[TR24][OF] Yehudi Menuhin, Louis Kentner - Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Piano (BWV 1014 - 1019) - 2023 (Classical • Chamber Music)

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Analyzed: Yehudi Menuhin / Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -2.41 dB   -18.59 dB      4:39 01-Sonata No.1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: I. Adagio
DR11      -0.31 dB   -14.64 dB      3:28 02-Sonata No.1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: II. Allegro
DR12      -5.74 dB   -22.52 dB      4:10 03-Sonata No.1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: III. Andante
DR12      -0.06 dB   -15.38 dB      4:15 04-Sonata No.1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: IV. Allegro
DR13      -2.11 dB   -19.10 dB      3:56 05-Sonata No.2 in A Major, BWV 1015: I. Andante
DR11      -0.16 dB   -13.92 dB      3:58 06-Sonata No.2 in A Major, BWV 1015: II. Allegro
DR12      -4.04 dB   -20.30 dB      3:30 07-Sonata No.2 in A Major, BWv 1015: III. Andante un poco
DR12      -1.06 dB   -17.01 dB      3:47 08-Sonata No.2 in A Major, BWV 1015: IV. Presto
DR13      -1.79 dB   -18.67 dB      5:51 09-Sonata No.3 in E Major, BWV 1016: I. Adagio
DR11      -0.51 dB   -15.29 dB      3:24 10-Sonata No.3 in E Major, BWV 1016: II. Allegro
DR13      -1.04 dB   -17.43 dB      5:34 11-Sonata No.3 in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto
DR12      -0.12 dB   -14.71 dB      4:10 12-Sonata No.3 in E Major, BWV 1016: IV. Allegro
DR14      -3.07 dB   -22.21 dB      3:53 13-Sonata No.4 in C Minor, BWV 1017 "Siciliano": I. Largo
DR13      -0.06 dB   -15.71 dB      4:46 14-Sonata No.4 in C Minor, BWv 1017: II. Allegro
DR13      -5.47 dB   -22.08 dB      4:27 15-Sonata No.4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: III. Adagio
DR13      -0.59 dB   -15.85 dB      3:40 16-Sonata No.4 in C Minor, BWv 1017: IV. Allegro
DR13      -3.29 dB   -19.97 dB      8:33 17-Sonata No.5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: I. Largo
DR12      -0.06 dB   -16.90 dB      5:02 18-Sonata No.5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: II. Allegro
DR12      -1.03 dB   -18.08 dB      4:46 19-Sonata No.5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: III. Adagio
DR11      -0.14 dB   -15.30 dB      2:46 20-Sonata No.5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: IV. Vivace
DR12      -2.44 dB   -17.01 dB      3:48 21-Sonata No.6 in G Major, BWV 1019: I. Allegro
DR14      -4.08 dB   -21.90 dB      2:23 22-Sonata No.6 in G Major, BWV 1019: II. Largo
DR13      -2.94 dB   -18.82 dB      4:13 23-Sonata No.6 in G Major, BWV 1019: III. Allegro
DR12      -0.36 dB   -21.47 dB      3:40 24-Sonata No.6 in G Major, BWV 1019: IV. Adagio
DR12      -0.12 dB   -14.55 dB      3:53 25-Sonata No.6 in G Major, BWv 1019: V. Allegro
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Number of tracks:  25
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1279 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Yehudi Menuhin
With the passing of violinist Yehudi Menuhin at the age of 82 on March 12, 1999, the world lost one of its truly gifted musicians. Primarily associated with classical music, Menuhin consistently sought diverse forums for his virtuosic playing. His collaboration with Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar resulted in two groundbreaking albums -- East Meets West and In Celebration, while his pairing with French violinist Stephane Grappelli yielded four classic albums: Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers & Hart, Play Gershwin, Play "Jalousie" and Other Great Standards, and Tea for Two. According to classical violinist Isaac Stern, Menuhin was "an extraordinary musician and a great humanitarian. His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line." Menuhin displayed a talent for music at a very young age. Starting to play the violin at the age of four, he made his professional debut with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra three years later. His performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall, in 1927, sparked international acclaim. Menuhin's debut album, recorded at the age of 16, received the prestigious Prix du Disque in France. The oldest child of Russian-Jewish immigrants Moshe and Marutha Menuhin, Menuhin was still a baby when he moved with his family to San Francisco. A student of Louis Persinger, concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Menuhin advanced quickly on the violin. When Persinger moved to New York in 1925, Menuhin and his family followed. Shortly afterwards, a wealthy attorney funded Menuhin's first trip to Europe. Although he failed to impress Belgian violinist and composer Eugene Ysaye, Menuhin was accepted as a student by Romanian violinist and composer Georges Enesco. He continued to study under Enesco until returning to the United States in 1927. Menuhin continued to attract attention throughout his teens. He recorded Elgar's Violin Concerto with the composer conducting and inspired Béla Bartók to compose his second Violin Concerto for him. Despite his fame, Menuhin left the concert stage at the age of 19 and spent two years studying violin technique at his family's estate in Los Gatos, CA. Upon his return, Menuhin picked up where he had left off. During World War II, he performed hundreds of concerts at military bases and hospitals. With the breakup of his marriage to Nola Nicholas, however, he found that he was losing his ability to play the violin. A relationship and eventual marriage with ballet dancer and actress Diana Gould provided the confidence necessary for regaining his skills. In the aftermath of the war's end, Menuhin performed several historic concerts in Europe. In addition to joining with composer and conductor Benjamin Britten for a trip to Poland in 1947, which included a performance for survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, he became the first Jewish musician to perform in Germany since before the war. He collaborated with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler. For the next four decades, Menuhin remained one of classical music's most influential musicians. Moving to England in 1985, he became a member of the House of Lords in 1993. He later relocated to Switzerland. He continued to be revered, however, in the United States. President Reagan bestowed a Kennedy Center honor upon him in 1986. Throughout his life, Menuhin balanced his musical career with involvement in philanthropic causes, founding an estimated five hundred charitable organizations. In 1962, he opened a boarding school in Stoke D'Abergnon for musically gifted children. He later opened a similar school in Gstaad, Switzerland.
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Louis Kentner
Although most warmly remembered for his recorded collaborations with his brother-in-law Yehudi Menuhin, Louis Kentner was an important solo performer. His Brahms was noted for its glowing breadth and his Liszt had the stamp of authority. Indeed, Kentner contributed significantly to the rehabilitation of the latter composer's works for solo piano. Kentner was proactive, as well, in the performance of works by contemporary composers; he was much admired by several British composers for his efforts on their behalf and for the exacting standards to which he held. Of Hungarian and Austrian parentage, Kentner trained in composition at the Budapest Royal Academy with Zoltán Kodály and Hans Koessler while pursuing his piano studies with Arnold Szekely and Leó Weiner. His debut took place at age 13; in 1920 he embarked upon an extensive European tour. Although he excelled in the music of Chopin, he also performed music written by his own contemporaries. Kodály composed his Dances of Marrosszek for him; Kentner gave regional premieres of Bartók's Piano Concerti No. 2 and No. 3. In 1935, Kentner moved to London, eventually taking British citizenship. He undertook numerous recitals devoted to the music of a single composer. At the Edinburgh Festival, he performed the Beethoven Sonatas with Menuhin and assumed the role of leading advocate for the piano music of contemporary British composers. Kentner premiered works by Alan Rawsthorne, Michael Tippett, and William Walton, among others. Walton composed his Violin Sonata for Kentner and Menuhin and Tippett's Piano Concerto was accorded a commanding first performance by Kentner in 1956. Kentner toured India with Menuhin in 1954 and performed in several Far East venues in 1956. On November 28, 1956, he finally appeared in the United States, winning highly complimentary reviews for his Town Hall recital. Both Howard Taubman and Paul Henry Lang hailed him as vivid and imaginative with technical gifts of the first order. Lang commented that he was "beyond doubt one of the finest pianists heard here in a long time." In addition to receiving adulatory remarks from critics, Kentner was honored with a CBE in 1978. On disc, Kentner's artistry is preserved in his solo recordings of Liszt, Chopin, and Brahms, and through his collaborations with Menuhin in the sonatas of Beethoven and Bach.
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