Sunday, 26 February 2023

Sakura (Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp)

by Jean-Pierre Rampal; Lily Laskine


Recorded: 1976 at Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Artwork: "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa"]– Katsushika Hokusai
Producer – Michel Galsoon
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Label: CBS Masterworks – M 34568
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: U.S.A.
Publication date 1978
Topics Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Language English

A1. Haru No Umi
A2. Chugoku Chiho No Komori Uta
A3. Aka Tombo
A4. Chin-Chin Chidori
A5. Nambu Ushi Oi Uta
A6. Defune
B1. Kono Michi
B2. Hanayome Ningyo
B3. Kojo No Tsuki
B4. Jogashima No Ame
B5. Hana
B6. Sakura Sakura
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 Improvisations - West Meets East - Album 3

by: Sitar – Ravi Shankar (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
      Tabla – Alla Rakha (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
      Tambura – Amiya DasGupta (tracks: A1, A2), Nodu Mullick (tracks: A1, A2)
       Violin – Yehudi Menuhin (tracks: A1, A2)
       Flute – Jean-Pierre Rampal (tracks: B1, B2)
       Harp – Martine Géliot (tracks: B1)



Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Pressed By – KM Records Inc.
Art Direction, Design – Marvin Schwartz
Engineer – Carson Taylor, Jean Claude Lefèvre
Liner Notes – Frederick Teague
Liner Notes [Annotation Editor] – Rory Guy
Producer – John Mordler, Patti Laursen

Angel Records (SFO-37200)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: U.S.A
Publication date 1976
Topics Classical, Folk, World, & Country, Contemporary, Indian Classical
Language English

A1 Tenderness
Tambura [Bass Tanpura] – Amiya DasGupta
Tambura [Small Tanpura] – Nodu Mullick
Violin – Yehudi Menuhin
A2 Twilight Mood
Tambura [Bass Tanpura] – Amiya DasGupta
Tambura [Small Tanpura] – Nodu Mullick
Violin – Yehudi Menuhin
B1 The Enchanted Dawn
Flute – Jean-Pierre Rampal
Harp – Martine Géliot
B2 Morning Love
Flute – Jean-Pierre Rampal
Tambura [Tanpura] – Kamala

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 West Meets East: Album 2

by Ravi Shankar; Yehudi Menuhin


Recorded in U.S.A  A1, A2, B1,
Recorded in England  B2, B3
Lacquer Cut By – Wayne (Wayne Dailey Engineer. Worked at Clover Recorders in 1978, joined Capitol Mastering in 1979/80 as a Disc Mastering Engineer
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
Pressed By – Wakefield Manufacturing – 34892

Angel Records (S-36026)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Publication date 1968
Language English

Sitar – Ravi Shankar (tracks: A1 to B1)
Tabla – Alla Rakha (tracks: A1 to B1)
Tambura [Tamboura] – Kamala Chakravarti (tracks: A1, A2), Nodu Mullick (tracks: B1)
Violin – Nell Gotovsky (tracks: B2, B3), Yehudi Menuhin (tracks: A1, B2, B3)

A1. Raga Piloo
A2. Dhun
B1. Raga Ananda Bhairava
                         Bartók 6 Duos (From "44 Duos")
B2. No. 28 Sorrow 
  No. 31 New Years Greeting 
  No. 33 Harvest Song
B3. No. 36 Bagpipes 
  No. 41 Scherzo 
  No. 42 Arabian Song
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West Meets East

by: Ravi Shankar (Composer tracks: A1, A3), George Enesco (Composer tracks: B1 to B3),
       Piano – Hephzibah Menuhin (tracks: B1 to B3)
Sitar – Ravi Shankar (tracks: A2, A3)
       Violin – Yehudi Menuhin (tracks: A1, A3 to B3) 


Recorded: in 1966, England
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Photography By [Photo] – David Farrell (3)
Sleeve Notes – John Barham, Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin

Angel Records (36418)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Publication date 1966
Topics Jazz, Classical, Folk, World, & Country, Modern, Free Improvisation
Language English

A1. Prabhāti (Based On The Rāga Gunkali)
A2. Rāga Puriyā Kalyan
A3. Swara-Kākali (Based On The Rāga Tilang)
  Sonata No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 25 (In The Popular Rumanian Style): 
B1. First Movement: Moderato Malinconico
B2. Second Movement: Andante Sostenuto E Misterioso
B3. Third Movement: Allegro Con Brio, Ma Non Troppo Mosso

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Thursday, 23 February 2023

 The Musical Offering

by Johann Sebastian Bach; Yehudi Menuhin; with members of the Bath Festival Orchestra  


Yehudi Menuhin and Robert Masters, violin
Patrick Ireland, and Nannie Jamieson viola
Derek Simpson and Muriel Taylor, cello
Elaine Shaffer, flute
Archie Camden, bassoon 
Kinloch Anderson, harpsichord – 

Recorded June 11-13 & November 14, 1960 in England.
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
Liner Notes – Neville D. Boyling, 

Angel Records (S 35731)
Format: 
Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: U.S.A.
Publication date 1961
Topics Classical, Baroque
Language English

  The Musical Offering
A1. Three-Part Fugue (No. 1)
  First Group Of Five Canons
A2. Canon At The Unison (No. 2)
A3. Canon In Contrary Motion (No. 3)
A4. Canon At The Double Octave (No. 4)
A5. Canon In Augmentation And Contrary Motion (No. 5)
A6. Modulating Canon At The Fifth (No. 6)
  Trio Sonata (no. 7)
A7.1 First Movement: Largo
A7.2 Second Movement: Allegro
B1.1 Third Movement: Andante
B1.2 Fourth Movement: Allegro
  Second Group Of Five Canons
B2. Canon At The Unison (No. 8)
B3. Canon In Contrary Motion (No. 9)
B4. Four-Part Canon At The Double Octave (No. 10)
B5. Canon In Contrary Motion (No. 11)
B6. Canonic Fugue At The Fifth (No. 12)
B7. Six-Part Fugue (No. 13)

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Wednesday, 22 February 2023

 Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
by: Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm, Ambrose Gauntlett 


Recorded in England 1962
Manufactured in U.S.A. 1962
Liner Notes: Charles Enderby

Label: Angel Records – SB 3629 B
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Stereo Box Set
Country: U.S.A.
Publication date: 1962
Topics Classical, Baroque
Language English

A1. Sonate N° 1 En Si Mineur, BWV 1014
A2. Sonate N° 4 En Ut Mineur, BWV 1017
B1. Sonate N° 4 En Ut Mineur, BWV 1017 (Fin)
B2. Sonate N° 6 En Sol Majeur, BWV 1019

C1. Sonate N° 2 En La Majeur, BWV 1015
C2. Sonate N° 5 En Fa Mineur, BWV 1018
D1. Sonate N° 5 En Fa Mineur, BWV 1018 (Fin)
D2. Sonate N° 3 En Mi Majeur, BWV 1016

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 Yehudi Menuhin Plays Bach

The Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas and Partitas


Recorded 1973-75.
Record Company: EMI Records Ltd.
Recordind Producer: Suvi Raj Ghubb
Engineer: Neville Boyling & Robert Gooch
Art Direction & Design: Marvin Schwartz
Cover Photo: Mike Evans
Liner Notes – Ronald Kinloch Anderson
Producer – John Mordler

Label: Angel Records / EMI (RLC-3203)
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Box Set
Country: US
Publication date 1976
Topics Classical, Baroque
Language English

Disc 1:
1. Sonata No. 1 In G Minor, BWV.1001
2. Partita No. 1 In B Minor BWV.1002

Disc 2:
1. Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV.1003
2. Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV.1004

Disc 3:
1. Sonata No. 3 In C Major BWV.1005
2. Partita No. 3 In E Major BWV.1006

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