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FRANK MILLER (CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES MARCH 5, 1912 – CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES JANUARY 6, 1986)

He was a principal cellist and music director whose professional career spanned over a half century. Miller studied at Curtis Institute of Music, under Felix Salmond and at age 18, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. His longest stints were principal cellist of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and conductor of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra. A 1950 segment of Miller playing cello in “The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals with an orchestra on The Voice of Firestone is sometimes shown on Classic Arts Showcase.

TRACKLIST

1. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 Fatto per la notte di Natale II. Allegro (Corelli) with Edwin Bachmann (violin) and Daniel Guilet (violin) Dean Eckertsen, Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orchestra
2. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 Fatto per la notte di Natale III. Adagio – Allegro (Corelli) with Edwin Bachmann (violin) and Daniel Guilet (violin) Dean Eckertsen, Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orchestra
3. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 Fatto per la notte di Natale IV. Vivace (Corelli) with Edwin Bachmann (violin) and Daniel Guilet (violin) Dean Eckertsen, Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orchestra
4. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 Fatto per la notte di Natale V. Allegro with Edwin Bachmann (violin) and Daniel Guilet (violin) Dean Eckertsen, Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orchestra
5. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 Fatto per la notte di Natale VI. Pastorale ad libitum. Largo  with Edwin Bachmann (violin) and Daniel Guilet (violin) Dean Eckertsen, Corelli Tri-Centenary String Orchestra
6. Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102 I. (Brahms) Allegro with Mischa Mischakoff (violin) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
7. Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102 II. (Brahms) Andante with Mischa Mischakoff (violin) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
8. Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102 III. (Brahms) Vivace Non Troppo with Mischa Mischakoff (violin) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
9. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381 (Haydn)  I. Allegro with Leonard Sharrow (bass), Mischa Mischakoff (violin) and Paolo Renzi (oboe) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
10. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381 (Haydn)  II. Andante with Leonard Sharrow (bass), Mischa Mischakoff (violin) and Paolo Renzi (oboe) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
11. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381 (Haydn) III. Allegro con spirito with Leonard Sharrow (bass), Mischa Mischakoff (violin) and Paolo Renzi (oboe) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
12. Trio for Piano, Cello and Clarinet in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 Gassenhauer I. (Beethoven) Allegro con brio with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)
13. Trio for Piano, Cello and Clarinet in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 Gassenhauer II.  (Beethoven)  Adagio with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)
14. Trio for Piano, Cello and Clarinet in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 Gassenhauer III.  (Beethoven) Theme and variations with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)
15. Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano in A Minor, Op. 114 I. Allegro (Brahms) with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)
16. Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano in A Minor, Op. 114 II. Adagio (Brahms) with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)
17. Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano in A Minor, Op. 114 III. Andantino grazioso (Brahms) with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)
18. Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano in A Minor, Op. 114 IV. Allegro (Brahms) with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) and Reginald Kell (clarinet)