Signed Recording of Brahms' Two Songs for Alto with Viola Obbligato & Piano, Op. 91

Signed RCA Victor Musical Masterpiece two-disc release of Anderson's 1948 recording of Two Songs for Alto with Viola Obbligato & Piano, Op. 91 by Johannes Brahms.  Anderson has inscribed "To Mr. Kenneth G. McKenzie / with kind regards / from / Marian Anderson / Feb. 29th, 1956" to the inside cover of the deluxe folio presentation.  University of Victoria Library stickers to lower left of cover and "Withdrawn" library stamp to interior, else in fine condition.  12.5 x 15 inches (31.8 x 38.1 cm.).

An uncommon signed copy of the remarkable collaboration between the most renowned violist of the 20th century, and Marian Anderson, legendary figure in the history of opera, remembered for, among other highlights, her breaking of the color barrier by becoming the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, and for her Lincoln Memorial concert.  Primrose, who epitomized Paul Doktor's doctrine of the viola as a "Bel Canto" instrument, found in Anderson an ideal partner; the great songs of Brahms are transfigured by the remarkable intimacy of these two performers. Primrose later was to write in his memoirs that this recording session was one of the most rewarding moments in his artistic career. (21033)

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