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ROBERT GREENLEAF BRINK (BOSTON, 30 MARCH, 1924 – BOSTON, 24 OCTOBER, 2014)

 

 

 

 

Robert Greenleaf Brink was an American violinist, conductor, and educator. He was a professor of music at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts.

He performed with the harpsichordist Daniel Pinkham and gave the premieres of works by Walter Piston, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, and Daniel Pinkham. Pinkham composed his 1958 violin concerto for Brink.

He performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and played under the conductors Sergei Koussevitzky, Aaron Copland, and Darius Milhaud. With Daniel Pinkham, Brink co-founded the Cambridge Festival Orchestra in the mid-1950s, serving as that orchestra’s concertmaster. In 1951 and 1952, Brink and Pinkham performed at Brown University and Wellesley college under the auspices of the Peabody Mason Concerts. Brink founded the Boston Classical Orchestra and served as its concertmaster until 1995. He founded and conducted the Orchestra for the Art of Music (OAM), which performs music from the Classical period.

He lived for many years in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Arcangelo Corelli – Robert Brink, Daniel Pinkham – Sonatas For Violin And Harpsichord Opus 5 / Variations On “La Follia” (Sonata No. 12) / Sonata No. 3 In C Major / Sonata No. 6 In A Major / Suite No. 4 In F Major (Sonata No. 10)

Label: Allegro – AL 109, Allegro – I09, Allegro Elite – AL 109

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1951

Genre: Classical

Style: Baroque

Op. 5 Vol. 1

Sonata No. 3 In C Major

A1a Adagio

A1b Allegro

A1c Adagio Allegro

A1d Allegro

Sonata No. 6 In A Major

A2a Grave

A2b Allegro

A2c Allegro Adagio

A2d Allegro

Suite No. 4 In F Major (Sonata No. 10)

B1a Preludio

B1b Allemanda

B1c Sarabanda

B1d Gavotta

B1e Giga

B2 Variations On “La Follia” (Sonata No. 12)

Composed By – Arcangelo Corelli

Cover [Design] – Nat Super

Engineer [Recording] – H. Vose Greenough, Jr.

Harpsichord – Daniel Pinkham

Piano – Robert Brink

Recorded January, 1951 in Boston. “Volume I” printed on front & back of sleeve.

The side A runout is entirely etched while the “AL 109B 1 L R” on side B is stamped with the “1A” being etched.

Differs from Sonatas For Violin And Harpsichord – country of release; differs from Sonatas For Violin And Harpsichord – sleeve & label variations.

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): AL-109-A1 9C

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): AL 109B 1 L R 1A