Extra Tracks

Below are tracks from our library that never made it onto one of our compact discs. They can be downloaded here as high quality 320kbs AAC encoded (MP3) files. Those originating on 78rpm discs are raw and no attempt to clean up the surface noise had been made although we have removed some loud cracks and bangs. Please note the previews are compressed files so the sound is not as good as that on the whole track.

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Johanna Martzy(1924-1979)

The hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy became a rinsing star in post war Western Europe, making recordings for EMI and DG. She made her debut in Amercia with the New York Philharmonic in 1957. Her anti-communist symphaies led her into troubles centered around fasle accusations of being a facist. By the tiime she recoved her professional career she was mortally ill.

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"If I call her playing on this new disc ravishing I use the word most carefully : it is, indeed, so beautiful that it makes even the occasional duller passages good to listen to. She has an unerring sense of tempo--how exactly right is her speed for the slow movement: and her freshness and rhythm in the Finale are a delight. This is just the sort of performance this Concerto needs and it is one that will commend the music to anyone who has so far not been particularly captivated by the work." Gramophone September 1955

Download whole concerto for only GBP 1.50

1st movement Listen and buy

2nd movement Listen and buy

3rd movement Listen and buy

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