Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe – Brahms: Violin Concerto, Haydn Variations (1956-1957/2022)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 00:58:29 minutes | 2,35 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): EMI / Tower Records Japan – TDSA-217
メニューインによる真摯なブラームス像を最良の形で盛り立てる、ケンペ&BPOとの趣ある名盤。
ハイドン変奏曲(モノラル)をカップリング。世界初SACD化!
最上の音質を目指し新規で本国のオリジナル・アナログ・マスターテープから192kHz/24bitでデジタル化し最新復刻。
新規解説付
1957年9月にベルリンのグリューネヴァルト教会で収録されたメニューインによるブラームスを世界初SACD化。品位があり高度な精神性も有した名盤として名高いこの演奏は、ケンペとベルリン・フィルによる職人的とも言える技量に支えられ、歴史的にも重要な音源として位置付けられています。併録として1956年モノラル録音の”ハイドン変奏曲”をカップリング。本国のオリジナル・アナログ・マスターテープから192kHz/24bitでデジタル化したマスターを用い、SACD層、CD層別々にマスタリング。新規解説付。永久保存盤です。
メニューイン(1916.4.22-1999.3.12)がこのブラームスを録音した時期は、幼少期以降の技術的な面を打ち出した演奏から脱却し、作品の音楽性を内面に秘めたスタイルに変えてきた頃です。この演奏ではむしろそれが貫徹されていないのではとの評価が一部にあったことで、この演奏がその後、必ずしも第一線に残ったとは言い難い状況でした。CD以後では再発の機会が少なく、むしろ埋もれた状態だったと言えます。また、このステレオ盤の録音状態がCD初期時代の復刻では必ずしも良く無かったことも一因としてあるかも知れません。今回のオリジナルのアナログ・マスターテープも経年変化があり、特に第1楽章では一部劣化が見受けられました。それでも尚、かつての響きを取り戻すべく高品位での最新デジタル化とマスタリングを今回行いました。高音質化により細部まで見通せるようになったことで、当時の雰囲気やメニューインの演奏がより把握できるようになりました。この演奏の素晴らしさを再発見できると思います。一方、伴奏をしているケンペとベルリン・フィルはこの時期録音する機会も多く、1955年から60年にかけていくつもの名盤を生み出しました。ブラームスは交響曲全集も完成し(TDSA150として2020年5月に当企画で発売済)、古き良き時代のオケの音色を残した演奏として現代でも聴き継がれている名演です。メニューインとの演奏でもその手綱さばきは絶妙で、当時両者はどれほどの完成度を誇っていたのかが良くわかる演奏となっています。尚、カップリングのハイドン変奏曲は元々バッハの管弦楽組曲第3番との組み合わせで発売された音源です。前述の交響曲全集(TDSA150)には未収録でしたので、今回時間的な余裕もあり余白に加えました。モノラルとはいえその凝縮された重厚な演奏には心が動かされます。
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Yehudi Menuhin, Louis Kentner – Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Piano (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:46:34 minutes | 947 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © In Vinyl We Trust
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American-born British violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. He played the Soil Stradivarius, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (Remastered) (1966/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:57 minutes | 639 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Acclaimed violinist Yehudi Menuhin delivers first-rate performances of Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor and Béla Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2. His stunning tone, intensity and overall virtuosity are engaging and warm. Menuhin is joined by noted conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. The set will go down as one of the finest violin performances of all time and Menuhin remains one of the most accomplished violinists of the century.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:00 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Yehudi Menuhin: Showpieces (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:56 minutes | 793 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Yehudi Menuhin: The Virtuoso Of The Century (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:04 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin feat. Stephane Grappelli – Jealousy (1973/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:54 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Menuhin’s work in 1970s with famous jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli on Jealousy, an album of pop music of the 1930s arranged in chamber style.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin with Ravi Shankar & Hephzibah Menuhin – West Meets East (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:37 minutes | 916 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Yehudi Menuhin: Walton: Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto & Violin Sonata (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:13 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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.
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Yehudi Menuhin – Yehudi Menuhin: First Recordings on HMV (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:38 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
The great violinist tells the story of his first recording, made as a teenager under extraordinary circumstances.
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.
Yehudi Menuhin & Hephzibah Menuhin – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 7 & 10 (1963/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:34 minutes | 974 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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. Hephzibah Menuhin (1920-1981), was one of the leading pianists of her time.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a & Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:07:23 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Legendary Violinist Yehudi Menuhin is joined by the venerable conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Wiener Philharmoniker in this programme of Brahms. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 “Spring” & 9 “Kreutzer” (1961/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:06 minutes | 1006 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
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. Hephzibah Menuhin (1920-1981), was one of the leading pianists of her time.
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:20 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Legendary Violinist Yehudi Menuhin is joined by the venerable conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Wiener Philharmoniker in this programme of Violin Concertos from Beethoven and Mendelssohn. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!
Read moreYehudi Menuhin – Yehudi! The Art of Menuhin (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:34:49 minutes | 3,62 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Artwork: Digital Booklet © Warner Classics
“Now I know there is a God in heaven!”, exclaimed Albert Einstein when he heard the young Yehudi Menuhin play the violin. Not only was Menuhin an extraordinary musician, he lived through – and helped to shape – a momentous period in history. The Warner Classics catalogue contains 70 years’ worth of his recordings and this 3-CD collection, Yehudi!, provides a fascinating perspective on his achievements: Menuhin was a man of ideals who changed the world through music.
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