Johanna Martzy & Michael Mann: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings

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Release Date: 14th May 2021
Catalogue No: ELQ4843299
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

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Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Work length32:17

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Johanna Martzy (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay
Recorded: 1953-06-12
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

I. Allegro ma non troppo - Quasi moderato

Track length11:28

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II. Adagio, ma non troppo

Track length9:58

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III. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo

Track length10:51

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218

Work length23:43

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Joseph Joachim (cadenzor)
Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Recorded: 1952-11-04
Recording Venue: Amerika Haus, Munich

I. Allegro

Track length9:08

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II. Andante cantabile

Track length7:26

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III. Rondeau. Andante - Allegro

Track length7:09

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Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K376

Work length16:05

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1952-07-10
Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

I. Allegro

Track length4:39

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II. Andante

Track length5:40

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III. Rondo. Allegretto grazioso

Track length5:46

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Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3

Work length17:14

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1952-07-11
Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

I. Allegro assai

Track length6:30

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II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso

Track length7:24

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length3:20

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Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré

Work length2:38

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1951-08-27
Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera

Work length2:40

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1951-08
Recording Venue: Herkules Saal, Munich

Milhaud: Ipanema (No. 5 from Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67)

Work length2:11

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1951-08
Recording Venue: Herkules Saal, Munich

Ipanema (Transc. Levy for Violin and Piano)

Track length2:11

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Falla: Danse Espagnole No. 1 (from La Vida Breve)

Work length3:29

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1951-08
Recording Venue: Herkules Saal, Munich

Szymanowski: Nocturne & Tarantella, Op. 28

Work length10:43

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Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Recorded: 1951-08
Recording Venue: Herkules Saal, Munich

I. Notturno

Track length5:10

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II. Tarantella

Track length5:33

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Krenek: Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 117

Work length9:28

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Yaltah Menuhin (piano), Michael Mann (viola)
Recorded: 1951-04-09
Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

I. Andante

Track length4:36

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II. Allegro vivace

Track length2:08

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III. Andantino

Track length2:44

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Honegger: Viola Sonata, H 28

Work length15:27

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Michael Mann (viola), Dika Newlin (piano)
Recorded: 1952-05-19
Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

I. Andante - vivace

Track length7:56

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II. Allegretto moderato

Track length3:27

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III. Allegro non troppo

Track length4:04

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Milhaud: Visages (4) for viola & piano, Op. 238

Work length10:07

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Michael Mann (viola), Dika Newlin (piano)
Recorded: 1952-05-21
Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

I. La Californienne

Track length2:26

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II. The Wisconsonian

Track length1:25

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III. La Bruxelloise

Track length3:55

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IV. La Parisienne

Track length2:21

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Complete on CD for the first time, the Deutsche Grammophon legacy of cult violinist Johanna Martzy, and of violist Michael Mann. Five original DG albums complete on two CDs.

The brilliant tone and discriminating taste of the recordings made by Johanna Martzy (1924-79) mark her out among the finest violinists of her generation. Her EMI albums, supervised by Walter Legge, were once highly prized rarities.

However, her recording career began with DG, who partnered her with two of their star conductors, Ferenc Fricsay and Eugen Jochum, in concertos by Dvořák (1953) and Mozart (No 4, from 1955). She had performed the Dvořák with Fricsay in concert, and their recording preserves a harmonious meeting of two fierily temperamental artists, widely rated among the best of the non-Czech recordings of the work.

Plans for Martzy to record Tchaikovsky’s concerto were abandoned when Legge poached her for HMV/EMI but subsequently lost interest. We are left with a small, precious legacy which opened in 1951, in the dying days of 78rpm recording, with her most constant recital partner, Jean Antonietti, at the piano. Encore pieces by Ravel, Milhaud, Falla and Szymanowski capture her Hungarian fire but do not represent her inclination away from virtuoso repertoire and towards the great sonatas and concertos. Mozart’s F major Sonata followed, and then Beethoven’s Op. 30 No. 3 as a coupling for the Mozart.

When Martzy’s encore pieces were reissued on LP, they were coupled in original fashion with two modern viola sonatas played by Michael Mann (1919–76), son of the novelist Thomas Mann. Mann’s DG recordings were completed a few months later in May 1952 with the Quatre visages of Milhaud, issued on a seven-inch 45rpm disc; with this release they reach CD for the first time. In his time Mann was recognised as a fine musician in his own right and not merely his father’s son. He played in the San Francisco Symphony before teaching German literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

Tully Potter provides the fascinating background note.

Johanna Martzy & Michael Mann: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings

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