The Menuhin Century: The Virtuoso and His Landmark Recordings

As a musician, as a man of ideals, and as a true world citizen, Yehudi Menuhin made an extraordinary mark on his era. The Menuhin Century commemorates the 100th anniversary of his birth on 22 April 1916. Offering both dazzling showpieces and major concertos and sonatas, The Virtuoso and his Landmark Recordings reveals as much about Menuhin's technical brilliance as about his depth as an interpreter.

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The young Menuhin makes light work of Paganini, Sarasate and Kreisler.

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An outstanding recordings of Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 1.

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Menuhin’s first complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas, with Louis Kentner.

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Timeless Menuhin recordings ... Brahms Sextets with Aronowitz et al; Bartók Concertos with Dorati; Berg’s concerto ‘To the memory of an Angel’ with Boulez

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Last recording as a violinist (Beethoven Sonata No. 6 with his son Jeremy) and Yehudi Menuhin’s very last recording, made in January 1999, six weeks before his death: Beethoven’s ‘6th’ Piano Concerto (a transcription of the violin concerto) with François-René Duchâble. This recording ended an unparalleled collaboration of exactly 70 years between our label and Yehudi Menuhin.