MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY - Violin Concerto (LP)

It is particularly instructive, following the terrific studio recordings of the concertos by Mendelssohn (and Brahms), to hear the exciting live concert recording made in Stuttgart a few years later with the chief conductor of the RSO, Hans M?ller-Kray (1959) and appreciate what a phenomenal violinist Johanna Martzy was, without any thought of grandstanding or pretension, always authentic, fully emphatic and with a select, cultivated taste. - Christoph Schl?ren The young Ida Haendel was technically on top form in Stuttgart in 1953-55 when she broadcast the Mendelssohn Concerto under the baton of Hans M?ller-Kray, her approach, as ever, sweet-toned, fiery … always her intimitable self. - The Gramophone Magazine