Alfred Wallenstein

conductor and cellist

United States • 1898-10-07 – 1983-02-08

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Biography

Alfred Wallenstein (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American cellist and conductor. A successful solo and orchestral cellist in his early life, Wallenstein took up conducting in the 1930s and served as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1943 to 1956.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

889 releases · 112 albums · active 1951–2025

  • Performance · 1,008
  • Other credits · 16

Studios: Carnegie Hall · Manhattan Center · Academy Of Music, Philadelphia · Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Frequent collaborators

  • Heifetz
  • Artur Rubinstein
  • Rubinstein
  • Various
  • Mozart
  • Rachmaninoff
  • Brahms
  • Arthur Rubinstein

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