Yehudi Menuhin : Bruch/Mendelssohn:Concertos.

All Music Guide Title is: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in Em Op64; Bruch: Violin Concerto No1

Featured Performer: Yehudi Menuhin

SPARS: ADD

Length: 50:44

Released: 2004

Booklet: 16 pages

Booklet printed in the following languages: German, English, French

From the All Music Guide:

With a large selection of fine digital recordings by many great violinists available, Yehudi Menuhin 's renditions of Mendelssohn 's Violin Concerto in E minor and Bruch 's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor , recorded in 1958 and 1956, respectively, may seem a bit passe and undesirable. However, fans of Menuhin 's rich Romantic style and students of his technique will find this historical package worthwhile. Menuhin 's performances are mature and emotionally satisfying, and the Philharmonia Orchestra , under Efrem Kurtz in the Mendelssohn and Walter Susskind in the Bruch , is fully attuned and supportive. The original analog recordings were cleanly recorded at Abbey Road Studios , and the 1997 digital remastering seems to have eliminated almost all trace of tape hiss, though the sound in Bruch 's Concerto remains a little compressed. Fine as the audio CD is for aficionados and scholars, the real attraction of this 2004 reissue is the companion DVD, which provides a glimpse of Menuhin as soloist and conductor. Filmed in black and white in 1967 for French television, this live performance with the Orchestre de chambre de l'ORTF of Mozart 's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major is fascinating viewing, both for the tight close-ups of Menuhin 's playing and the varied shots of his interactions with the ensemble. ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide