Yehudi Menuhin - Great Recordings Of The Century - Elgar: Violin Concerto, 'Enigma' Variations / Elgar, Menuhin
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Artist: Yehudi MenuhinBrand: Royal
Composer: Edward Elgar
Conductor: Edward Elgar
Performer: Edward Elgar
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-05-04
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61: Movement 1
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61: Movement 2
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61: Movement 3
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61: Movement 4
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Enigma: Andante
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 1. (C.A.E.): L'istesso tempo
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 2. (H.D.S.-P.): Allegro
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 3. (R.B.T.): Allegretto
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 4. (W.M.B.): Allegro di molto
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 5. (R.P.A.): Moderato
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 6. (Ysobel.): Andantino
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 7. (Troyte.): Presto
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 8. (W.N.): Allegretto
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 9. (Nimrod.): Adagio
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 10. Intermezzo (Dorabella): Allegretto
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 11. (G.R.S.): Allegro di molto
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 12. (B.G.N.): Andante
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 13. Romanza (***): Moderato
- Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 14. Finale (E.D.U.): Allegro - Presto
Music reviews of Great Recordings Of The Century - Elgar: Violin Concerto, 'Enigma' Variations / Elgar, Menuhin
Music Review: Disapointing recording.
Rating: 2 Stars
I hoped this recording would have been acceptable; EMI and their Great Recordings of the Century cds are normally economical and musical, but this album is not good. The recording has some hiss, which is to be expected as the master was recorded around 1930, but there is horrific distortion at the climaxes in the music which is not acceptable. This recording was conducted by the composer, but the orchestra is less than adequate; for example, the violins are sliding into pitches almost constantly through the variations, particularly Nimrod. The effect is, to me, nauseating. There are much better recordings of these pieces to order, unless perhaps, you are purchasing it for historical reasons (Elgar conducting) or for the solo violinist.
Description of Great Recordings Of The Century - Elgar: Violin Concerto, 'Enigma' Variations / Elgar, Menuhin
In 1932, Menuhin was just 16 and at the very beginning of his international career when Elgar--then a grand old man in his 70s--asked the young virtuoso to record his Violin Concerto. Elgar himself conducted, and the rehearsals went so well that the composer reportedly canceled the last of them and took the young violinist out for a day at the races. The recording that resulted from this remarkable collaboration has remained a classic from the day it was issued. Elgar's conducting is typically direct and unfussy, while Menuhin really does play the pants off of what is without a doubt the longest and most tiring concerto in the romantic repertoire. Of course, the recorded sound is rather limited and no amount of audio restoration can change that, but fans of great violin playing will still find plenty to enthuse about. --David HurwitzGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( E ) > Elgar, Sir Edward
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Elgar, Edward
- General Contemporary
- General Modern
- Instruments > Strings > Violin
- Symphonies > General
- Elgar, Sir Edward - Works by Elgar
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