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Alexander Schneider
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works, see: Short Biography

Alexander Schneider - Short Biography

Discography

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music


S-1

1685-1750, 200th Anniversary · J.S. Bach: Three Sonatas · Three Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin
Schneider Plays Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001-1006)

 

CD-1 [69:51]:
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 [15:27]
Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 [31:04]
Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 [23:18]
CD-2 [73:47]
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [31:26]
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 [25:02]
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 [17:19]

Alexander Schneider (Violin)

Mercury MG-10017/10020
Biddulph Recordings LAB-2055

1949

4-LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 143:38

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, New York, USA.
Producer: Eric Wen; Restoration, Editing: Gene Gaudette; Transferring: David Hermann.
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Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

J. S. Bach: Six Sonatas for Harpsichord & Violin (BWV 1014-1019) [LP]
Bach: Six Sonates pour violon et clavecin BWV 1014-1019 [CD]

 
 
 

LP-1:
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014 [CD: 14:13]
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 2 in A major, BWV 1015 [CD: 14:30]
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 [CD: 17:42]
LP-2:
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017 [CD: 18:10]
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1018 [CD: 16:55]
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019 [CD: 16:13]

Alexander Schneider (Violin); Ralph Kirkpatrick (Harpsichord

Columbia Masterworks MM-719
Forgotten Records FR-1918/9

BWV 1014: Jan 3, 1947
BWV 1015: Jan 13, 1947
BWV 1016: Jan 27, 1947
BWV 1017: Jan 13, 1947
BWV 1018: Feb 3, 1947
BWV 1019: Nov 26, 1945

2-LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 97:80

Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York City, New York, USA
Previous releases:
78 rpm:
BWV 1014: 72400-D, 72401-D, 72402-D, 72403-D
BWV 1015: 72404-D, 72405-D, 72406-D, 72407-D, 72415-D
BWV 1016: 72401-D, 72402-D, 72403-D, 72404-D, 72405-D, 72412-D
BWV 1017: 72407-D, 72408-D, 72409-D, 72410-D, 72411-D
BWV 1018: 72400-D, 72411-D, 72412-D, 72413-D
BWV 1019: 72407-D, 72408-D, 72409-D, 72410-D
10'' LP:
Columbia ML-2109: BWV 1014, 1015
Columbia ML-2110: BWV 1016, 1017
Columbia ML-2111: BWV 1017, 1018
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Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

Bach Festival Prades 1950 [PA-1]

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [24:19, 11:10, 13:36, 16:06, 23:16, 17:47]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

Gérard Coursier (Horn) [1]; Laila Thevet (Horn) [1]; Marcel Mule (Saxophone) [2]; John Wummer (Flute) [2-5]; Bernard Goldberg (Flute) [3-4]; John Mack (Oboe) [1]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1-2]; Laïla Storch (Oboe) [1]; J. M. Allard (Bassoon) [1]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1-4]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [5]; Paul Tortelier (Cello) [2]; Eugene Istomin (Piano) [5]

Pearl 200

Jun 6-16, 1950

2-CD / TT: 137:36

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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O-2

Bach Festival Prades 1950, Vol. 3 [PA-3]

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [16:28]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [17:44]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [24:40]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R [23:47]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:47]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [17:50]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

John Wummer (Flute) [1044]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1060R]; Isaac Stern (Violin) [1041, 1043, 1060R]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1043, 1044]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [1052R]; Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano) [1044]; Clara Haskil (Piano) [1056]

Pearl 202

Jun 6-16, 1950

2-CD / TT: 145:21

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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O-3

Pablo Casals - 1er Festival De Prades 1950 - J.S. Bach [PA-4]

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [16:25]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [18:00]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [25:07]
Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [24:39, 11:19, 13:44, 16:18, 23:13, 17:38]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R, transcribed for violin & orchestra by Robert Reitz [24:15]
Concerto for harpsichord, stri& continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:56]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [18:01]
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [19:44]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [22:15]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

Lucien Thevet (Horn) [1046]; Gérard Coursier (Horn) [1046]; Marcel Mule (Soprano Sax) [1047]; John Wummer (Flute) [1044R, 1047, 1049, 1050, 1067]; Bernard Goldberg (Flute) [1049]; John Mack (Oboe) [1046]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1046, 1047, 1060R]; Laïla Storch (Oboe) [1046]; Maurice Allard (Bassoon) [1046]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1043, 1044R, 1046, 1047, 1049]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [1050, 1052R]; Isaac Stern (Violin) [1041, 1043, 1060R]; Paul Tortelier (Cello) [1047]; Fernando Valenti (Harpsichord) [1046, 1047, 1049, 1051]; Eugene Istomin (Piano) [1050]; Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano) [1044]; Clara Haskil (Piano) [1056]

Cascavelle VEL-3061

Jun 6-16, 1950

5-CD / TT: 342:10

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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O-4

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos [FM-1]

 

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [21:37, 11:26, 13:30, 14:48, 21:51, 17:55]

Pablo Casals

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1-2, 4-5]; John Mack [1-2], Ronald Richards [1], Peter Christ [1] (Oboes); Myron Bloom, Robert Johnson [1[ (Horns); Donald MacCourt [1] (Basson); Rudolf Serkin (Piano Continuo [1], Piano [5]); Robert Nagel (Trumpet) [2]; Ornulf Gurbransen (Flute) [2, 4-5]; Leslie Parnas (Cello Continuo) [2]; Peter Serkin (Harpsichord Continuo) [2-3, 6]; Nancy Dalley (Flute) [4]
BWV 1051: Myra Kestenbaum, Donald Wright, Wayne Crouse, Leslie Parnas, Karen Tuttle, Jules Eskin, Endel Kalam, Karen Phillips, Irene Serkin, Zvi Zeitlin, Raymond Montoni, Caroline Levine, Alexander Schneider (Violas); Bonnie Hampton, David Soyer (Cellos); Robert Sylvester, Lynn Harrell (Viola da Gamba); Peter Serkin (Harpsichord)

CBS/ Sony

Jul 9 & 11, 1964

3-LP, 2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Marlboro Festival, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
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O-5

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6; Orchestral Suite No. 4 [FM-3]

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [14:48]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [21:51]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 [17:55]
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 [22:16]

Pablo Casals

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

BWV 1049-1051, see: FM-1 above.
BWV 1069: Ruth Laredo (Piano); John Mack (Oboe); Alexander Schneider (Violin); Shmuel Ashkenasi (Violin); Julius Levine (Bass); Samuel Rhodes (Viola); Hermann Busch (Cello); Felix Galimir (Violin); Charles Griffin (Viola); Caroline Levine (Viola); Philipp Naegele (Viola); Robert Sylvester (Cello); Wilmer Wise (Trumpet); John Wyre (Timpani); Marilyn Dubow (Violin); Endel Kalam (Viola); Oswald Lehnert (Violin); Thomas Michalak (Violin); Linda Moss (Viola); Max Rabinovitsj (Violin)

Sony

Jul 9 & 11, 1964 [BC]
1966 [OS 4]

CD / TT: 76:28

Recorded at Marlboro, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
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O-6

Bach: Concertos for 3 Pianos [O-3]

 

Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1063 [15:40]
Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064 [17:40]

Alexander Schneider

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

Rudolf Serkin [1-2], Ruth Laredo [1], Mieczyslaw Horszowski [1-2], Peter Serkin [2] (Pianos)

Columbia MS-6847
CBS MP-39761

Jul 1964

LP / TT:

Recorded at Marlboro, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
Producer: Thomas Frost


O-7

Bach: Double Violin Concerto & Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [18:50]

Alexander Schneider

English Chamber Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin)

CBS MY-38487
CBS 42217
CBS ıMYK-38487
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Feb 17, 1976

LP / TT:
LP / TT:
CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 58:55

Recorded at CBS Studios, London, England.
Producer: Andrew Kadzin, Paul Myers.
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O-8

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Plays Works by Mozart, Bach, And Vivaldi

 

Concerto in C minor for violin oboe, string & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [15:09]

Alexander Schneider

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Marieke Blankestijn (Violin); Douglas Boyd (Oboe)

ASV ıCOE-803
Musical Heritage Society MHS-7172H
Musicmasters MMD-60096H

1984

LP / TT: 56:53
LP / TT: 56:53
CD / TT: 56:56

Recorded live at St. John's, Smith Square, London, England.
An original Academy Sound & Vision recording.
Producer: John Boyden; Engineer: Tony Faulkner.
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Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue


A-1

Bach Festival - Prades 1950

Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [5:59],Trio Sonata [12:42, 3:11, 3:06], Ricercare à 3 [6:24]

John Wummer (Flute); Alexander Schneider (Violin); Leopold Teraspulsky (Cello); Leopold Mannes (Piano)

Pearl

Jun 1950

2-CD / TT: 137:46

Recorded at Prades Festival, France.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2021 - February 2022)

Alexander Schneider: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works


Instrumental Works: Recordings, Reviews & Discussions - Main Page | Order of Discussion
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