Bruch: Concerto for violin in Gm; Elgar: Concerto for violin in Bm

"Mark Obert-Thorn's transfer of the classic first Menuhin recording with the composer is taken from what he describes as pre-war RCA Victor Z shellac pressings, and the result is surprisingly successful, the soloist truthfully caught with a minimum of background noise, and the orchestral strings give plenty of body."

"Menuhin's heart-aching candour is matched by a grand, gruff and unstintingly passionate account of the orchestral score, magnificently realised from the original 78s on a new Naxos transfer. The same CD includes 15 year-old Yehudi's first recording of Bruch's First Concerto, a real tear-jerker and an ideal coupling for the equally emotive Elgar."

"Wonderful to have both these LSO recordings transferred to an inexpensive Naxos CD. Though the orchestra is somewhat boomy in the Bruch, the young Yehudi Menuhin's richly portamento'd line sings out with overwhelming eloquence, a minutely responsive graph of feeling. His recording of the Elgar concerto, with the composer conducting, is one of the greatest made of anything."