Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
31	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	1	2	3	4

Elgar, Bruch: Violin Concertos / London Symphony Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin (1999)

Posted By: Benzok

Date: 17 Sep 2010 16:39:43

These are the best reproductions I have ever heard of these famous recordings. All credit to Mark Obert-Thorn, who created them from pre-war US Victor sets. In the early days of audio tape and long playing records, it was rumoured that the original masters of the Elgar concerto in the EMI vaults had been destroyed after a transfer to audio tape had been deemed satisfactory. True, the audio tape transfers when issued on LP sounded good enough, but many music lovers regretted that future processing work on the original masters was no longer an option. Well, here in a new century and at the price of a cup of coffee and a sandwich are miracles of sound reproduction that banish all regrets. Of all the recordings Elgar made of his music, this is the one that has the least "historic" sound to modern ears. String playing in the old-fashioned "slide from note to note" way was apparently something Elgar allowed or encouraged when he recorded his orchestral works, but it is barely evident here, and even less so in the playing of the young Yehudi Menuhin. The recording of the Bruch Concerto, an all round success, was made in London's Small Queen's Hall in 1931 and was, I believe, Menuhin's first concerto recording.–Amazon–

Tracklisting

01. Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - I.Prelude: Allegro Moderato - 7:36
02. Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - II. Adagio - 8:14
03. Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - III. Finale: Allegro Energico - 6:53
04. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - I. Allegro - 17:26
05. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - II. Andante - 13:07
06. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - III. Allegro Molto – - 10:11
07. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - III. Cadenza (Accompagnata: Lento) - Allegro Molto - 9:13

Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26
Composed by Max Bruch
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted by Sir Landon Ronald

Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted by Edward Elgar

log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 12. July 2009, 23:35

Menuhin / Elgar

Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-T20N Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 7:35.62 | 0 | 34186
2 | 7:35.62 | 8:13.48 | 34187 | 71209
3 | 15:49.35 | 6:52.67 | 71210 | 102176
4 | 22:42.27 | 17:25.60 | 102177 | 180611
5 | 40:08.12 | 13:06.48 | 180612 | 239609
6 | 53:14.60 | 10:10.70 | 239610 | 285429
7 | 63:25.55 | 9:13.20 | 285430 | 326924

Track 1

Filename C:\ista\01 - Bruch- Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - I.Prelude- Allegro Moderato.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 95.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1F2AD76F
Copy CRC 1F2AD76F
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [5B890C69]
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\ista\02 - Bruch- Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - II. Adagio.wav

Peak level 70.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BB1CB372
Copy CRC BB1CB372
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [F5F3B117]
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename C:\ista\03 - Bruch- Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - III. Finale- Allegro Energico.wav

Peak level 81.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8B63D1AD
Copy CRC 8B63D1AD
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [237BF434]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename C:\ista\04 - Elgar- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - I. Allegro.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:09.00

Peak level 90.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CB330AF1
Copy CRC CB330AF1
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [0B3A7A4F]
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename C:\ista\05 - Elgar- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - II. Andante.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:04.53

Peak level 85.2 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC ADA57177
Copy CRC ADA57177
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [AA91280F]
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename C:\ista\06 - Elgar- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - III. Allegro Molto –.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.15

Peak level 95.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D5B71FD5
Copy CRC D5B71FD5
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [9E037342]
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename C:\ista\07 - Elgar- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 - III. Cadenza (Accompagnata- Lento) - Allegro Molto.wav

Peak level 99.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6CD6A2CD
Copy CRC 6CD6A2CD
Accurately ripped (confidence 3) [D14FC4AA]
Copy OK

All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

End of status report

Download
hotfile | fileserve

No mirror

90s Classical Lossless Romantic