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Violin Concerto, Op.64 / Violin Concerto No. 3 (Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono) album cover
Mozart* / Mendelssohn*, Johanna Martzy, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra – Violin Concerto, Op.64 / Violin Concerto No. 3
Label: Testament – SBTLP 1483
Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 2012
Genre: Classical
Style: Classical, Romantic
Tracklist
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Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
Composed By – Mozart*
A1 1st Movement - Allegro
A2 2nd Movement - Adagio
A3 3rd Movement - Rondo: Allegro
Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64
Composed By – Mendelssohn*
B1 1st Movement - Allegro Molto Appassionato
B2 2nd Movement - Andante
B3 3rd Movement - Allegretto Non Troppo - Allegro Molto Vivace
Credits
Engineer – Harold Davidson
Producer – Walter Legge
Sleeve Notes – Tully Potter
Notes
The original sound recording was made by EMI Records Ltd.
Recorded: 9-10 June 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Etched side 1): BC85215-01 A2
Matrix / Runout (Etched side 2): BC85215-01 B2
Barcode: 749677148317
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Mozart: Violinkonzert Nr. 3 in G, K.216
Mendelssohn: Violinkonzert in E-moll, Opus 64
Johanna Martzy - violine
Wolgang Sawallisch - Philharmonia Orchestra
Aufnahmen 9./10. Juni 1954 in der Kingsway Hall, London, UK.
Mit Johanna Martzy und Wolfgang Sawallisch stehen zwei Künstler im Zentrum dieser in Europa bisher unveröffentlichten Aufnahme, deren Karrieren kaum unterschiedlicher verlaufen hätten können. 1954, als die Aufnahme entstand, galt die ungarische Violinistin Johanna Martzy mit 29 Jahren als erwachsen gewordenes Wunderkind, das bereits auf eine beachtliche Konzertkarriere zurückblicken konnte. Der gleichaltrige Dirigent Sawallisch hingegen war noch ein unbeschriebenes Blatt. Doch während Sawallisch einer legendären Weltkarriere entgegen schritt, sollte Johanna Martzy zunehmend in Vergessenheit geraten. Das Aufeinandertreffen dieser beiden jungen Musiker in den Violinkonzerten von Mendelssohn (op. 64, e-moll) und Mozart (Nr. 3, KV 216, G-Dur) lebt von großer Musikalität und angenehm unbürokratischer Werktreue. Johanna Martzy besaß die seltene Gabe, ihre Virtuosität selbstverständlich und nebensächlich klingen zu lassen, und das Philharmonia Orchestra unter Sawallisch sorgt für einen zurückhaltenden und angenehmen Charakter in beiden Werken. Dass die beiden so unterschiedlichen Musiker im Studio ihre Differenzen hatten, und schließlich die Veröffentlichung der Aufnahmen verhinderten, hört man beim besten Willen nicht. Hier klingt alles nach purer Harmonie.
Trackliste:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin concerto No. 3 in G, K216
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondo: Allegro
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin concerto in E minor, Op.64
1. Allegro molto appassionato
2. Andante
3. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
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Rezension:
Es war im Jahre 1931, als Jenö Hubay (Jahrgang 1858 und eine der damals größten lebenden Violinlegenden), der siebenjährigen Geigen-Elevin Johanna Martzy prophezeite, sie würde einst nicht zu den 50 besten Geigern der Welt gehören, sondern zu den besten zehn. In Sachen Popularität erreichte sie das Ziel nicht (welche Faktoren da zusammenkamen, erläutert der ausführliche Klappentext); doch die wenigen erhaltenen Aufnahmen – ihre Schallplattenkarriere endete bereits im Jahre 1956 – gelten Violin-Enthusiasten in aller Welt heute als beinahe heilig; Original-LPs sind kaum mit Gold aufzuwiegen. Vorliegende LP ist allerdings selbst in dieser so kurzen wie erlesenen Diskographie etwas Besonderes: Die dreißigjährige Solistin spielte hier mit dem gleichaltrigen Wolfgang Sallawisch, um dessen erste Major-Label-Aufnahme es sich hier handelt – oder hätte handeln sollen, denn irgendwie kam es zwischen beiden Musikern zum Streit (über Tempi, angeblich), was schließlich dazu führte, daß die geplante LP nie veröffentlicht wurde und das Mendelssohn-Konzert ein gutes Jahr später, diesmal mit dem gesetzteren Paul Kletzki, erneut eingespielt wurde. Wobei viele Kenner und Kritiker der nun endlich offiziell veröffentlichten Sawallisch-Aufnahme den Vorzug geben! Von den angeblichen Spannungen ist ohnedies nichts (aber auch gar nichts) zu hören; ganz im Gegenteil: Die Mozart-Einspielung zählt wohl zu den subtilsten und charmantesten ihrer Art; und die Art, wie der Kopfsatz des Mendelssohn-Konzertes buchstäblich zu atmen scheint, ist ebenfalls einzigartig. Ganz, ganz große Violinkunst. – Der Mono-Klang dieser von Walter Legge produzierten EMI-Aufnahme ist erstaunlich detailliert, wenn auch nicht spektakulär "audiophil". Aber darum geht es hier auch gewiß nicht: Diese Veröffentlichung ist für Musikhörer gedacht. (rec. 1954/2012)
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Description
AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
EMI Testament - SBTLP 1483 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
Previously Unpublished - Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
AAA 100% Analogue - Pressed in Germany
Testament has revived these classic titles from the EMI catalog using only the original EMI master tapes,cut onto lacquer at EMI's Abbey Road Studios and mastered using full analog techniques throughout production.
New release includes previously unpublished performances of Mozart, Mendelssohn concertos
Johanna Martzy - violin
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
This program completes Testament's reissue of the recordings made for EMI by the fabled Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy. At the same time it features two of the earliest recordings made by the great German musician Wolfgang Sawallisch, a master accompanist as both pianist and conductor, as well as a profound interpreter of the symphonic literature. The Mozart G major Concerto and this version of the Mendelssohn Concerto were not issued at the time. They are here receiving their first European and American releases.
After some recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Johanna Martzy came to the notice of EMI's most influential producer, Walter Legge. Her first sessions for Columbia took place at Kingsway Hall, London, in February 1954, Paul Kletzki conducting for her in the Brahms Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Further sessions were scheduled for June: Bach's C major solo Sonata at Abbey Road Studios and the Mozart G major and Mendelssohn E minor concertos with the Philharmonia and 30-year-old Wolfgang Sawallisch at Kingsway Hall. These concertos were not released at the time.
Martzy continued her Bach solo sessions at Abbey Road in July with the D minor Partita; and the following March, April and May she completed her exceptional set of Bach's unaccompanied masterpieces. Just before Christmas 1955 the Mendelssohn was re-recorded with the Philharmonia at Kingsway Hall, with Kletzki: One session was devoted to the cadenza and Beethoven's two Romances were also taken down. In September and November 1956, at the Electrola studios in Berlin, she and Antonietti taped all Schubert's works for violin and piano. And that was the end of Johanna Martzy's recording career. The capricious, dictatorial and unpleasant Legge simply lost interest in her. It is difficult to find artistic reasons as to why the Mozart and Mendelssohn recordings were not issued in Martzy's lifetime. They are both excellent performances ... . Martzy plays both concertos very well and since their belated release on a Japanese CD, some critics have even suggested that the Mendelssohn interpretation is superior to the substitute version that Martzy made with Kletzki.
Felix Mendelssohn:
Violin Concerto op 64th
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Violin Concerto No. 3 K. 216th
Johanna Martzy, violin
Wolfgang Sawallisch - Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording: 9-10. June 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
It was in 1931, when Jeno Hubay (born in 1858 and one of the then greatest living violin legends), the seven-year Fiddle apprentice Johanna Martzy prophesied they would once not among the 50 best violinists in the world, But to the best ten. In terms of popularity, it did not reach the goal (which factors were there, explained the detailed flap text); But the few surviving recordings - their record career ended already in 1956 - today violin enthusiasts around the world are regarded as almost sacred; Original LPs are hard to balance with gold. This LP, however, is something special even in this short, discreet discography: the thirty-year-old soloist played with Wolfgang Sallawisch, whose first major label recording is here - or should have acted, because somehow it was between the two (Over Tempi, allegedly), which meant that the planned LP was never released and that the Mendelssohn concert was re-recorded a good year later, this time with the more attentive Paul Kletzki. Many critics and critics of the finally officially released Sawallisch recording give preference!
Of the alleged tensions, nothing is heard (but nothing); Quite the opposite: the Mozart recording is probably among the most subtle and charming of its kind; And the way in which the headline of the Mendelssohn Concerto seems literally breathing is also unique. Very, very large violin art. - The mono sound of this EMI recording produced by Walter Legge is amazingly detailed, although not spectacular "audiophile". But that is not the issue here also certain: This publication is intended for music listeners.
Side 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin concerto No. 3 in G, K216
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondo: Allegro
Side 2
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin concerto in E minor, Op.64
1. Allegro molto appassionato
2. Andante
3. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Mozart / Mendelssohn - Johanna Martzy - 180g LP
Testament Records
Testament has revived these classic titles from the EMI catalog using only the original EMI master tapes, cut onto lacquer at EMI's Abbey Road Studios and mastered using full analog techniques throughout production.
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