode: 0747313333622)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TITLE: Yehudi Menuhin
TRACKS: Violin Concerto No.2 Sz112. Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano Sz75.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Adolf Baller    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Sep-1953 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1 London / 29-Dec-1947 in RCA Studio No.2 New York City - producer: Mark Obert-Thorn

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CATALOGUE NR: 5451202  (barcode: 0724354512025)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.55

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: All The World's Violins
TRACKS: Arabian Song - Arab Dal Duos For Two Violins No.42 (Bartok). Rumanian Whirling Dance - Forgatos Duos For Two Violins No.38 (Bartok). Transylvanian Dance - Erdelyi Tanc Duos For Two Violins No.44 (Bartok). Kriti - Raga Mohanan. Fur Dich. Fulli Tschal. Vesnianka. Tehoriti Voli Pasu Ya. Garbuz Bili Katchaestia. Avodah. Tango Tzigane. Someone To Watch Over Me - Instrumental. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin). Sweet Georgia Brown (Berney). Lady Be Good (Gershwin).
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

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CATALOGUE NR: 5854872  (barcode: 0724358548723)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 20-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 Sz36. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 Sz112. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Sz120. Violin Rhapsody No.1 Sz86. Violin Rhapsody No.2 Sz89. 6 Duos for 2 Violins Sz98. Sonata for Solo Violin Sz117.
ORCHESTRA: New Philharmonia Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antal Dorati and Pierre Boulez
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Nell Gotkovsky    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'a very attractive bargain double'

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CATALOGUE NR: MVT044
RECORD LABEL: Great Hall
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.25
RELEASE DATE: 13-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Introduction and Rondo in A minor (Saint-Saens). Melancholy Serenade (Tchaikovsky). Slavonic Dance No.10 (Dvorak / Kreisler). works by : Venjaesky / Sarasate / Bartok / Debussy / Hartmann.
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recital works recorded LIVE in the Moscow Conservatoire 1945

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CATALOGUE NR: MSC10006  (barcode: 5024952100064)
RECORD LABEL: Delta Masterclass
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.20
RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Edouard Lalo  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Masterclass
TRACKS: Symphonie Espagnole op.21 (Lalo). Violin Concerto in D Major op.61 (Beethoven). Violin Concerto No.4 in D major K218 (Mozart). Violin Concerto in B minor op.61 (Elgar). La Ronde des Lutins (Bazzini). Legende (Wieniawski). Malaguena (Sarasate). Habanera (Sarasate). Zapateado (Sarasate). Moto Perpetuo (Paganini). Praeludium and Allegro (Kreisler). The Harmonius Labyrinth (Locatelli). Danse Espagnole (de Falla). La Capricciosa (Ries). Perpetuum mobile (Novacek). Hungarian Dance No.1 (Brahms). Caprice No.24 (Paganini). Slavonic Dance No.1 (Dvorak). Tambourin Chinnois (Kreisler). Caprice No.9 'La Chasse' (Paganini). Hungarian Dance No.12 (Brahms).
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: duration 213 minutes approximately - recorded 1928-1953

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110902  (barcode: 0636943190227)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jun-1999

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto (Elgar). Violin Concerto No.1 (Bruch).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Edward Elgar and Ronald Landon
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1931 & 1932 - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5669792  (barcode: 0724356697928)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
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RELEASE DATE: 15-Feb-1999
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COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor op.61. Variations on an Original Theme - Engima op.36
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Edward Elgar
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'The concerto receives a most moving and affectionate rendering' Gramophone - May-1999 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the 1932 Menuhin/Elgar recording of the Violin Concerto emerges on this nely remastered EMI CD with a fine sense of presence and plenty of body to the sound'

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