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Joseph Silverstein
12+ albums
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Joseph Silverstein (March 21, 1932 – November 21, 2015) was an American violinist and conductor. Joseph Silverstein was born in Detroit. As a youth, Silverstein studied with his father, Bernard Silverstein, who was a public school music teacher. He later studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Efrem Zimbalist, and also studied with William Primrose, Josef Gingold, and Mischa Mischakoff. In 1959 he won a silver medal at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition and in 1960 was awarded Naumburg Award from the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation. In 1962, Silverstein became concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for 22 years. He was appointed assistant conductor in 1971. He was music director of the Utah Symphony from 1983 to 1998. He served as acting music director of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001 until the orchestra's demise in 2003. He was the artistic advisor to the Portland Symphony Orchestra in 2007-2008 season. He has served as a professor of violin at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, following his position at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Since 1969, he has been a regular faculty artist at the Sarasota Music Festival. Silverstein performed on a 1742 Guarneri del Gesù. Silverstein died on November 22, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts from a heart attack at the age of 83. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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II. Romanze: Andante non troppo con grazia
3222Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro Maestoso
1023Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 7: II. Romanze: Andante Non Troppo Con Grazia
874Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 7: III. Finale: Allegro Non Troppo - Allegro Molto
8153 Romanzen, Op. 22: No. 1 In D Flat Major: No. 1. Andante Molto
476Scheherazade, Op.35 (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) -The Sea And Sinbad's Ship (Largo e maestoso - Lento - Allegro non troppo - Tranquillo)
437Scheherazade, Op.35 (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) -The Story Of The Calender Prince (Lento - Andantino - Allegro molto - Vivace scherzando - Moderato assai - Allegro molto ed animato)
418Scheherazade, Op.35 (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) -Festival At Bagdad. The Sea. The Shipwreck Against A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior (The Shipwreck) (Allegro molto - Lento - Vivo - Allegro non troppo e maestoso - Tempo come I)
409Scheherazade, Op.35 (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) -The Young Prince And The Young Princess (Andantino quasi allegretto - Pochissimo più mosso - Come prima - Pochissimo più animato)
35103 Romanzen, Op. 22: No. 1 In D Flat Major: No. 2. Allegretto
34albums
Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Holst: The Planets
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Music of Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Arthur Farwell and Preston Ware Orem
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Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op. 7/Piano Trio, Op. 17/3 Romanzen
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Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Holst: The Planets
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35; Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
BACH: Complete Music for Solo Violin (2-CD set)
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Seiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnole
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Bach: Complete Music For Solo Violin
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Schumann, C.: Piano Concerto, Op. 7 / Piano Trio, Op. 17 / 3 Romanzen
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Mystery Classics - Curl Up With The Classics