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ALBUMViotti: Violin Concertos & Violin DuetYehudi Menuhin & Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Albums by Yehudi Menuhin
ALBUMBach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo ViolinYehudi Menuhin
ALBUMBaroque & Religious AriasVictoria de los Ángeles, Yehudi Menuhin, Gerald Moore & Sir Adrian Boult
ALBUMYehudi Menuhin, Vol. 2: Bach Sonatas for Violin & HarpsichordYehudi Menuhin & Wanda Landowska
ALBUMPierre Boulez, Young Composer & Conductor [Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky, Boulez]Pierre Boulez, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & BBC Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 & 9 - Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4Yehudi Menuhin
ALBUMMenuhin - The First Recordings on HMVYehudi Menuhin
ALBUMBrahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2Yehudi Menuhin
ALBUMBrahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3Yehudi Menuhin
ALBUMCorelli: 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 5Yehudi Menuhin
ALBUMMenuhin - Virtuoso of the CenturyYehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin's Popular Music Videos
Habanera (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 1, 1959)
Yehudi Menuhin
Caprice Viennois (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 1, 1952)
Yehudi Menuhin
Caprice Viennois (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 6, 1959)
Yehudi Menuhin & Hephzibah Menuhin
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Yehudi Menuhin Essentials
From child prodigy to one of the great humanists of the 20th century.
Artist Biography
Violinist/violist/conductor Yehudi Menuhin’s insatiable curiosity and enthusiasm for all things musical kept his interpretations brimming with vitality right up to the end of his long career. Born in New York City in 1916, Menuhin’s early prodigy appearances playing virtuoso repertoire with astonishing ease created a sensation. When still little more than a child, Menuhin was already playing with the soulful intensity of an established master. Yet everything was pure instinct—in later life, when he began to think earnestly about how he achieved his miracles, his playing could occasionally lose its former sheen. Musically, though, he had moved onto an elevated level, performing with a richness and sheer humanity that was both unique and cherishable. He also began indulging in a range of bracing new musical experiences and initiatives, including setting up a groundbreaking music school at Stoke d’Abernon in Surrey, UK; playing jazz duets with French violinist Stéphane Grappelli and jamming ragas with Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar; and conducting the Berlin Philharmonic with his (shod) feet from an upended yoga position. Menuhin died in Berlin in 1999, aged 82, leaving a vast recorded repertoire, including peerless accounts of neglected concertos by Bloch, Delius, and Nielsen.
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Genre
Classical