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MISCHA MISCHAKOFF (PROSKURIV, UKRAINE, APRIL 16, 1895 – PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN, USA, FEBRUARY 1, 1981)

 

 

 

 

Mischa Mischakoff was an outstanding violinist who, as a concertmaster, led many of America’s greatest orchestras from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born in Proskuriv (today Khlmelnytskyi), Ukraine as Mischa Fischberg. In 1921 he escaped from Russia with, among others, his friend and colleague, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, with whom he had played in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Mischakoff emigrated to the United States later that year, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1927. He led the string sections of the St. Petersburg Conservatory Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, then, after his arrival in the United States, the New York Symphony under Walter Damrosch (1920–1927), the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski (1927–1930), the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock (1930–1937), the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini (1937–1952), the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Paul Paray (1952–1968), as well as, in retirement, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mischa Mischakoff also led the Mischakoff String Quartet in the various cities where he lived, and between 1940 and 1952 he taught at the Juilliard School in New York. Mischakoff died on February 1, 1981 in Petoskey, Michigan. He owned four Stradivari violins, on which he appeared as soloist and recitalist, as well as a number of other fine violins by old and contemporary makers.

 

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1. Concerto Grosso In B Minor, Opus 6-XII. (Handel) Allegro Arturo Toscanini, Edwin Bachmann, NBC Symphony Orchestra
2. Concerto Grosso In B Minor, Opus 6-XII. (Handel) Aria, Lerghetto E Piano, Largo Arturo Toscanini, Edwin Bachmann, NBC Symphony Orchestra
3. Concerto Grosso In B Minor, Opus 6-XII. (Handel) Largo, Allegro Arturo Toscanini, Edwin Bachmann, NBC Symphony Orchestra
4. Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102 I. (Brahms) Allegro with Frank Miller (cello) Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
5. Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102 II. (Brahms) Andante with Frank Miller (cello) Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
6. Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102 III. (Brahms) Vivace Non Troppo with Frank Miller (cello) Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
7. I Lombardi (Verdi) Act III Trio Orchestral Opening with Vivian Della Chiesa, Jan Peerce, and Nicola Moscona Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
8. I Lombardi (Verdi) Act III Trio Qui posa il fianco! with Vivian Della Chiesa, Jan Peerce, and Nicola Moscona Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
9. Violin Concerto in B flat major RV 370 (Vivaldi) Allegro Adagio Allegro Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
10. Sonata for piano and violin Op. 96 (Beethoven) Allegro moderato Adagio espressivo Poco Allegretto – Adagio – Allegro with Raymond Hanson (piano)
11. Sonata for violin and piano (Debussy) Allegro vivo Intermède – Fantasque et léger Finale Très animé with Raymond Hanson (piano)
12. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381 (Haydn)  I. Allegro with Leonard Sharrow (bass), Frank Miller (cello) and Paolo Renzi (oboe) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
13. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381 (Haydn)  II. Andante with Leonard Sharrow (bass), Frank Miller (cello) and Paolo Renzi (oboe) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
14. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381 (Haydn) III. Allegro con spirito with Leonard Sharrow (bass), Frank Miller (cello) and Paolo Renzi (oboe) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini