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Title

Yehudi Menuhin [videorecording] : le violon du siecle : album - souvenir / La Sept/ARTE et Idéale Audience présentent un film écrit et réalisé par Bruno Monsaingeon ; produit par Pierre-Olivier Bardet.

Publication

[London, England?] : EMI Classics, p2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.
• Seow, Yit Kin
• Monsaingeon, Bruno
• Bardet, Pierre-Olivier
• Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959.
• Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
• Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
• Sept/Arte (Firm) prd
• Idéale Audience International. prd
• IMG Artists (Firm) prd
• EMI (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences, stereo./mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A film about Yehudi Menuhin's career, including his first steps into the limelight as a child, his development into a star violinist, expansion into jazz and Indian music, his close family ties, and his great humanity to those less fortunate than himself. Interview interspersed with musical excerpts.

Series Statement

Classic archive ; 36

Alternative Title

Yehudi Menuhin : violin of the century

Subjects

• Violinists > Biography
• Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999 > Interviews

Note

• "This DVD contains an electronic booklet in PDF form with authoritative essay and archive photographs which can be accessed from any computer equipped with DVD-ROM and Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0"--Container.

Credits (note)

• Editing, Nicole Sérès-Chamming ; director of photography, Etienne Carton de Grammont.

Performer (note)

• Yehudi Menuhin, violin with various accompanists and orchestras.

System Details (note)

• DVD-9; NTSC, picture format 4:3; Dolby digital 2.0, LPCM mono 2.0 (bonus).

Language (note)

• Narrated by Yehudi Menuhin in English; optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.

Contents

Prologue (8:33) -- Roots (7:23) -- The child prodigy (15:37) -- An incomparable career (17:36) -- Hephzibah (12:41) -- Encounters (22:40) -- A wondering violin (12:02) -- The ear that feels the sound (8:59) -- Epilogue: from Yehudi Menuhin to Lord Menuhin (6:30) -- Bonus. Abodah / Ernest Bloch (6:37). Kaddish / M. Ravel (Y. Menuhin, violin ; Yit-Kin Seow, piano) (4:40). Sonata for solo violin, Sz117. Fuga / B. Bartók (Y. Menuhin, violin)

Call Number

*LDV 529

LCCN

094631018992

OCLC

64393848

Title

Yehudi Menuhin [videorecording] : le violon du siecle : album - souvenir / La Sept/ARTE et Idéale Audience présentent un film écrit et réalisé par Bruno Monsaingeon ; produit par Pierre-Olivier Bardet.

Imprint

[London, England?] : EMI Classics, p2005.

Series

Classic archive ; 36

System Details

DVD-9; NTSC, picture format 4:3; Dolby digital 2.0, LPCM mono 2.0 (bonus).

Performer

Yehudi Menuhin, violin with various accompanists and orchestras.

Credits

Editing, Nicole Sérès-Chamming ; director of photography, Etienne Carton de Grammont.

Language

Narrated by Yehudi Menuhin in English; optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.

Local Note

Program notes in English printed from the electronic booklet in pdf form also on file.

Added Author

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.

Seow, Yit Kin. Instrumentalist

Monsaingeon, Bruno.

Bardet, Pierre-Olivier. Producer

Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. Abodah.

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Mélodies hébraïques. Kaddisch.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Sonatas, violin. Fuga.

Sept/Arte (Firm) Production personnel

Idéale Audience International. Production personnel

IMG Artists (Firm) Production personnel

EMI (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

094631018992

Publisher No.

0946 310189 92 : EMI Classics

DVB 3101899 : EMI Classics

Research Call Number

*LDV 529 Notes on file.