Person · violinist and conductor
Alexander Schneider
Albums
33
Members
4
Active
1908–1993
Origin
Lithuania
Biography
Wikipedia
Alexander (Sascha) Schneider (* 21. Oktober 1908 in Vilnius, Kaiserreich Russland; † 2. Februar 1993 in New York) war ein litauischer Violinist jüdischer Herkunft.
Schneider war Konzertmeister in Frankfurt am Main, emigrierte als Jude 1933 in die USA, wurde Mitglied des Budapester Streichquartetts und Leiter des Casals-Festivals in Prades.
Er war auch der Gründer der Freikonzerte im New Yorker Washington Square Park.
Discography
Vivaldi: Concerto grosso in D minor, op. 3 no. 11 / Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 251
Quintet, op. 163, D. 956
The Sonatas (Opus 137, Nos. 1-3/Complete)
The Six Brandenburg Concertos
The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 85/86 : Legendary Chamber Music Performances I
Serenade for Strings in E / Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor
Symphonies 38 & 39
Concertos for 1 & 2 Violins & Strings
Clarinet Concerto / Bassoon Concerto (transcribed for clarinet)
The Violin Concertos
Piano Quartets Complete
Schubert: Piano Trio no. 2 / Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 1
Schumann: Cello Concerto / Piano Trio No. 1 / 5 Stücke Im Volkston
Sextet no. 1 / Piano Trio no. 1
Casals Edition: String Quintet, D 956 / Symphony no. 5, D 485
Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1 / Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 2
Sonatinas For Violin And Piano Opus 137, Rondo Brillant In B Minor
Piano Concertos nos 12 & 20 / Six German Dances / Prelude & Fugue
Piano Concerto no. 14 K. 449 / Piano Concerto no. 21 / March in D major K. 335 / Six German Dances K. 571
Trios pour violon, violoncelle et piano nos. 1 et 2
12 Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413 / Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271 / Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
Peter Serkin Plays Mozart
Baroque Cantatas
Flute Quartets
Mozart: Piano Concerto nos. 17 & 18 / Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Violin Concerto
Piano Concertos Nos. 18 and 19
Piano Quintet in A major
Piano Trio, op.97 / Piano Trio op. 11
Richard Stoltzman Plays Weber, Mozart & Rossini
The Complete Piano Quartets
Trio op. 70, no. 1 / Trio op. 70, no. 2 / Variations on a Theme From Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus"