Description

HENRI MARTEAU (REIMS, FRANCE, 31 MARCH, 1874 – LICHTENBERG, GERMANY, 3 OCTOBER, 1934)

Marteau’s debut was made when he was 10 at a concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic Society conducted by Hans Richter. A tour through Switzerland and Germany followed. A year later Charles Gounod selected him to play the obbligato of Vision de Jeanne d’Arc, composed for the Joan of Arc Centenary Celebration at Reims, where he also performed, before an audience of 2500 people, his teacher Léonard’s Violin Concerto No. 5.

Marteau was an advocate of chamber music. On 13 April 1894, he, pianist Ami Lauchame, a violist named Koert, and a cellist named Hegner were reported to have given their second invitation chamber music concert in New York, performing works of Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré; a third concert was scheduled for the following week. By 1906, Marteau was leading a string quartet that broke up in a dispute over a work by Max Reger. In Berlin, he formed another string quartet with his student Licco Amar as second violinist and Hugo Becker as cellist; later, Becker’s student George Georgescu would take over the cello position.

Marteau died in Lichtenberg, Bavaria, at the age of 60.

TRACKLIST

1. Adagio in E Major, K. 261 (Mozart)
2. Adagio Pathetique (Godard) Gramophone 4-047902 CLR4705-1 5-11-28
3. Air – Allegro vivace (Bach) Gramophone 4-047915 CNR738-2 24- 9-29
4. Carmen-konzertfantasie, 1 2 Teil (Bizet-Sarasate) Gramophone EH 413 CLR 4702 24-9-29
5. Carmen-konzertfantasie, 1 2 Teil (Bizet-Sarasate) Gramophone 4-047901 CW1426-2 12-12-27
6. Duo Sonata in A Major, Op. 162, D. 574- IV. Allegro vivace (Schubert)
7. E-Dur Partita BWV1006 Bourree (Bach) Gramophone 47997 15040L 14- 2-13
8. E-Dur Partita BWV1006 Gavotte (Bach) Gramophone 47995 2480ah 26-11-12
9. E-Dur Partita BWV1006 Gigue (Bach) Gramophone 47997 15040L 14- 2-13
10. E-Dur Partita BWV1006 Loure (Bach) Gramophone 47994 15038L 14- 2-13
11. E-Dur Partita BWV1006 Menuett (Bach) Gramophone 47996 15039L 14- 2-13
12. E-Dur Partita BWV1006 Preludio (Bach) Gramophone 47993 2479ah 26-11-12
13. Habanera (Sarasate) Gramophone 4-047905 CLR4712-1 6-11-28
14. Menuett (Boccherini) Gramophone 4-047903 CLR4710-1 6-11-28
15. Menuett (Boccherini) Gramophone 47998 2481ah 26-11-12
16. Polka in A Minor (Olsson-Follinger)
17. Standchen (Schubert) Gramophone 4-047914 CNR737-2 24- 9-29
18. Ungarischer Tänze No 6 (Brahms) Gramophone 4-047904 CLR4711-2 6-11-28
19. Walzer Op. 14 Nr. 2 (Hegar) Gramophone 47991 2482ah 26-11-12
20. Walzer Op. 14 Nr. 4 (Hegar) Gramophone 47992 15041L 14- 2-13