Bach: Violin Concertos; Chaconne

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), George Enescu (Conductor), Pierre Monteux (Conductor), Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
• Conductor: George Enescu, Pierre Monteux
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00002DDV6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,938 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music, poor sound quality, December 30, 2001

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Zedster (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bach: Violin Concertos; Chaconne (Audio CD)

There is no doubt that Menuhin is a virtuoso. However, the recording quality of this work is very poor by today's standards. If you are specifically interested in Bach or Menuhin, I would recomend this recording; if clarity of sound interests you, one should look elsewhere.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Young Menuhin in All His Glory, July 10, 2001

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shantinik - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Violin Concertos; Chaconne (Audio CD)

These were all recorded when Menuhin was between ages 15-19. The Bach Double was done at age 15 with his teacher, the great Georges Enescu. It will take you about three minutes to get past the 1930s recording quality to appreciate the musicianship here. This one, though, is not for those who like "period recordings" -- this one is unabashedly modern, in a 1930s kind of way. Still, appreciate it for what it is, rather than for what it is not.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Menuhin: romanticism, refinement, passion and pride!, December 22, 2005

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Violin Concertos; Chaconne (Audio CD)

Yehudi Menuhin has been the violinist with major sense of the refined playing. Somehow he represented the Renaissance 's artist. His serene temperament and sensitivity allowed him to play under the composer 's intentions and director as any other artist in the music. That excel virtue by itself is what it proves his fabulous readings of Bela Bartok under Dorati or his aristocratic Brahms under Wilhelm Fürtwangler, for instance. Maybe his major achievements be found out in the chamber music or intimate violin works such as The Mozart 's Violin Concertos or his memorable performances as director of the Bath 's Festival' s Orchestra.

The sumptuous, elegant and convincing phrasing of Yehudi Menuhin reached in this recording a particular apex. The artist is in top musical shape; Bach 's First and Second Violin Concertos are played under his teacher and close friend Georges Enesco; the First Concerto is played with admirable sense of noblesse. The Second one is widely known and the delicate performance is hued by notable details of modulation, the velvet tune and the accurate approach make of this recording a fundamental achievement in the career of this master.

Additionally we have Bach 's Double Concerto played by Enesco and Menuhin; a recording that by itself justifies the acquisition of this album.

The only serious problem resides in his Chaconne `s performance. Extremely stylized, played with excessive romantic approach and without ambition.

The absolute peak of his performances may be admired during his multiple appearances in Prades Festival, and once again the figure of Pau Casals as this untiring musical motivational spark plug that seemed to elevate the rank of performance of every one of his partners; this fact can be visibly observed since 1959 until the middle sixties.

An album of transcendent musical relevance for the actual generations and the musical newcomers of the present and the future.