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JOHANNA MARTZY & JEAN ANTONIETTI Schubert: Duo & Rondo for Violin and Piano (Columbia C 80 757) MINT!
RARE original German first pressing of Johanna Martzy and Jean Antonietti`s interpretations of Franz Schubert`s Duo for Violin and Piano (Op.162), as well as his Rondo for Violin and Piano (Op.70), issued on Columbia Records (c.1957).
"Schubert was a competent violinist and violist and his four violin sonatas pose no problems for skilled players. It is strange, then, that so few really recommendable recordings of them have been made. It is therefore no surprise that these beautiful interpretations by Johanna Martzy and Jean Antonietti have become legendary. These performers bring beautiful, meticulously prepared playing to both of these pieces. Their interpretations, which are well balanced and clearly recorded for the time, have an inherent strength but also pliancy, transparency and unsentimental sweetness where required." - Editorial review for amazon.com
GRADING:
EX+ COVER in very decent condition. Please see photos for details.
- Original front-laminated sleeve with liner notes in German and English.
- Small indenture/beginning of a seam split to the top edge (at center).
- A few minor creases along the top edge, as well as the spine.
- Includes the original inner sleeve in near-perfect MINT- condition.

EX RECORD with a few signs of previous play.
- Excellent-condition vinyl on both sides, with fine audio reproduction throughout.
- The record has a small, non-audible scratch (4mm long), as well as a cluster of tiny scratchlets (needle drops?) that cause two or three audible "clicks".
- Minor, intermittent background crackle in some parts: Although carefully VPI-cleaned, the record does show a few signs of age.
- Light blue German Columbia Records labels with a few light spindle lines on each side.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "XRX 206-1" and "XRX 207-1".
- This record is certified to be a German first pressing of "Franz Schubert: Duo & Rondo for Violin and Piano", released in c.1957.