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Classic Archive: Yehudi Menuhin | Euroarts 2054619

Classic Archive: Yehudi Menuhin

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Cat No: 2054619

Barcode: 0880242546197

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 5th April 2010

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Contents

Works

Bazzini, Antonio

Morceaux Lyriques (6), op.34
» no.6 Calabrese

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1
» no.4 in F sharp minor
» no.5 in G minor

Mendelssohn, Felix

Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Sarasate, Pablo de

Danzas espanolas (Spanish Dances)
» no.1 Malaguena, op.21 no.1
» no.2 Habanera, op.21 no.2

Artists

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Adolph Baller (piano)
Symphony Orchestra of Hollywood

Conductor

Antal Dorati

Works

Bazzini, Antonio

Morceaux Lyriques (6), op.34
» no.6 Calabrese

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1
» no.4 in F sharp minor
» no.5 in G minor

Mendelssohn, Felix

Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Sarasate, Pablo de

Danzas espanolas (Spanish Dances)
» no.1 Malaguena, op.21 no.1
» no.2 Habanera, op.21 no.2

Artists

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Adolph Baller (piano)
Symphony Orchestra of Hollywood

Conductor

Antal Dorati

About

Concert Magic, which premiered in San Francisco in 1947, was the first motion picture concert in film history. In addition, many short films were made to fill the space between the traditional double features. They were also often used as encores when enthusiastic audiences demanded them. Among these encores is an especially valuable rarity, the violin concerto of Felix Mendelssohn. The length (ca. 25 minutes) prevented it from inclusion in the film.

This footage shows Yehudi Menuhin's very first recorded performance of Mendelssohn's violin concerto and other encores. Even music specialists are unaware of the existence of this previously unreleased material!

Bonus: A Violinist in Hollywood + On the Encores – Yehudi Menuhin in conversation with Humphrey Burton.
Exactly 50 years after the creation of the film in 1997, Yehudi Menuhin and Humphrey Burton, director of a number of Bernstein concerts and an expert on and biographer of Menuhin, view the film in front of cameras. Menuhin comments on his playing technique, speaks about the origin of the film and reminisces about events which transpired at the time of the film. His reactions and comments about the pieces are very personal.

"As far as I know, nothing like Concert Magic has ever appeared on the screen before – yet nothing could be at once simpler and more sensational.” - Saturday Night, March 1949

Camera angles and lighting perpetuate interest to the eye where ordinarily the only sustained interest would be to the ear.” - Variety, October 1948

Recorded at Charlie Chaplin Studios, 1947.

NTSC 4:3, PCM Stereo
Region code: 0
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Languages (Bonus): English, German, French
Running time: 44 mins (Performance) + 57 mins (Bonus)
FSK: 0

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