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'''Alfred Wallenstein''' (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American [[cellist]] and [[Conducting|conductor]], born in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. |
'''Alfred Wallenstein''' (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American [[cellist]] and [[Conducting|conductor]], born in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. |
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{{ external media | align = center|width=230px |audio1 = You may listen to Alfred Wallenstein conducting [[Antonin Dvorak]]'s [[Cello Concerto (Dvorak)|Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104]] with [[Pierre Fournier]] and the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] in 1962. The conductor is George Szell. Alfred Wallenstein conducted the Elgar Concerto with Berlin PO and Wallenstein, sometimes coupled with the Dvořák. [https://archive.org/details/DvokConcertoForVioloncelloAndOrchestraInBMinorOp.104Fournier.flac/1.flac '''here on archive.org''']}} |
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At the age of 17, he joined the [[San Francisco Symphony]] as a cellist. He subsequently played cello with the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], and the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] before becoming principal cello of the [[New York Philharmonic]] under [[Arturo Toscanini]] in 1929.<ref name="CRQ">Patmore, David. The Story of Audio Fidelity - a pioneering American LP label. ''[[Classical Recordings Quarterly]]'', Summer 2014, No 77, pp. 24-28.</ref> He frequently performed with these orchestras as a soloist. |
At the age of 17, he joined the [[San Francisco Symphony]] as a cellist. He subsequently played cello with the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], and the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] before becoming principal cello of the [[New York Philharmonic]] under [[Arturo Toscanini]] in 1929.<ref name="CRQ">Patmore, David. The Story of Audio Fidelity - a pioneering American LP label. ''[[Classical Recordings Quarterly]]'', Summer 2014, No 77, pp. 24-28.</ref> He frequently performed with these orchestras as a soloist. |
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Alfred Wallenstein (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American cellist and conductor, born in Chicago, Illinois.
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 You may listen to Alfred Wallenstein conducting Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 with Pierre Fournier and the Berlin Philharmonic in 1962. The conductor is George Szell. Alfred Wallenstein conducted the Elgar Concerto with Berlin PO and Wallenstein, sometimes coupled with the Dvořák. here on archive.org |
At the age of 17, he joined the San Francisco Symphony as a cellist. He subsequently played cello with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra before becoming principal cello of the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini in 1929.[1] He frequently performed with these orchestras as a soloist.
Toscanini, also a cellist, advised Wallenstein to become a conductor. He conducted the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and then conducted frequently on the radio. From 1943 to 1956, he was music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.[1] He later taught at the Juilliard School in New York, where he died in 1983 at age 84.
In 1941, Wallenstein was given a personal Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music.[2]
As solo cellist he recorded Strauss's Don Quixote under Beecham in 1932. For Audio Fidelity in September and October 1958, he conducted the specially-formed Virtuoso Symphony of London orchestra in Walthamstow Town Hall.
The LPs included Brahms's 4th Symphony, Tchaikovsky's Pathetique, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Pictures at an Exhibition, Boléro, Romeo and Juliet, the Nutcracker Suite and a suite from Carmen.[1]
He was a descendant of Albrecht von Wallenstein.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Patmore, David. The Story of Audio Fidelity - a pioneering American LP label. Classical Recordings Quarterly, Summer 2014, No 77, pp. 24-28.
- ^ Peabody Award Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Alfred Wallenstein at AllMusic
- Lyman, Darryl. Great Jews in Music, J. D. Publishers, 1986. p. 235f.
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