Beethoven Violin Concerto & Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 & Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 / Yehudi Menuhin

Beethoven Violin Concerto & Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 & Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 / Yehudi Menuhin

Beethoven Violin Concerto & Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 & Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 / Yehudi Menuhin
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DVD Cover Information

Actor: Adrian Boult, Colin Davis, Yehudi Menuhin
Brand: EMD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: EMI Classics

Movie Reviews of Beethoven Violin Concerto & Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 & Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 / Yehudi Menuhin

Movie Review: He Plays like an Angel
Summary: 5 Stars

Menuhin plays like an angel. He invites you to communicate with him heart and soul the whole time he plays. Here, or in fact anytime at all, he played the Mozart Concerto somewhat like Hassid: not just every note talks like a human, they're cries and weeps and moans from the deepest of one's soul.

The way Menuhin played his Beethoven is probaby the most difficult one, especially the cadenza. It's more than 3 dimensional: so full of colours and emotions, even more condensed than Thibaud. Few violinists would even dare to try it this way. So it's a different orientation altogether. The standard of demonic, with respect, is the least applicable to Menuhin. To Menuhin, most Russian ways of playing simply lacked a whole dimension. Menuhun's Bruch is most wonderful too, in a way it is even more marvelous than his Mozart.

We have three concertos here and Menuhin was supported by different orchestras in each piece. In the first concerto, it was an orchestra from London, the second one from Paris and the third one from Germany. It's interesting to compare these orchestras from different part of Europe. Probably the standard in these countries are not much different now. The first one, the London Symphony was conducted by Sir Colin Davis, who was so young then and his gestures are enormous yet the collaboration was very good indeed. How come a clarinetist could make a good conductor? Amazaing. The second one was conducted by Menuhin himself and the third one by Fricsay. All of them are miles better than the conductor we see from Szeryng's 2003 DVD.

All were filmed in the 60's, all are in B/W. The photogragphy is, as usual of most BBC productions, very good. We can see exactly how he played almost throughout: his fingering, his vibrato, bowing everything. The sound is very good too. Those who are baffled by other DVDs which tell only his stories with little violin playing won't be disappointed this time. The running time is only 108 minutes though.

Summary of Beethoven Violin Concerto & Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 & Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 / Yehudi Menuhin

YEHUDI MENUHIN
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