Description

MAXIMILIAN PILZER (NEW YORK, USA, FEBRUARY 26, 1890 – NEW YORK, USA, MAY, 1958)

 

 

 

 

He was born into a family of Jewish immigrants from Austria-Hungary. He studied with Henry Schradieck. In 1900 he entered the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, where he studied with Josef Joachim and Gustave Hollaender. In 1903 he played several solo concerts in Berlin and Dresden. In 1904, for 6 months, he performed in London with the orchestra of the Queens Hall (Queen’s Hall Orchestra). In 1905 he returned to the United States and toured the eastern states. In the 1908-1909 season he was the concertmaster of the New York Russian Symphony Orchestra (Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York), and in the 1915-1917 seasons he was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1920 he worked as a conductor in various New York theater groups. Since 1940 – freelancer.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Concerto in F (Gershwin) 1st mvt., part 1 part 2 Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra Decca 65429

Concerto in F (Gershwin) 2nd mvt. Whiteman Concert Orchestra Decca 65431

Concerto in F (Gershwin) 3rd mvt. Whiteman Concert Orchestra Decca 65432

Cuban overture, part 2-1 part 2-1 part 3-1 (George Gershwin) Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra Decca 64593 64594 64595

Humoresques, piano, op. 101. No. 7 (Dvořák) Victor 35306 C-13249

Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) Vocalion A 22001

Kol Nidre (arr. Pilzer) Victor 68366 C-12521

Rondino (Kreisler) Vocalion A 24006

Serenata Napoletana Op. 24, No. 2 (Sgambati) Victor 18175A

Simple Confession (Thome) Vocalion A 22009

Souvenir (Drdla) Victor 35399 C-13374

Spanish Dance (Rehfeld) Vocalion B22001

Spanish dance, op. 58, no. 1 (Rehfeld) Victor 17206 B-12522

Spring Song (Mendelssohn) Victor 17395-A B-13247

Spring Song (Mendelssohn) Vocalion A22022

Thaïs (Massenet) Méditation Victor 35306 C-13372

Waltz (Chopin) Vocalion B22022