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ALBERT SPALDING (CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 15, 1888 – MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, MAY 26, 1953)

 

 

 

 

He was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 15, 1888. His mother, Marie Boardman, was a contralto and pianist. His father, James Walter Spalding, and uncle, Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Albert Spalding, created the A.G. Spalding sporting goods company. Spalding studied the violin privately in Manhattan, New York City and Florence, Italy, and at the conservatories in Paris and Bologna; the latter graduated him with honors when he was fourteen. Following his debut in Paris on June 6, 1906, he appeared successfully in London and Vienna. His first American appearance as soloist came with the New York Symphony on November 8, 1908. A year later he soloed with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra when that orchestra toured the United States. In 1916, he was recognized as a national honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music. During World War I, Spalding served in the U.S. Army Air Corps (at one point as aide-de-camp to Major Fiorello La Guardia) and would eventually be awarded the Cross of the Crown of Italy. Not long after his return to the United States, he married Mary Vanderhoef Pyle on July 19, 1919, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. French violinist Jacques Thibaud and Andre Benoist, Spalding’s accompanist, provided the music for the ceremony. In 1920, Spalding appeared on the European tour of the New York Symphony. In 1922, he became the first American violinist to appear with the Paris Conservatory Orchestra; a year later he was the first American to serve on a jury at the Paris Conservatory, helping to award prizes to the graduating class of violinists. In February 1941, he premiered the violin concerto of Samuel Barber. Upon the United States’ involvement in World War II, Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Berle successfully urged Spalding to accept an assignment with the Office of Strategic Services. He was posted to London, for six weeks, and then served in North Africa until he was ordered to Naples where he was attached to the Psychological Warfare Division of SHAEF. In 1944, Spalding gave a legendary concert to thousands of terrified refugees stranded in a cave near Naples during a bombing raid. Following a concert in New York on May 26, 1950, Spalding announced his retirement from the concert stage. Thereafter, he taught master classes at Boston University College of Music and, in the winter months, at Florida State University. His last recital, with pianist Jules Wolffers, at Boston University (15. 05. 1953), ten days later he died in Manhattan, New York City, at the age of 64.

 

 

TRACKLIST

Ave Maria (Gounod) Marie Rappold (soprano) Edison 82536 3815

Ave Maria (Schubert) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82258 8040

Canzonetta (Godard) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82212 5052

Caprice espagnol (Ketten) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82154 5759

Caprice viennois, op. 2 (Kreisler) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82067 3324

Carmen fantaisie (Bizet-Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82245 8037

Cavatina (Raff) André Benoist (piano) Edison Test 1581

Chanson méditation (Cottenet) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82206 5054

Concerto no. 2 Andante (de Bériot) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82250 7599

Drink to me only with thine eyes (Jonson) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82184 6951

Etchings (Spalding) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82250 8028

Eternamente (Mascheroni) Claudia Muzio (soprano) & Robert Gayler (piano) Edison 82243 7941

From the cottonfields (Spalding) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82222 7600

Hark! Hark! The lark (Schubert) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82307 9232

Humoreske (Dvořak) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82047 2390

Hungarian dance no. 1 (Brahms) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82263 2407

Hungarian dance no. 2 (Brahms) Edison 82093 3396

Hungarian dance no. 6 (Brahms) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82342 3375

Hungarian dance no. 7 (Brahms) Edison 82046 Edison 82046

Hungarian dance no. 8 (Brahms) Edison 82093 3395

Indian lament (Dvořák) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82239 8017

Kujawiak (Seconde mazurka) (Wieniawski) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82245 8018

Le cygne (The swan) (Saint-Saëns) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82316 9231

Liebesfreud (Kreisler) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82323 9393

Love sends a little gift of roses (Openshaw) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82308 9250

Marchéta (Schertzinger) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82316 9394

Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner-Wilhelmj) Morgenlich leuchtend André Benoist (piano) Edison 82117 3779

Melody in F (Rubinstein) André Benoist (piano) Edison 28285 5747

Minuet in G (Beethoven) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82284 5754

My old Kentucky home – Variations (Collins Foster) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82105 4097

Nocturne (Chopin-Wilhelmj) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82212 5752

Old folks at home (Collins Foster) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82215 7601

Orpheus (Gluck) Ballet music André Benoist (piano) Edison 82206 7004

Paderewski’s menuet (Paderewski) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82307 9230

Pierrot serenade Gigue (Randegger, Jr.) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82105 4111

Romance (Svendsen) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82194 5058

Romance from 2nd concerto (Wieniawski) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82117 3323

Romance in A (Schumann) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82168 5756

Romanza andaluza (Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82342 5059

Rondo capriccioso (Saint-Saëns) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82043 3758

Roses of Picardy (Wood) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82215 7595

Scherzo (Chabrier) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82168 5753

Scherzo-tarentelle (Wieniawski) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82188 6975

Schlummerlied (Schumann) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82284 5755

Schon rosmarin (Kreisler) L’arlesienne Intermezzo (Bizet) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82046 2409

Serenade (Drigo) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82263 8036

Serenade (Pierné) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82184 5053

Serenade (Schubert) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82222 7594

Serenade melancolique (Tchaikovsky) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82067 3393

Slavonic dance no. 2 in E minor (Kreisler) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82322 9251

Souvenir (Drdla) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82154 5062

Souvenir of Moscow (Wieniawski) André Benoist (piano) Edison 80071 4327

Souvenir poétique (Fibich) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82323 9395

Spanish Dance (Granados-Kreisler) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82194 5751

Spring song (Mendelssohn) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82135 5748

Thaïs (Massenet) Méditation André Benoist (piano) Edison 82043 3762

The angel’s serenade (Braga) Frieda Hempel (soprano) & Robert Gayler (piano) Edison 82240 8005

Träumerei (Schumann) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82188 5749

Valse bluette… Three poor mariners (Drigo-Auer; Quilter) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82192 7005

Valse capriccio (Wieniawski) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82308 9233

Valse sentimentale André Benoist (piano) Edison Test 6970

Valse triste (Sibelius) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82322 9252

Xerxses (Handel) Largo André Benoist (piano) & Robert Gayler (organ) Edison 82239 7612

Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Dance) (Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Edison 82192 6950

 

Canzonetta from Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (Tchaikovsky) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 50100-B

Guitarre (Moszkowski) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 15107-A

Introduction and Tarantelle, Op. 43 (Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 50099-B

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen (White) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 15107-B

Nocturne in E flat Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin-Sarasate) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 50138-B

Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37, No. 2 (Chopin-Spalding) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 50099-A

Passepied (Delibes, trans. Gruenberg) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 15211-A

Prize Song (Die Meistersinger – Wagner-Wilhelmj) André Benoist (piano) Brunswick 50138-A

Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2 (Sarasate) Andre Benoist (piano) Brunswick 15211-B

 

Danse du Diable vert (Dance of the Green Devil) (Cassado) André Benoist (piano) Victor 1914-B

Dragon Fly (A Study in Arpeggios) (Spalding) Victor 1914-A

Drink to me only with thine eyes (arr. Roger Quilter) Victor 1703 BS-78965

Hark! hark! the lark (Schubert – Spalding) André Benoist (piano) 1667-A

Romance in G Part 1 (Beethoven) André Benoist (piano) Victor 1788-A

Romance in G Part 2 (Beethoven) André Benoist (piano) Victor 1788-B

The devil’s trill Sonata Part 3 (Tartini) André Benoist (piano) Victor 1787-A

Waltz In B Minor Op. 69. No. 2 (Chopin) (Transcribed by A. Spalding) Victor 1703 BS-81595

 

Mozart / Handel – William Primrose, Albert Spalding, Mozart, Handel – Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat K. 364

Label: Camden – CAL 262

Format: Records, LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Release date: Sept. 1955

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical

Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major, K. 364

Composed By – Mozart

A11st Movt.: Allegro Maestoso

A2 2nd Movt.: Andante

B1 3rd Movt.: Presto

Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major, K. 364

Composed By – Mozart

A1 1st Movt.: Allegro Maestoso

A2 2nd Movt.: Andante

B1 3rd Movt.: Presto

Conductor – Fritz Stiedry

Cover – Carl Fisher

Orchestra – New Friends Of Music Orchestra (tracks: A1, A2, B1)

Viola – William Primrose

Violin – Albert Spalding (tracks: A1, A2, B1)

Made in USA

Matrix / Inner Ring: F3 RP1216-6S A1

Matrix / Inner Ring: F3RP 1217 1S A1

 

Beethoven – Orchestre Symphonique Autrichien, Wilhelm Loibner, Albert Spalding – Concerto Pour Violon Et Orchestre En Ré Majeur, Opus 61

Label: Concerteum – CR 218

Format: Records, LP, Album

Country: France

Genre: Classical

Concerto Pour Violon Et Orchestre En Ré Majeur, Opus 61

A Allegro Ma Non Troppo

B1 Larghetto

B2 Finale: Rondo

Paper products – Imprimerie Ika

Artwork [Maquette] – Planet

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor – Wilhelm Loibner

Orchestra – Orchestre Symphonique Autrichien

Violin – Albert Spalding

Die / Inner Ring (Center Label A): RE 33-1162

Die / Inner Ring (Center Label B): RE 33-1163

 

Brahms, Albert Spalding, Wilhelm Loibner, The Austrian Symphony Orchestra – Violin Concerto In D Major

Label: Remington – R.199.145

Series: Remington Musirama

Format: Records, LP

Country: US

Release date: 1953

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77

Composed By – Brahms

A 1: Allegro Non Troppo

B1 2: Adagio

B2 3: Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace

 

Brahms, Ernst von Dohnányi, Albert Spalding – Brahms: Sonata No. 2, Sonata No. 3 For Piano And Violin

Label: Remington – R-199-49

Format: Records, LP

Country: US

Release date: 1951

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Sonata No. 2 For Piano And Violin In A Major, Op. 100

A1 Allegro Amabile

A2 Andante Tranquillo—Vivace

A3 Allegretto Grazioso (Quasi Andante)

Sonata No. 3 For Piano And Violin In D Minor, Op. 108

B1 Allegro

B2 Adagio

B3 Un Poco Presto E Con ​​Sentimento

B4 Presto Agitato

Piano – Ernst von Dohnányi

Violin – Albert Spalding

Written-By – Johannes Brahms

 

Brahms, Ernst Dohnányi, Albert Spalding, Anthony Kooiker – Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1, Brahms-Joachim: Hungarian Dances

Label: Remington – R-199-84

Format: Records, LP

Country: US

Release date: 1952

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Sonata No. 1 In G Major, Op. 78 For Piano And Violin

Composed By – Brahms

A1 Vivace Ma Non Treppe

A2 Adagio

B1 Allegro Molto Moderato

Hungarian Dances

Arranged By – Joachim

Composed By – Brahms

B2 No. 8

B3 No. 9

B4 No. 17

Cover – Steinweiss

Piano – Anthony Kooiker (треков: B2, B3, B4), Ernst von Dohnányi (tracks: A1, A2, B1)

Violin – Albert Spalding

Written-By – Johannes Brahms, Joseph Joachim (tracks: B2, B3, B4)

 

Albert Spalding – Albert Spalding Plays

Label: Remington – RLP-199-23

Format: Records, LP, Album

Country: US

Release date: 1951

Genre: Classical

A1 Sonata In A Major

Composed By – Arcangelo Corelli

A2 Sonata in D Major

Composed By – Arcangelo Corelli

B1 Sonata in G Minor

Composed By – Giuseppe Tartini

B2 Prelude in F Sharp Minor

Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach

B3 Sonata No. 12 In D Minor “La Folia”

Composed By – Arcangelo Corelli

 

Brahms  – Albert Spalding , Anthony Kooiker –Hungarian Dances

Label: Remington Musirama – R-199-24

Format: Records, LP

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Hungarian Dances

A Nos.: 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19, 20, 21

B Nos.: 1, 14, 4, 5, 3, 16, 15, 2

Composed By – Johannes Brahms

Cover – Steinweiss

Piano – Anthony Kooiker

Violin – Albert Spalding

Tracks edited exactly as reads on centre-labels.

3 DIMENSIONAL SOUND / Recorded in USA/ Made in USA (on centre-labels)

On cover-front: Recorded in Europe

Matrix / Inner Ring (on label-side 1): (RE-33-234-2)

Matrix / Inner Ring (on label-side 2): (RE-33-235-2)

Authors’ society (on square stickers (like postage stamps) on labels): BIEM

 

Ernst von Dohnányi – Dohnanyi Plays Dohnanyi

Label: Varèse Sarabande – VC 81048

Format: Records, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo

Country: US

Release date: 1978

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical, Contemporary

A 1 Ernst von Dohnányi – Sonata For Violin And Piano, Op. 21

Piano – Ernst von Dohnányi

Violin – Albert Spalding

 

Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (Brahms)

New York Philarmonic

Albert Spalding & Gaspar Cassadó

John Barbirolli, conductor

Live Recording May 26th 1939, Carnegie Hall

 

Poeme op.25 (Chausson) – Rondò Capriccioso op.28 (Saint-Saëns)

Albert Spalding, violin – Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor

New York Philharmonic Orchestra (December 29, 1940)