Advantages: Superb production, fascinating footage, great music Disadvantages: None whatsoever apart from wanting more
It surprises me a lot that no-one has written a review for this amazing DVD! I've had it for a few years now and it frequently comes off the shelf to be played as it always makes an inspiring impact on me in one way or other no matter how many time I have watched it. Anyone who has an interest in classical music and the big name conductors of the past will find this a fascinating document which will inevitably lead to further exploration of the recordings by these renowned names.
Basically the DVD attempts to lift the lid on the mystique of the "maestro" - with rare and often previously unseen archive footage of a wide-ranging selection of the great conductors of the 20th century in performance and rehearsal, combined with insightful comments from famous colleagues such as YehudiMenuhin, John Eliot Gardiner, Isaac Stern and many ...
Advantages: Cheap, easy to listen to Disadvantages: Won't rock your world
This is an elegantly packaged and well presented CD which pretty much does just what it says on the box. It is a re-release from EMI's excellent and superbly engineered back catalogue, well at this price what would you expect? The English Chamber Orchestra is ably marshalled by Sir YehudiMenuhin, who for all his genius as a solo violinist, never really achieved top-flight status as a conductor. And alongside him the flute playing from Samuel Coles is bright and suitably mellifluous. These are pieces you will know, even if you didn't know that you knew them. Their vintage puts them at the back end of the time before period instrument performances began to dominate the market in classical music. In that sense this is a refreshingly full-bodied listen, without the up-beat tempi, straight-edged strings and honking wind and brass ...
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Product details
Title
Yehudi Menuhin - The Violinist
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Alban (Maria Johannes) Berg (1885 - 1935); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897); (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (1809 - 1847); Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934); (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo (1823 - 1892); (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Main Performer
Elaine Shaffer (Flute); George Malcolm (Harpsichord); Sir Yehudi Menuhin (Director); Sir Yehudi Menuhin (Violin); Derek Simpson (Cello)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Bath Festival Orchestra; (Robert) Masters Chamber Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra
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