Menuhin, Yehudi
Amerikansk-Engelsk violinist f 1916 d 1999
Elev till Persinger, Enescu, och Busch.
Debuterade 1924 i San Francisco och blev genast hyllad som ett av de största underbarnen världen skådat. Han uppvisade en djup musikalisk förståelse, en fast grundad teknik och en spontanitet som gjorde varje konsert till en unik upplevelse.
I New York 1927 spelade han Beethovens violinkonsert med NY SO under Fritz Busch. I London 1932 spelade han Elgars violinkonsert vid Elgars 75-års dag. I Berlin 1947 var han den första judiska artisten som spelade med Furtwängler (och Berliner PO) efter Nazisternas fall.

1956 grundade han Gstaad Festivalen, 1963 The Yehudi Menuhin School of Music. Kritikerna började påpeka att hans tekniska säkerhet och spontanitet sjönk markant från 1950-talet och framåt. M. har skrivit flera böcker. Bla Theme and Variations (essays, 1972), Unfinished Journey (autobiography, 1977) och Violin &Viola.

Dog av en hjärtattack under en turné.

Förteckning över Konserter som Menuhin gav.

Inspelningar

Achron:		La Romanesca (Biddulph LAB031) 1928
Bach:		Vk nr 1 (EMI) 1936
			(EMI HMV5 72122-2) 1958
			1985 VIDEO
		Vk nr 2 (EMI) 1933
			(EMI HMV5 72122-2) 1958
			(EMI) 1981
		Dubbelkonsert D-moll (EMI / AVID) Enescu 1932
			(Revelation) Oistrakh 1946
			(EMI) de Vito 1953
			(Melodiya) Oistrach 1958
			(EMI) Ferras 1959
			(Sony) Stern 1976
			(EMI) Jin Li 1981
			(Polskie Nagrania) L. Chen 1984
			(EMI) Lysy 1985
 			(DINEMEC) Lysy 1992
		Dubbelkonsert Vl+oboe (Testament SBT 1130 / EMI) 1962
			(EMI)1981
		Konsert flöjt, vl + klav (HMV / EMI) 1965
		Konsert 3 vl (EMI) 1985
		Solosonat nr 1
			(EMI) 1933
			(EMI) 1935
			(Biddulph LAB162/3) 1951
			(EMI / HMV) 1956-1957
			(EMI) 1973-75
		Solosonat nr 2
			(EMI) 1936
			(EMI / HMV) 1956-1957
			(EMI) 1973-75
		   -Andante 
			1932
		Solosonat nr 3
			(Biddulph LAB032) 1929
			(EMI) 1934
			(Hungaroton) 1956
			(EMI / HMV) 1956-1957
			(EMI) 1973-75
		Partita nr 1
			(EMI) 1935
			(EMI / HMV) 1956-57
			(EMI) 1973-75
		   -Sarabande 
			1933
		Partita nr 2
			(EMI) 1934
			(EMI / HMV) 1956-57
			(EMI) 1973-75
		   -Sarabande 
			(Biddulph LAB162/3) 1951
		   -Chaconne 
			(Revelation) 1945
		Partita nr 3
			(EMI) 1936
			(Biddulph LAB162/3) 1951
			(Hungaroton) 1956
			(EMI / HMV) 1956-57
			(EMI) 1973-75
			1985 VIDEO
		   -Praeludium 
			1938
 			1943 R BBC music vol.6-1 
			1943  Biddulph LAB129 
		   -Gavotte en Rondeau 
			1964 L Ermitage "BiS" 
		Vs nr 1 1944 L A Classical Record 
			1951
			1960s  EMI 
		Vs nr 2 1944 L A Classical Record 
			1951
			1960s  EMI 
		Vs nr 3 1938  Biddulph 
			1944 L A Classical Record 
			1944  Biddulph 
			1951
			1960s  EMI 
		Vs nr 4 1951
			1965 T Sony 
			1960s  EMI 
		Vs nr 5 1944 L A Classical Record 
			1950s
			1960s  EMI 
		Vs nr 6 1950s
			1960s  EMI 
		Air	1943  Biddulph LAB128 
Bartók:	 	Vk nr 1 1965  EMI(Japan) 
		Vk nr 2 1946  RCA 
			1953  EMI 
			1957  Mercury 
			1957 L CSO CD96B/2 
			1965  EMI(Japan) 
		Viola konsert 1966  EMI 
		Vs nr 1 1947  Biddulph LAB161 
			1957  EMI(Japan) 
			1962 L Melodiya 
			1980  Adès 
		   -Adagio 1961 R BBC records 
		Vs nr 2 1980  Adès 
		Solo Sonat
			1947  EMI 
			1957  EMI(Japan) 
			ca 1977  EMI 
		6 Duos fr 44 Duos ca 1969  EMI 
		Rapsodi nr 1 1968  EMI(Japan) 
		Rapsodi nr 2 1968  EMI(Japan) 
		Rumänska folk danser
			1944  Biddulph LAB129 
			1945 L Melodiya 
			1945 L Melodiya 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
			19?? EMI
Bazzini:	Ronde des Lutins 1934  EMI / Biddulph Mp3
Beethoven:	Vk 1945 L Seven Seas(Japan)
			1946 L Revelation
			1947  Testament / Music & Arts
			1947 L Tahra / Music & Arts
			1953  EMI
			1960  EMI
			1966  EMI
			1981  EMI(France) / Eterna
		Vs nr 1 Op 12:1 1929  Biddulph LAB032
			1952 EMI
			1970  DG
		Vs nr 2 Op 12:2 1954  EMI
			1970  DG
		Vs nr 3 Op 12:3 1952  EMI
			1970  DG
		Vs nr 4 Op 23 1954  EMI
			1970  DG
		Vs nr 5 1951  Biddulph LAB162/3
			1952  EMI
			1959  EMI
			1970  DG
			1985  EMI Red Line
		Vs nr 6 Op 30:1 1954  EMI
			1970  DG
			1988  EMI
		Vs nr 7 Op 30:2 1938  Biddulph 
			1955  EMI
			1960s  EMI
			1970  DG
			1980s  EMI
		Vs nr 8 Op 30:3 1954  EMI
			1970  DG
			1988  EMI
		   -Allegro Vivace 1936  Biddulph
		Vs nr 9 1934  EMI
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3
			1953
			1954  EMI
			1959  EMI
			1970  DG
			1985  EMI Red Line
		Vs nr 10 Op 96 1938  Biddulph
			1947  Biddulph LAB161
			1953  EMI
			1960s  EMI
			1962 L Melodiya
			1965 T Sony
			1970  DG
			1980s  EMI
		Romans nr 1
			1953  Testament 
			1960  EMI 
			1953  Testament 
			1960  EMI 
		Variationer F-dur 1970  DG 
		Rondo G-dur 1938  Biddulph 
			1970  DG
		Turkish March 1936  Biddulph LAB128 
		Minuet 1950s  RCA 
Ben-Haim:	Solo Sonata in G (Gallo CD-530)
Berg:		Vk
			1964 L CASCAVELLE 
			1968  EMI(Japan) 
Berkeley:	Vk 1971  EMI British Composers 
Berlioz:	Harold en Italie 1962  EMI 
		Rêverie et Caprice 1964  EMI 
Bloch:		Concerto 1963  EMI 
		Suite #1 for solo Violin ca 1977 EMI
		Suite #2 for solo Violin ca 1977  EMI
		Abodah 1939  EMI / Biddulph
		Nigun 1929  Biddulph LAB031
			1945 L Melodiya
Boïeldieu:	Vs Eb-dur ca 1982  EMI
Boulanger: 	Cortège 1967  EMI
		D'un Matin de Printemps 1967  EMI
		Nocturne 1967  EMI
Brahms:		Vk
			1943 R BBC music vol.6-1 
			1949  EMI 
			1956 L rtve 65097
			1957  EMI / HMV 
			1982 L EMI VHS 
		Dubbelkonsert 1984  EMI 
		Vs nr 1
			1940  Biddulph 
			1956-57  EMI(Japan) 
		Vs nr 2
			1956-57  EMI(Japan) 
		Vs nr 3
			1936  EMI 
			1947  Biddulph LAB161 
			1956-57  EMI(Japan) 
			1950s  EMI 
			1960 R BBC records 
			1962 L Melodiya 
 		Scherzo fr F.A.E
			ca 1964  EMI 
		Viola Sonat nr 1 
			ca 1980  EMI
		Viola Sonat nr 2
			ca 1980  EMI 
		Ungerska danser
		   nr 1
			1936  Biddulph LAB128 
		   nr 4
			1936  Biddulph LAB128 
			1949
		   nr 5
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3
		   nr 6
			1934  Biddulph LAB128 
		   nr 7
			1936  Biddulph LAB128 
		   nr 11
			1938  Biddulph LAB128 
		   nr 12
			1938  Biddulph LAB128 
		   nr 17
			1936  Biddulph LAB128 
Bruch:		Vk nr 1
			1931  Naxos / Biddulph LAB031 / AVID 
			1945  Biddulph LAB129 
			1951  RCA 
			1956  EMI 
			1971  EMI / HMV 
		Vk nr 2
			1971  EMI 
Chausson:	Konsert Vl, Pno & Stråkkvartett
			1954
		Poème
			1933  EMI 
			1952  EMI 
			19??  EMI
Copland:	Vs -Lento 1950s
Corelli:	Sonatas nr 1-12 1978-79  EMI
		La Folia
			1930  Biddulph LAB032 
			1953
Debussy:	Vs
			1945 L Revelation 
			1974  EMI 
		La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
			1935  Biddulph 
			1944  RCA
			1945 L Revelation
			1952
			1969  EMI
		Minstrels 1932  Biddulph 
Delius:		Vk 1976  EMI British Composers 
		Dubelkonsert 1976  EMI 
		Vs nr 1-3 EMI 
		Serenade fr "Hassan" 1950s  RCA 
Dinicu:		Hora Staccato 1939  EMI / Biddulph 
Dvorák:		Vk 1936  EMI
		Slavisk Dans nr 1 1936  Biddulph LAB128
		Slavisk Dans nr 2
			1936  Biddulph LAB128
			1945 L Melodiya 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
		Songs My Mother Taught Me
			1935  Biddulph LAB128 
			1953
		Negro Spiritual Melody
			1935  Biddulph LAB128 
			1943  Biddulph LAB128 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
Elgar:		Vk
			1932  EMI / Naxos 
			1966  EMI British Composers / HMV 
			1969 L AS disc 
		Vs 1978  EMI British Composers 
		Salut d'amour Baller 1944  RCA 
Enescu:		Vs nr 3
			1936  EMI
			1966  EMI 
Falla:		Danse Espagnole
			1932  Biddulph LAB046 
			1952
Fauré:		Vs nr 1 -Allegro molto 50s
		Andante 1970  EMI 
		Berceuse D-dur 70  EMI 
Fiocco:		Allegro 1928  Biddulph LAB031 
Franck:		Vs
			1936  Biddulph 
			1945 L Revelation 
			1950s  EMI 
			19?? EMI 
Granados:	Spansk Dans nr 5 
			1938  Biddulph LAB128 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
Grappelli:	Aurore  ca 1973  EMI 
		Coucou  ca 1980  EMI
		Jermyn Street ca 1973  EMI
		La Route du Roi ca 1980  EMI
		Menuet pour Menuhin 19?? S  EMI 
Green:		Romance on a theme by Paganini 1945  Biddulph LAB129 
Grieg:		Vs 1-3 1950s  EMI 
Handel:		Vs 1-6 1967  EMI 
		Vs nr 4 1944  Biddulph LAB129 
		Vs nr 6 1939  Biddulph LAB129 
		Sonat 2 vl D-dur 1953  EMI(Japan) 
		Prayer 1929  Biddulph LAB031 
			1952
Haydn:		Vk nr 1 C-dur ca 1963  EMI 
Kreisler:	Caprice Viennois
			1936  EMI / Biddulph 
			1943  Biddulph LAB126 
			1945 L Melodiya 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
		La Chasse 1935  EMI / Biddulph 
		Praeludium & Allegro 1936  EMI / Biddulph 
		Recitative & Scherzo 1932  EMI / Biddulph 
		Schön Rosmarin 1935  EMI / Biddulph 
		Sicilienne & Rigaudon 1932  EMI 
		Tambourin Chinois 1935  EMI / Biddulph 
Lalo:		Symphonie Espagnole
			1933  EMI 
			1945  Strings / RCA 
			1947  EMI 
			1956  EMI(Japan) 
		   -sats 1, 4, 5 1951 L Seven Seas(Japan) 
Leclair:	Vk D-moll 1983  EMI 
		Vk A-moll 1983  EMI 
		Sarabande & Tambourin 1929  Biddulph LAB031 
Locatelli:	Caprice #23 "Labyrinth" 1938  Biddulph LAB126 
Lekeu:		Vs
			1938  Biddulph 
			1950s  RCA 
Mendelssohn:	Vk E-moll
			1938  EMI / AVID 
			1952  EMI 
			1958  EMI / HMV 
			1971  EMI / HMV 
		Vk D-moll
			1952  RCA 
			1953  EMI 
			1971  EMI 
		Konsert Vl+pno ca 1979  EMI
		Vs F-dur 1952  EMI
Monasterio:	Sierra Morena 1928  Biddulph LAB031
Monsigny:	Rigaudon 1930  Biddulph LAB032
Moszkowski:	Guitarre 1932  Biddulph LAB046 
Mozart:		Vk nr 1	1963  EMI 
		Vk nr 2 1963  EMI 
		Vk nr 3
			1935  EMI / Biddulph /Magic Talent 
			1961  EMI 
		   -Adagio 1929  Biddulph LAB031 
		Vk nr 4
			1943  EMI /Magic Talent 
			1951 L Suite 
			ca 1956  EMI 
			1962  EMI 
		Vk nr 5
			ca 1956  EMI 
			1961  EMI 
			1966  DG LD
		Vk nr 6 1963  EMI
		Vk nr 7 1932  EMI / Biddulph /Magic Talent 
			1960s  EMI 
			ca 1976  EMI 
		"Adelaïde"
			1934  EMI / Biddulph 
			ca 1976  EMI 
		Concertone 2 Vl 1964  EMI 
		Sinfonia Concertante
			1962  EMI 
			1982  EMI 
		Adagio E-dur 1983 L VIEW VIDEO *6 
		Rondo C-dur 1983 L VIEW VIDEO *6 
		Vs K.296 -Andante sostenuto 1929  EMI / Biddulph 
		Vs K.301 -Allegro 1938  EMI 
		Vs K.303 1965  EMI 
		Vs K.376 1938  EMI 
		Vs K.378 -Andantino sostenut e cantabile 1938  EMI / Biddulph 
		Vs K.454
			1953
			1950s  EMI 
		Vs K.481 -Adagio 1962 L Melodiya 
		Vs K.526 
			1933  EMI 
			1950s  EMI
		   -Presto 1962 L Melodiya 
		Minuet D-dur 1945  EMI / Biddulph 
Nielsen:	Vk 1952  EMI
Nin:		Andalusa 1939  Biddulph LAB128 
		Grandina fr "Suite Espagnole" 1950s  EMI
Novacék:	Mouvement Perpétuel
			1930  Biddulph LAB032 
			1934  Dante LYS 479 / EMI 
			1945 L Melodiya 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
			1956  EMI
Paganini:	Vk nr 1
			1934  EMI / Biddulph 
			1950s  EMI 
			1960  HMV / EMI 
		Vk nr 2
			1950  EMI 
			1960  HMV / EMI 
		24 Capricer
		   nr 6 
			1936
			1950s
		   nr 9 1936  EMI / Biddulph
		   nr 13 1936 EMI/Biddulph
		   nr 20 1936  EMI / Biddulph
		   nr 23 1936  EMI / Biddulph 
		   nr 24 1932  EMI / Biddulph 
		Mosè Fantasi 1938  EMI / Biddulph 
		Nel cor più non mi sento 1945  Biddulph 
		Moto Perpetuo 1934  EMI / Biddulph 
		La Campanella 1930  EMI / Biddulph 
Panufnik;	Vk 1975  EMI British Composers 
Pizzetti:	Vs 1938  Biddulph 
Pollini:	Vs Eb-dur Op 33 ca1982  EMI 
Poulenc:	Vs 1971  EMI 
Prokofiev:	Vs nr 1 1948  EMI 
Ravel:		Tzigane Balsam 1932  EMI 
		Pièce en Forme de Habanera
			1943  EMI / Biddulph 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
			1969  EMI 
		Kaddisch
			1936  Biddulph LAB128 
			1952
Ries:		La Capricciosa 1928  Biddulph LAB031 
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
			1932  Biddulph LAB046 
			1950s  RCA 
		Song of the Bride 1930  Biddulph LAB032 
Rossini:	Andante con Variazioni ca 1982  EMI 
Saenger:	Scottish Pastorale 1929  Biddulph LAB031 
Saint-Saëns:	Vk nr 3 1953  EMI 
		Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
			1945 L Revelation 
			1957  EMI 
		Havanaise 1957  EMI 
Samazeuilh:	Chant d'Espagne 1929  Biddulph LAB031 
Sarasate:	Caprice Basque 1935  EMI / Biddulph 
		Habanera 
			1935  EMI / Biddulph 
			1947
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
		Malagueña 
			1939  EMI / Biddulph 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
			1953
		Romanza Andalusa
			1934  EMI / Biddulph 
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
		Zapateado 1936  EMI / Biddulph 
		Zigeunerweisen 1945 L Melodiya 
Schönberg:	Fantasi 1965 T Sony 
Schubert:	Sonatin nr 1 1949
		Sonata "Duo" 1949
		Fantasi D.934 1958  EMI 
		Sonatensatz D.28 1968  EMI 
		Rondeau Brillante 1938  EMI 
		Ave Maria
			1932  Biddulph LAB046 
			1943  Biddulph LAB128 
			1953
Schumann:	Vk 1938  Biddulph 
		Vs nr 2 1934  Biddulph 
		Romans i A-dur 1938  Biddulph LAB128 
Scott:		Danse Nègre 1939  Biddulph LAB128 
Serrano		Canición del Olvido 1929  Biddulph LAB031 
Shankar:	Prabhati Rakha 1966  EMI 
		Swara Kakali 1966  EMI 
		Raga Piloo Shankar 1967  EMI 
Sibelius:	Vk 1955  EMI
Somers:		Music for Solo Violin 1974  Radio Canada International 
Spohr:		Sonata in C minor ca 1982  EMI 
		Duo Op.67-2
		   -Largetto 1955  EMI(Japan) 
		   -Rondo 1955  EMI(Japan) 
			1929  Biddulph LAB031
		Duo Op.67-3
		   -Allegro 1955  EMI(Japan) 
Szymanowski:	Notturno e Tarantella 1935  EMI / Biddulph 
Tartini:	Vk C-dur D.12 1983  EMI 
		Vk D-dur D.36 1983  EMI 
		Devil's Trill 
			1932  Biddulph LAB046
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 / WING(Japan) 
Tchaikovsky:	Vk 1949 L DG
		Sérénade Mélancholique 1945 L Melodiya 
Tcherepnin:	Vs F-dur 1972 R BBC records 
Vaughan Williams: Vk 1952  EMI 
		Vs 1978  EMI British Composers 
Vieuxtemps:	Vk nr 4 1951  EMI 
		Vk nr 5 1954  EMI 
Viotti:		Vk nr 16 ca 1978  EMI 
		Vk nr 22 ca 1978  EMI 
			1950s L Rococo 
		Duo G-dur 1955  EMI(Japan) 
Vivaldi		4 Årstider ca 1981  EMI / Royal Classics / HMV 
		Vk Op.3-3 1986  EMI 
		Vk Op.3-6 1986  EMI 
		Vk Op.3-9 1986  EMI 
		Vk Op.3-12 1986  EMI 
		Vk Op.8-5  ca 1983  Royal Classics / HMV 
		Vk Op.8-6 
			1953
			1983  Royal Classics / HMV 
		Vk Op.8-7 1986  EMI 
		Vk Op.8-9 1986  EMI 
		Vk Op.8-10 
			ca 1983  EMI 
			1983 L VIEW VIDEO *3 
		Vk Op.8-11 
			ca 1983  EMI 
			1983 L VIEW VIDEO *3 
		Vk Op.8-12 1986  EMI 
		Vk P.419 ca 1983  EMI 
Walton:		Vk 1969  EMI 
		Viola konsert 1968  EMI 
		Vs 1950  EMI British Composers 
Wieniawski:	Légende
			1938  EMI / Biddulph 
			19??  EMI *2 
		Scherzo-Tarantelle
			1932  Biddulph LAB046 
			1945 L Melodiya 
			1947
			1951  Biddulph LAB162/3 
		Souvenir de Moscou 1935  EMI / Biddulph
Williamson:	Vk 1971  EMI British Composers 
Wilm:		Duo Op.156 ca 1982  EMI 



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