Joseph Silverstein
One of America's most respected musicians, violinist/conductor/artistic advisor and teacher Joseph Silverstein has contributed to American musical life since his first days with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Aside from his presence in live and recorded performances, he has been an important figure as a resource to many musical organizations, sharing expertise gained from his various responsibilities. Silverstein's training as a violinist was exceedingly sound. After entering Philadelphia's Curtis Institute in 1945, he studied with Efrem Zimbalist, the Auer-trained virtuoso noted for his patrician taste and immaculate technique. Later, Silverstein worked with Josef Gingold and Mischa Mischakoff, two other celebrated performing pedagogues. From this period of study, Silverstein emerged with the silvery, full-bodied tone and unshakable technique that would mark his subsequent solo and ensemble work. At the time he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1955, he was its youngest member. His performance in the 1959 Concours Musical Reine Elisabeth brought the beginnings of celebrity in Europe and began a series of career-advancing events in his own country. Winning the Naumburg Foundation Award in 1960 led to a New York debut in 1961. When the BSO found its concertmaster chair open, it appointed Silverstein to that position in 1962. In his position as BSO concertmaster, Silverstein was heard not only in the violin solo moments within the orchestral repertory, but also as featured soloist both in performance and on recording. Under four BSO conductors, beginning with Charles Münch, whose tenure ran until 1963, Silverstein came to be known as one of the most able solo voices among concertmasters anywhere. With Erich Leinsdorf, who served as conductor from 1963 to 1968, Silverstein recorded impressive interpretations of the Stravinsky and Bartók concertos, and under Seiji Ozawa, his solo role in Vivaldi's Four Seasons was equally distinctive. In association with his BSO position, he served a chairman of the Tanglewood Music Center faculty. Other academic responsibilities followed, beginning in the 1970s with teaching appointments at Yale and Boston universities. In addition to his position as assistant conductor with the BSO, gained in 1971, Silverstein began to accept both guest engagements and appointments to other orchestras. In 1980, he accepted the musical directorship of the nearby Worcester, MA, symphony orchestra and the next year became the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's principal guest conductor. In 1983, Silverstein was called upon to replace Varujan Kojian as conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Silverstein remained there as artistic director for 15 years, having given up his BSO concertmaster position shortly after beginning his tenure in Salt Lake City. In November 2001, Silverstein was appointed acting music director of the Florida Philharmonic following the sudden resignation of James Judd, who had led the orchestra for 14 years. The Florida orchestra was already one of ten organizations in the United States and Canada being served by Silverstein as artistic advisor. The appointment was for an 18-month period while a search would be conducted for a permanent music director. By January 2002, Silverstein was already directing performances. Silverstein is a faculty member at both the Curtis Institute and the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA.
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11 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Holst: The Planets
Joseph Silverstein, New England Conservatory Chorus, Lorna Cooke DeVaron, Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1971
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Silverstein
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 1 janv. 1981
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Schumann, C.: Piano Concerto, Op. 7 / Piano Trio, Op. 17 / 3 Romanzen
Veronica Jochum, Bamberger Symphoniker, Joseph Silverstein, Colin Carr
Classique - Paru chez Tudor le 29 sept. 2009
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Violin Concerto No. 1 / Golem / 2 Tableaux from Belshazzar
Elmar Oliveira, Česká filharmonie, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Gerard Schwarz, Joseph Silverstein
Concertos pour violon - Paru chez Milken Family Foundation le 21 oct. 2003
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R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra/Ein Heldenleben
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Joseph Silverstein
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1982
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35; Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Joseph Silverstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2000
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A Song of Thanksgiving
Frederica von Stade, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Utah Symphony, Joseph Silverstein
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 22 nov. 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music of Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Arthur Farwell and Preston Ware Orem
Joseph Silverstein, Peter Basquin, Gilbert Kalish
Classique - Paru chez New World Records le 1 janv. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BACH: Complete Music for Solo Violin (2-CD set)
Classique - Paru chez Image Recordings le 1 janv. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Joseph Silverstein, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Mezzoforte le 15 juin 2018
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Duffy: Heritage Fanfare and Chorale / Heritage Suite / Symphony No. 1 / Heritage Symphonic Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Richard Williams, Joseph Silverstein
Classique - Paru chez Albany le 1 oct. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo