Bach Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas-Johanna Martzy

I just bought the vinyl reissue of Johann Martzy playing Dvorak's Violin Concerto. This is a monophonic recording in decent sound, but the performance is exquisite. I plan to check out other recordings from this violinist.

Chayro, there are so very many recordings of this work (Bach unacc. vln.) that it's mind-boggling to open up a discussion of which are the best ones. That said, I believe the two Heinrich Szeryng recordings are very highly regarded as far as "old-school" players go. My favorites are later artists who take the more "period" approach--Sergiu Luca, Rachel Podger and my absolute favorite, Lucy van Dael. Having heard her recordings with Baroque set-up (instrument, strings, and bow) it's now harder for me to listen to modern versions. YMMV, but you might want to check out some Szeryng and some van Dael.

I just picked up a recording of Arturo Delmoni playing Partia No. 2 and some solo stuff by other composers. Great playing and, as always for Water Lily, magnificent sound. I dodn't know why everyone can't do it that well.

Milstein ain't bad.

And, Schubert, you may know he kept it going nearly till the end. I saw him play at about age 78 and his Chaconne was to die for. His last performance (in his 80's) is documented on CD and DVD and it's very close to his prime stuff. What a guy.