Johanna Martzy – Brahms: Violin Concerto (Vinil 180g, LP)

Johanna Martzy (1924-1979) is considered one of the most underrated violinists of her time, as confirmed by the great Glenn Gould. Trained at the renowned Liszt Academy in Budapest, she won first prize at the Geneva Competition in 1947 and played under the baton of the young Leonard Bernstein in 1958. The extraordinary talent of the Hungarian, whose career began early and was marked by great ovations as well as all kinds of setbacks before she died almost unnoticed at the age of only 55, is evident in the few commercial recordings she made. All of the recordings were made during her heyday, and most of them achieved cult status after her short career. The recording from the SWR archives – “Brahms – Violin Concerto,” with conductor Günter Wand and the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart – is no exception. The well-known conductor and music critic Christoph Schlüren writes: “Johanna Martzy is one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, alongside the likes of Ida Haendel, Ginette Neveu, Erica Morini, Gioconda De Vito… the recordings we still have from her testify to a violinist and musician of the highest class who was not possessed by a demon compelling her to provide the world with as extravagant an interpretation as possible, but with unleashed verve, inspired articulation and perfectly clear control as a devoted medium of musical energies. It is particularly instructive, following the terrific studio recordings of the concertos by (Mendelssohn and) Brahms, to hear the exciting live concert recordings made in Stuttgart with Günter Wand (1964) and appreciate what a phenomenal violinist Johanna Martzy was, without any thought of grandstanding or pretension, always authentic, fully emphatic and with a select, cultivated taste.”

The renowned South Korean label Analogphonic is now making this wonderful recording available for the first time on vinyl. Analogphonic commissioned Rainer Maillard and Emil Berliner Studios to handle the analog processing of the master tapes. The audiophile remastering does justice to the outstanding musical quality of the recording in every respect and sets new standards in terms of sound! The LP release of “Johanna Martzy: Brahms – Violin Concerto” was pressed at Pallas Group GmbH in Germany on high-quality 180-gram vinyl (33 RPM)

MUSICIANS

Johanna Martzy (violin), Günter Wand (conductor), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Recorded on 6. February 1964 at Liederhalle Stuttgart, Germany

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Lista pieselor

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):

“Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77”

Side A

1. I. Allegro Non Troppo

Side B

1. II. Adagio

2. III. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace – Poco Più Presto