Johanna Martzy - Milestones of a Legend

Born in 1924, the Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy is in a class by herself! Revered and admired by afficionados around the world, collectors fight over her comparatively rare discographic material. Martzy is still largely unknown to a broader public, but quite unjustly so as this box of 11 original albums from the time of her meteoric world career in the fifties shows. It includes highlights of the history of recorded music, among them striking examples of her interpretive art, Bach's solo sonatas, concerts by Brahms, Dvorak, Mendelssohn and Mozart as well as chamber music by Schubert, Beethoven and Mozart. Her unique tone, sensual and singing, her self-confident renouncement of any violinistic ornamentation and her stylistic intelligence can also be admired by listening to the many bonus recordings with works by Mozart, de Falla, Milhaud, Szymanowski and Mendelssohn.

Bach, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006 Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002 Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001 Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003 Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005 Beethoven: Romance No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 40 Beethoven: Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3rd Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Falla: Danse Espagnole No. 1 (from La Vida Breve) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Schubert: Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 Schubert: Rondo brilliant in B minor, D895 (Op. 70) Szymanowski: Nocturne & Tarantella, Op. 28

Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hans Müller-Kray, Ferenc Fricsay, Eugen Jochum, Paul Kletzki