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Johanna Martzy plays Violin Concertos & Sonatas
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Johanna Martzy plays Violin Concertos & Sonatas

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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, F
Artist
Johanna Martzy, Kammerorchester Des Bayerisc
Format
CD
Label
Profil
Released
Jan 06, 2023
Catalog #
PH22080
UPC
881488220803

About

The Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy was born in Temesvár, then in Hungary, today in Romania, on October 26, 1924, and was hailed as a wunderkind. At the age of seven, she became the last pupil to be taken under the wing of the great violin teacher Jenö Hubay, who had enabled artists like Joseph Szigeti and Sándor Végh to fly high. Ferenc Gabriel continued the girl's training after Hubay's death, helping her to win first prize at the Hubay Competition when she was seventeen. She took up studies at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest the following year and made her orchestral debut with the Tchaikovsky Concerto under the baton of Willem Mengelberg a year later. When Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in 1944, Johanna Martzy and her husband Béla Szillery fled via Austria and France to Switzerland. There she won the Concours International d'Exécution Musicale in Geneva in 1947, and her international career gradually gained momentum. She began making gramophone records in 1950; Ferenc Fricsay's recording of the Dvorák concerto for Deutsche Grammophon of 1953 is notable for its rousing intensity and still enjoys benchmark status. In 1954 and 1955 EMI's legendary record producer Walter Legge made the recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin presented here.

In spite of a successful concert comeback in the 1960s, she was no longer in the top flight. It seems symbolical that it was in Budapest that she discovered she had hepatitis in 1969. Johanna Martzy steadily grew weaker and died in Switzerland on August 13, 1979, a year after the death of her husband. The present recordings remain a rare attestation of the brilliance of Johanna Martzy's playing, and it ensures her everlasting fame, at least among connoisseurs.

REVIEW:

The Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy, who died in Zurich in 1979 at the age of only 54, experienced a short, steep international career at the beginning of the 1950s. She has remained an icon for insiders to this day and is considered the last great representative of the Hungarian violin school.

Profil has now refreshed the majority of their EMI recordings plus two Yellow Label concertos produced in 1952 and 1953 by Mozart (KV 218) under Jochum and the legendary Dvořák concerto under Fricsay and packed them into a 6-CD box set. The EMI bundle includes the two concertos by Brahms (1954) and Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1955) recorded with Paul Kletzki, which are still among the most expressive interpretations of the entire discography, as well as Schubert's (almost) complete works for violin and piano, and then also her legendary Abbey Road recordings of Bach's solo sonatas and partitas.

Martzy embodies the romantic Bach conception of the time, which aims for intensity, expressiveness, and flowing legato, and an aesthetic that wants to overwhelm the listener with beauty and dramatic stringency. At the same time, on her full-bodied, almost viola-like sonorous Bergonzi violin from 1733, she ignites such an inner fervor and draws such arcs of suspense that one cannot evade her infinitely spun, plastic lines. Every single tone is suggestively shaped and part of the flowing universe: drama and logic in one. And with the changing keys it also changes the respective basic color of its tone, i.e. from the darkened sonority of the D minor partita to the radiantly bright E major of the third partita. You can feel the objective and subjective power of this music at every moment: they are monologues of harrowing beauty.

Her interpretations of the concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Brahms and Dvořák, glowing with intensity, shine as flawlessly clean, full-bodied and sonorous and at the same time as inwardly lively, as passionately urgent and lyrically shaped - she practices a kind of musical perfection that everyone Leaving virtuosity behind, proclaimed as a means to penetrate to the true inner, to the glowing human message, to enchant and shake us with pure, flowing heart energy. It's no wonder that Johanna Martzy enjoys iconic status in professional circles and that the few original LPs that have survived are sold at top prices.

-- Rondo (Germany, Attila Csampai)

Tracklist 66 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 11:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    11:28
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Ferenc Fricsay
  3. 2 II. Adagio ma non troppo 09:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Ferenc Fricsay
  4. 3 III. Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo 10:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
    Duration
    10:44
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Ferenc Fricsay
  5. 4 I. Allegro non troppo 22:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    22:59
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Kletzki
  6. 5 II. Adagio 10:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    10:05
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Kletzki
  7. 6 III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 08:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Kletzki
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 I. Allegro 09:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Eugen Jochum
  10. 2 II. Andante cantabile 07:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Eugen Jochum
  11. 3 III. Rondo: Andante grazioso 07:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Andante grazioso
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Eugen Jochum
  12. 4 I. Allegro 04:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  13. 5 II. Andante 05:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  14. 6 III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso 05:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  15. 7 Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934 28:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934
    Duration
    28:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  16. Disc 3
  17. 1 I. Allegro molto appassionato - 12:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro molto appassionato -
    Duration
    12:49
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Kletzki
  18. 2 II. Andante 07:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Kletzki
  19. 3 III. Allegro molto vivace 06:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Kletzki
  20. 4 I. Allegro assai 06:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  21. 5 II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso 07:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  22. 6 III. Allegro vivace 03:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  23. 7 I. Allegro moderato 08:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  24. 8 II. Scherzo: Presto 04:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  25. 9 III. Andantino 05:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Andantino
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  26. 10 IV. Allegro vivace 05:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  27. Disc 4
  28. 1 I. Allegro molto 04:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro molto
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  29. 2 II. Andante 05:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  30. 3 III. Allegro vivace 04:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  31. 4 I. Allegro moderato 06:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  32. 5 II. Andante 07:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  33. 6 III. Menuetto: Allegro 02:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  34. 7 IV. Allegro 04:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  35. 8 I. Allegro giusto 05:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro giusto
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  36. 9 II. Andante 06:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  37. 10 III. Menuetto 02:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Menuetto
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  38. 11 IV. Allegro moderato 04:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  39. 12 Rondo in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895, "Rondo brillant" 16:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    Rondo in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895, "Rondo brillant"
    Duration
    16:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti
  40. Disc 5
  41. 1 I. Adagio 05:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  42. 2 II. Fugue: Allegro 06:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Fugue: Allegro
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  43. 3 III. Siciliana 04:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Siciliana
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  44. 4 IV. Presto 02:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  45. 5 I. Allemanda 06:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allemanda
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  46. 6 II. Double 03:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Double
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  47. 7 III. Corrente 03:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Corrente
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  48. 8 IV. Double. Presto 02:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Double. Presto
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  49. 9 V. Sarabanda 02:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Sarabanda
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  50. 10 VI. Double 01:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    VI. Double
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  51. 11 VII. Tempo di Bourree 02:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    VII. Tempo di Bourree
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  52. 12 VIII. Double 02:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    VIII. Double
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  53. 13 I. Grave 05:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  54. 14 II. Fuga 08:41
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Fuga
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  55. 15 III. Andante 04:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  56. 16 IV. Allegro 04:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  57. Disc 6
  58. 1 I. Allemande 04:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allemande
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  59. 2 II. Courante 02:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  60. 3 III. Sarabande 02:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  61. 4 IV. Gigue 03:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Gigue
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  62. 5 V. Ciaccona 15:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Ciaccona
    Duration
    15:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  63. 6 I. Adagio 05:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  64. 7 II. Fugue 11:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Fugue
    Duration
    11:17
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  65. 8 III. Largo 04:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  66. 9 IV. Allegro assai 04:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  67. 10 I. Preludio 03:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Preludio
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  68. 11 II. Loure 04:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Loure
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  69. 12 III. Gavotte en rondeau 03:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Gavotte en rondeau
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  70. 13 IV. Menuett I-II 04:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Menuett I-II
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  71. 14 VI. Bourrée 01:41
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Bourrée
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy
  72. 15 VII. Gigue 01:49
    Track
    15
    Title
    VII. Gigue
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Johanna Martzy