Johanna Martzy - Brahms & Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos - Beethoven - Romances (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

In 1954, then at the zenith of her career, Johanna Martzy was convinced by Walter Legge to leave Deutsche Grammophon for Columbia, preluding a short but fruitful collaboration. Her first recording session was made with Paul Kletzki, and dedicated to absolute masterpieces of the German romantic repertoire with concertos by Brahms and Mendelssohn. Martzy’s version of Beethoven’s Romances is on top of the discography.

Johanna Martzy (1924-1979) became a cult figure on the basis of a handful of recordings – but only after her premature death, an event that passed almost unnoticed. The meteoric career of this distinguished ambassadress of the Hungarian violin school in no way foretold her posthumous idolisation. And yet her historic recordings of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas and stunning readings of Schubert’s complete works for violin and piano, together with a few first-class concerto discs, make up a legacy whose scarcity has driven prices sky high. At last, collectors can stop trying to outbid one another: remastered in high definition from the original tapes, this priceless treasure trove is now available to all.

TRACKLIST

1. Johanna Martzy - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo (Cadenza by Joachim)
2. Johanna Martzy - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
3. Johanna Martzy - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
4. Johanna Martzy - Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato
5. Johanna Martzy - Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: II. Andante
6. Johanna Martzy - Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
7. Johanna Martzy - Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40
8. Johanna Martzy - Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50



Thanks to the Original customer.