Among a large number of 78s that were gifted me by a colleague who himself had accepted them from a neighbour about to chuck them out I found three violin sonatas by Yehudi Menuhin and they seem to me to make a nice concert so here they are. The Bach has Louis Kentner as the accompanist while the other two, Mozart's K. 376 and the Schumann Op. 121 have Hepzibah Menuhin. The piano in the latter is one of the most beautifully recorded of any in this era.
Concurrently I decided that I had not done justice to the Beethoven Op.96 no.10 sonata with Simon Goldberg soloing and Lili Kraus accompanying so I have re-processed this performance. The violinist is giving such an intimate reading at times that it is more like a private recital than a salon/concert performance.
Concurrently I decided that I had not done justice to the Beethoven Op.96 no.10 sonata with Simon Goldberg soloing and Lili Kraus accompanying so I have re-processed this performance. The violinist is giving such an intimate reading at times that it is more like a private recital than a salon/concert performance.
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