Características
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 Deutsche Grammophon recording, “Beethoven, Mozart – Sonatas For Violin And Piano,” with Dutch pianist Jean Antonietti, is no exception.
After a long wait, the South Korean label Analogphonic is making this wonderful recording available again. Analogphonic commissioned Maarten de Boer to edit the Universal Music master tapes. The audiophile remastering at Emil Berliner Studios does justice to the outstanding musical quality of the recording in every respect and proves how extraordinarily good stereophonic mono recordings can sound.
MUSICIANS
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded 7. to 10. July 1952 at Beethovensaal, Hannover, Germany
Side A
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
“ Sonate für Klavier und Violine Nr. 8 G-Dur, Op. 30 Nr. 3 ”
1. 1. Satz: Allegro assai
2. 2. Satz: Tempo di Menuetto ma molto moderato e grazioso
3. 3. Satz: Allegro vivace
Side B
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
“Sonate für Klavier und Violine F-Dur, KV 376“
1. 1. Satz: Allegro
2. 2. Satz: Andante
3. 3. Satz: Rondo - Allegretto grazioso