Alfred Frankenstein

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Alfred Frankenstein

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

American art and music critic, author and professional clarinetist (1906-1981).
He was Music and Art Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.

ALBUMS

Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra* · Boston Symphony Orchestra · London Symphony Orchestra · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra · Rome Opera Orchestra*

The Complete RCA Album Collection

2014, 40xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical,

Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Opera

Rimsky-Korsakov*, Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony

Scheherazade • Antar • Sadko

1994, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, RCA Victor Gold Seal, BMG Classics,

Ravel* / Ibert* / Lalo* - Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony

Daphnis Et Chloe / La Valse / Escales

1994, CD, Comp, Mono, BMG Classics, RCA Victor Gold Seal,

Impressionist/Romantic

APPEARANCES +

Mahler*, Forrester* / Munch* / Boston Symphony*

Songs Of A Wayfarer = Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen / Kindertotenlieder = Songs On The Death Of Children

The Complete Album Collection

2011, 103xCD + DVD-V, NTSC + Box, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Sony Music,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Impressionist

Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 1

2009, 3xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, WERGO,

Free Improvisation/Contemporary/Experimental

César Franck, Igor Stravinsky - Monteux*, Chicago Symphony* / Boston Symphony*

Symphony / Pétrouchka

Stravinsky* - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

The Rite Of Spring • Fireworks • Petrouchka

Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Wallingford Riegger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, John J. Becker

Quartet Romantic

1998, CD, Comp, RM, New World Records,

Modern/Chamber Music/Percussion Ensemble/String Ensemble

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Mussorgsky*

Pictures At An Exhibition • A Night On Bald Mountain (And Other Russian Showpieces)

W.A. Mozart* - The Philadelphia Trio

Piano Trios: K.548 In C Major, K.502 In B♭ Major, K.542 In E Major

1982, LP, Centaur Records,

Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, John J. Becker, Ruth Crawford Seeger

Works By: Henry Cowell / Wallingford Riegger / John J. Becker / Ruth Crawford Seeger

1978, LP, Album, New World Records,

The Cradle Of Harmony William Sidney Mount's Violin & Fiddle Music

Robert Gross, Richard Grayson - Sessions* / Rosen* / De La Vega*

Solo Sonata / Five Pieces / Segmentos

1973, LP, Orion

Hector Berlioz, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Munch Conducts Berlioz, Vol.4 Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14

Bach*, Heifetz*

J.S. Bach Sonata No. 1 Partita No. 1

Leopold Stokowski / New Philharmonia Orchestra

Pictures At An Exhibition

Prokofieff* - David Clatworthy, Boston Symphony*, Erich Leinsdorf

Symphony No. 2 / Lieutenant Kije Suite

Mussorgsky* - Ravel* And Thomas Schippers, New York Philharmonic

Pictures At An Exhibition

Strawinsky* - Seiji Ozawa / Chicago Symphony*

Sacre Du Printemps / Fireworks

1968, Vinyl Unipak,

Contemporary/Minimal

Boulez*, Stockhausen* / Robert Craft

Le Marteau Sans Maître / Nr. 5 Zeitmasse For Five Woodwinds

Nathan Milstein / Beethoven* / Brahms* / Tchaikovsky*

Three Great Violin Concertos

1967, 3xLP + Box, Comp, Angel Records, Angel Records

Poulenc* / Saint-Saëns* - Georges Prêtre, The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, Aldo Ciccolini, Alexis Weissenberg

The Model Animals (Suite For Orchestra) / Carnival Of The Animals

Mozart* - Lucia Popp, Reri Grist, Arlene Saunders, Luigi Alva, Nicola Monti, Denis Vaughan

Tchaikovsky*, Boston Symphony* / Charles Munch

Charles Ives, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Symphony No. 2 And The Fourth Of July

Debussy*, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Felicia Montealegre, Fritz Weaver

The Martyrdom Of Saint Sebastian

Stravinsky* / Kodály* - Eugene Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra*

Petrushka Suite / Háry János Suite

Quartets For Piano And Strings, Vol III Quartet No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 60

1963, LP, Album, Mono, Club, The Record Society, The Record Society, The Record Society

Beethoven* - Bernstein* Plays And Conducts New York Philharmonic

Piano Concerto No. 1 In C

1963, LP, Album, CBS, CBS,

Mendelssohn* / Fauré*, André Previn, Feri Roth, Joseph Schuster

Trio In D Minor, Op.40 / Trio In D Minor, Op.120

Vienna Yesterday … Vienna Today

Bernstein* Plays And Conducts Beethoven*, New York Philharmonic

Piano Concerto No. 1 In C

Brahms*, Victor Aller With Members Of The Hollywood String Quartet

Quartets For Piano & Strings: Vol. II. Quartet No. 2 In A Major, Op. 26

1962, LP, Album, Mono, Club, Gat, The Record Society, The Record Society, The Record Society,

André Previn / Poulenc*, Roussel*

French Piano Music

Neo-Classical/Modern

Brahms* / Victor Aller , With Members Of The Hollywood String Quartet

Quartets For Piano & Strings, Vol. 1

Concert Percussion For Orchestra

1961, Vinyl Gatefold,

Brahms* - Otto Klemperer, The Philharmonia Orchestra*

The Four Symphonies / Tragic Overture / Academic Festival Overture

1961, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,

Berlioz* - Monteux*, Vienna Philharmonic*

Symphonie Fantastique

Laurindo Almeida

The Intimate Bach (Duets With The Spanish Guitar Vol. 2)

Bach*, Glenn Gould

Concerto In F Major ("Italian") • Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major • Partita No. 2 In C Minor

Milstein*, Tchaikovsky*, William Steinberg, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra*

Violin Concerto In D Major

Tchaikovsky* / Monteux*, Boston Symphony*

Stravinsky* - Boston Symphony* / Monteux*

Arthur Winograd Conducting Virtuoso Symphony Of London

Russian Composer Masterpieces

Prokofieff* - Jean Martinon, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*

J. S. Bach*, Jascha Heifetz

Sonata No. 3 / Partita No. 1 (For Unaccompanied Violin)

Prokofieff*, Jean Martinon, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*

Symphony No. 7 / Overture Russe

Falla*, Artur Rubinstein*, San Francisco Symphony, Enrique Jorda*

Nights In The Gardens Of Spain

1958, LP, Mono, Plu, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor Red Seal

J. S. Bach*, Boston Symphony*, Charles Munch

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5 & 6

Franz Schubert - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra* ∙ Eugen Jochum

Symphony In C Major ("The Great")

Arturo Rubinstein* / Orquesta Sinfónica De San Francisco* / Enrique Jordá / Granados* / Albéniz* / Falla* / Mompou*

Noches En Los Jardines De España

J. S. Bach*, Boston Symphony*, Charles Munch

The Six Brandenburg Concertos

J. S. Bach*, Boston Symphony*, Charles Munch

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2 And 3

Moussorgsky* / Ravel*, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures At An Exhibition

Villa-Lobos*, Falla*, Rome Symphony Orchestra*, J. J. Castro*

The Surprise Box / Homage

1957, LP, Album, Mono, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor Red Seal

Mozart*, Reiner*, Chicago Symphony*

Symphonies Nos. 40 And 41

Darius Milhaud WIth The Concert Arts Orchestra

Suite Provençale / Saudades Do Brasil

Markevitch* / Beethoven*

Eroica / Markevitch (Symphony Of the Air)

J. S. Bach* - Heifetz*

Sonata No. 2 / Partita No. 3

Prokofieff* - Gary Graffman, Enrique Jorda*, San Francisco Symphony

Piano Concerto No. 3 / Classical Symphony

Grieg* / Mendelssohn* - The Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Of Philadelphia, Erich Leinsdorf, Ania Dorfmann

Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16 / Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25

Heifetz* - J.S. Bach*

Sonata No. 1 · Partita No. 2

Johanna Martzy, Dvorák*, Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ravel*, Milhaud*

Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In A Minor, Op.53 And Violin Encores

Beethoven*, Solomon

Tempest And Appassionata Sonatas

Mozart*, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Jupiter Symphony, No. 41

Brahms*, Markevitch*, Symphony Of The Air

Rubinstein* / Grieg*

Rubinstein Plays Grieg

Modeste Moussorgsky*, Leonard Pennario

Pictures At An Exhibition

1954, 10", Mono, Box, Capitol Records,

Ernest Bloch / Handel* / Schubert* - Heifetz* With Emanuel Bay

Sonata / Sonata In E Major / Sonatina In G Minor

Beethoven*, Paganini Quartet

Quartet In C Sharp Minor No. 14, Op.131

George Barati, California String Quartet*

George Barati: String Quartet (1944)

1953, 10", Mono, Contemporary Records

Igor Stravinsky, Soulima Stravinsky, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto (1923-24) / Scherzo à la Russe - Pater Noster - Ave Maria

1953, 10", Mono, RCA Victor Red Seal

Heifetz* Plays Bach*

Unaccompanied Sonatas And Partitas (complete)

Chopin* - William Kapell

Sonata No. 3 In B Minor / Mazurkas

1951, 10", Capitol Records,

Debussy* - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Pierre Monteux

Three Images For Orchestra

1951, LP, Album, Mono, RCA Victor Red Seal

Liszt* / Franck* - Alexander Brailowsky, Fritz Reiner, Jean-Paul Morel / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Todtentanz / Symphonic Variations

Tchaikovsky* / Artur Rubinstein*, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

Trio In A Minor, Op. 50

Ravel* - Rubinstein*, Heifetz*, Piatigorsky*

Trio In A Minor

Mendelssohn* / Ravel* - Artur Rubinstein*, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

Trio / Trio In A Minor

Ibert* - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Pierre Monteux

Escales ("Ports Of Call")

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ruth Slenczynski*

Sonata In D Major / Italian Concerto / Toccata In C Minor / Chromatic Fantasy And Fugue

LP, Music Library Recordings

Liszt*, Edith Farnadi, Sir Adrian Boult, The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra

LP, Mono, Westminster,

Villa-Lobos*, Falla*, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, J. J. Castro*

The Surprise Box / Homage

LP, Album, Mono, RCA, RCA,

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Saint-Saëns* - Aldo Ciccolini & Alexis Weissenberg, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, Georges Prêtre, Orchestre De Paris, Serge Baudo

The Carnival Of The Animals / Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor

Beethoven*, Sir Thomas Beecham, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

Symphony No. 7 In A Major

Hans Hotter, Gerald Moore

Great German Songs - Album 2

Tchaikovsky* / Prokofieff* - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra* , Conductor: Lorin Maazel

Romeo And Juliet

Sinfonia N. 40 In Sol Minore, K. 550 / Sinfonia N. 41 In Do, K. 551 "Jupiter"

Sonatas No. 21, In C "Waldstein" / No. 22, In F / No. 30, In E

Ormandy*, Bartók*, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Ormandy Conducts Bartok Miraculous Mandarin Suite / Two Portraits / Deux Images

Nathan Milstein

The Art Of Milstein