Leon Barzin


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Léon Barzin (27 November 1900, Brussels, Belgium — 29 April 1999, Naples, Florida) was an American conductor and the New York City Ballet’s founding musical director. Between 1925 and 1929, he served as a violist in the New York Philharmonic orchestra.

ALBUMS


George Antheil, Ernest Gold, Marni Nixon, Leon Barzin, Marisa Regules
Dementia (AKA Daughter of Horror)
2019, CD, Comp, Ltd, Kritzerland
Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Joseph Fuchs, Leon Barzin, National Orchestral Association*, John Barnett
Violin Concerto, Op. 26 / Symphony No. 3, Op. 35
2004, CD, Mono, Pierian Recording Society
Brahms* / Bruch* - Nathan Milstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari / Leon Barzin
Concertos Pour Violon
1991
Beethoven*, Mendelssohn* - Nathan Milstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Leon Barzin
Concertos Pour Violon
1991
Nathan Milstein, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Orchestre Symphonique de Pittsburg*, William Steinberg, Philharmonia Orchestra, Leon Barzin
Tchaikovsky - Concerto En Ré Majeur - Mendelssohn - Concerto En Mi Mineur
1990
Tchaikovsky*, Mendelssohn*, Bruch*, Nathan Milstein , With The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra* , Conducted By William Steinberg , And Philharmonia Orchestra , Conducted By Leon Barzin
Violin Concerto In D Major / Violin Concerto In E Minor / Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor
1965, Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Comp, Angel Records
Haendel*, Mozart*, Pierre Jamet (2), Christian Lardé, Orchestre* , Dir. Jean-Michel Damase, Orchestre Philharmonique De Paris (3) , Dir. Léon Barzin*
Concerto En Si Bémol Majeur / Concerto En Ut Majeur K. 299
1963, LP, Album, Ace Of Clubs
Nathan Milstein, Mendelssohn* / Bruch* - Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Leon Barzin
Concerto In E Minor / Concerto No. 1 In G Minor
1961
Prokofiev*, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Leon Barzin
The Prodigal Son
1955, LP, VOX (6)
Kay* - Balanchine*, Thomson* - Christensen*, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Leon Barzin
Western Symphony / Filling Station
1954
Mozart*, Leon Barzin, Members Of The Alumni Of The National Orchestral Association
Mozart Sinfonia "Haffner"
LP, Album, Columbia
Gabriel Pierre Berlioz, Orchestre Symphonique De Paris, André Rabot, Léon Barzin*
Light Music
7", EP, Teppaz

APPEARANCES +


Milstein*, Beethoven*, Mendelssohn*, Brahms*, Tchaikovsky*, Bruch*
Violin Concertos
2023, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Urania Records (4)
Ossy Renardy / Brahms*, Ernst*, Tchaikovsky*
Live Performances From New York . Violin Concertos
2018, CD, Comp, Meloclassic
Nathan Milstein
Great DG & EMI Recordings
2016, 37xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Universal Music Group International
Nathan Milstein
Concertos For Violin
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, Urania Arts, ,
Romantic/Classical
Lopatnikoff*, Elgar*
Raretés Américaines Vol.4: Concertos Pour Violon
2013, CD, Comp, St-Laurent Studio
Emanuel Feuermann
Unexpected Discoveries (The Complete Acoustic Recordings (1921-26) & Selected Live Performances (1938-41))
2012, 4xCD + Box, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Nathan Milstein
Aristocrat Of The Violin
2009, 8xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Mono, RM, EMI Classics, EMI Classics, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Mieczyslaw Münz
The Art Of Mieczyslaw Munz, Pianist
2002, CD, Americus
Emanuel Feuermann
Emanuel Feuermann
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Inc, Yale University, ,
Romantic/Baroque/Classical
Adolf Busch, Dvorak*, Brahms*
Live Concerto Performances 1944 • 1951
1999, CD, Arbiter
Huberman*, Beethoven* / Smetana*, Bach*
Concert And Recital Recordings
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Arbiter
Emanuel Feuermann, Dvořák*, National Orchestra Association
Cello Concerto : Silent Woods
1986
Artie Shaw
A Legacy
1984, 4xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, Book-Of-The-Month Records
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Max Bruch
Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violinkonzerte - Nathan Milstein/Leon Barzin
1976
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy*, Dvorak* / Nathan Milstein
Violinkonzerte
1970
Chabrier*
España - 3 Valses Romantiques
1968, 10", Album, Comp, Hachette
Emmanuel Chabrier
Emmanuel Chabrier
1967, 10", Comp, Fratelli Fabbri Editori
Various
The Romantic Era
1966, ,
Romantic
Boris Koutzen
The Music Of Boris Koutzen, Volume I
1965
Brahms* - Milstein*, Bruch*
Brahms & Bruch Violin Concerto
1962
Bizet* / Chabrier*
Ballets: Roma / Bourrée Fantasque
1955, LP, Mono, VOX (6)
Basil Rathbone, Victor Jory, Ted Tiller
Peter And The Wolf, Tubby The Tuba And Pan The Piper
1955, ,
Story/Romantic
Various
Tubby The Tuba / Animal Fair
1951, 10", Columbia
Various
Modern American Composers
1946, 15x12", Album, Comp, V Disc, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Victor Jory
Tubby The Tuba
1945
Members Of The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Under The Direction Of Henry Hadley*
Program Instrumental Classic / Program Instrumental Classic / Instrumental Classic–Melodic Example
1925, Shellac, 10", Ginn And Company
Grieg* & Schumann* / Bruch* & Mendelssohn*, John Ogdon, Nathan Milstein
Romantische Concerten
2xLP, Comp, His Master's Voice
Mendelssohn*
A Midsummer Night's Dream-Suite / Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op.64
LP, Comp, Angel Records
Strauss*, Willem Mengelberg, New York Philharmonic
Ein Heldenleben
Various
The Great American Composers
2016, 65xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Menuetto Classics,