In 1956, it was believed that Mozart wrote all five violin concertos in eight months in 1775, but it is now known that the B flat Concerto, K207, dates from two years earlier.
Performer Biography
Yehudi Menuhin toured German death camps with Benjamin Britten in 1945, following numerous wartime concerts.
Performer Biography
Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist, eventually took up conducting and founded schools in England and Switzerland.
Recording & Production
This album reflects Yehudi Menuhin's Mozart playing from a single month in 1956, when he performed all of Mozart's major works with orchestra in London.
Performer Biography
Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist on this album, was born in New York in 1916 to Russian immigrant parents and began his studies with Louis Persinger in 1923.
Performer Biography
Yehudi Menuhin recorded Elgar's Violin Concerto with the composer himself in 1932.
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Eck: Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major; attrib. Mozart: Vioin Concerto in D Major: K. 271
