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Efrem Kurtz
1900-1995 RU, Saint Petersburg
Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Ефрем Курц
Efrem Kurtz (Russian: Ефрем Курц; November 7, 1900 – June 27, 1995) was a Russian conductor.Kurtz was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He studied at the Saint Petersburg conservatory with Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Tcherepnin, among others. He later studied in Riga, Berlin and in Leipzig, in the last city as a pupil of Arthur Nikisch.
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Lieutenant Kije, Suit. Op. 60 : 4. Troika on Music to Awake Enthusiasm by Various Artists Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 (1997 Digital Remaster): II. Andante (excerpt) on 100 Drivetime Classics by Various Artists Khachaturian: Suite from Masquerade, Op. 48a: I. Waltz on Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade . Borodin: Polovtsian Dances by Takuo Yuasa/Sir Thomas Beecham & Sir Thomas Beecham La Belle au bois dormant, Op. 66 ; TH 13, Act. I, No. 8c: Pas d'action d'Aurore on Tchaïkovski pour les petits maestros by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Various Artists La Belle au bois dormant, Op. 66 ; TH 13, Act. I, No. 6: Valse on Tchaïkovski pour les petits maestros by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Various Artists Lieutenant Kije, Suit. Op. 60 : 3. Kije's wedding on Music to Awake Enthusiasm by Various Artists Violin Concerto, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato on Violin Concertos in Minor Keys by Various Artists The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act 1: Waltz on Tchaikovsky Ballet Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Hollingsworth, Efrem Kurtz, Anatole Fistoulari, Sinfonia Of London, Philharmonia Orchestra & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Prologue: Introduction on Tchaikovsky Ballet Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Hollingsworth, Efrem Kurtz, Anatole Fistoulari, Sinfonia Of London, Philharmonia Orchestra & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Prologue: Pas De Six, Grand Adage on Tchaikovsky Ballet Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Hollingsworth, Efrem Kurtz, Anatole Fistoulari, Sinfonia Of London, Philharmonia Orchestra & Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty / The Nutcracker Highlights | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 2001 | Compil. |
| Violin Concertos | Yehudi Menuhin, Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind | 1997 | Compil. |
| Russia Rousers: Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russia Easter Overture; Glinka: Russlan And Ludmilla; Borodin: Prince Igor | Philharmonia Orchestra | 1997 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 10 / The Age Of Gold - Ballet Suite | Efrem Kurtz, Dmitri Shostakovich, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1996 | Album |
| Symphony No.6 "Pathétique" - Ballet Music (Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker) | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Carlo Maria Giulini, Efrem Kurtz | 1995 | Compil. |
| Peter And The Wolf / Classical Symphony / March From "Love For Three Oranges" | Sergei Prokofiev, Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
| Ballet De Sylvia | Léo Delibes, Efrem Kurtz, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1992 | Album |
| Sylvia Ballet | Léo Delibes, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1992 | Album |
| Highlights - The Nutcracker • Swan Lake • Sleeping Beauty | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1990 | Album |
| Peter En De Wolf / Carnaval Van De Dieren | Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Markevitch Conducting The Orchestre De Paris, Camille Saint-Saëns - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | 1990 | Album |
| Peter And The Wolf / The Carnival Of The Animals/Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra | Sergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns - Benjamin Britten, Efrem Kurtz, Michael Flanders, Sir Charles Groves | 1989 | Compil. |
| Peter And The Wolf / Carnival Of The Animals | Sergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jonathan Winters / Efrem Kurtz (Conducting The) Philharmonia Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Symphonies Nos. 10 & 9 | Dimitri Mitropoulos / Efrem Kurtz : Dmitri Shostakovich, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1989 | Compil. |
| "Romeo And Juliet" Excerpts From The Ballet / Cinderella Op. 87 | Sergei Prokofiev, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving | 1982 | Compil. |
| Pierre Et Le Loup - Le Carnaval Des Animaux | Sergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester E-Moll Op. 64 / Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester D-Moll | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz / Gustav Schmahl, Kammerorchester Berlin, Helmut Koch | 1973 | Album |
| Homage To Pavlova | Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1972 | Album |
| Piano Concertos - No. 24 In C Minor, K491; No. 27 In B Flat, K595 | Annie Fischer, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1967 | Album |
| Le Coq D'Or / The Comedians | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Dmitry Kabalevsky / Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1965 | Album |
| Romeo And Juliet - Ballet Music | Sergei Prokofiev / Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1964 | Album |
| Tsar Saltan Suite / The Snow Maiden Suite • Dubinushka / Masquerade - Waltz And Galop | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Aram Khatchaturian, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1964 | Album |
| "The Golden Age" Ballet Suite - "Souvenirs "Ballet Suite | Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | 1964 | Album |
| A Rimsky-Korsakov Concert | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1964 | Album |
| Philharmonia Strings | Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Anatole Fistoulari, Efrem Kurtz | 1964 | Album |
| Russian And French Ballet Music - A Life For Tsar / Faust | Efrem Kurtz | 1963 | Album |
| Capriccio Espagnol / Overture On Hebrew Themes / Kikimora / The Enchanted Lake / A Musical Snuff Box / Baba Yaga | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Sergei Prokofiev / Anatoly Liadov, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Efrem Kurtz | 1960 | Album |
| The Sleeping Beauty Suite From The Ballet | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin | 1960 | Album |
| Tchaikovsky - Chopin | Efrem Kurtz Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra | 1960 | Single |
| Famous Marches | Efrem Kurtz Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra | 1960 | Single |
| Famous Marches | Efrem Kurtz Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra | 1960 | Album |
| Concerto No. 1 In G Major / Concerto No. 2 In D Major | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Elaine Shaffer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1959 | Album |
| Peter And The Wolf / Carnival Of The Animals | Sergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | 1959 | Album |
| "Classical" Symphony / Symphony No 1 In F Major | Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1959 | Album |
| Concerto In E Minor Op. 64 / Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op.26 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Max Bruch, Walter Susskind, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin | 1959 | Album |
| Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 / Lieutenant Kije Suite | Sergei Prokofiev, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1959 | Album |
| Peter And The Wolf / Classical Symphony / March From "Love For Three Oranges" | Sergei Prokofiev, Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | 1959 | Album |
| Le Lac des Cygnes - Suite de Ballet | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin With Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1958 | Album |
| "Petrouchka" - Musica da balletto | Igor Stravinsky, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1958 | Album |
| Swan Lake - Suite From The Ballet | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin With Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1958 | Album |
| Classical Symphony - Symphony No.1 in D | Sergei Prokofiev, Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Efrem Kurtz | 1958 | Single |
| Gaite Parisienne / Les Sylphides | Efrem Kurtz | 1957 | Album |
| From The Bay Of Naples | Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 1955 | Album |
| Ballet Russe / Serenade Melancolique / Andante | Efrem Kurtz | 1953 | Album |
| Les Sylphides Ballet + Uirapurú (A Symphonic Poem) | Frédéric Chopin + Heitor Villa-Lobos / Efrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1950 | Album |
| South Pacific & Kiss Me Kate | Efrem Kurtz | 1950 | Album |
| La Boutique Fantasque + Schumann-Glazounov: Carnaval | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1950 | Album |
| The Comedians, Op. 26 / Mlle. Angot Suite | Efrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Dmitry Kabalevsky / Charles Lecocq | 1950 | Album |
| La Boutique Fantasque - Selections, Rossini - Respighi | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1950 | Single |
| Gaite Parisienne Ballet & Russian Music | Efrem Kurtz | 1949 | Album |
| Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (On A Rainy Day) & The Flight of The Bumble Bee/The Age of Gold | Frankie Carle / Efrem Kurtz | 1949 | Single |
| Gayne - Ballet Suites Nos. 1 and 2 | Aram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | 1948 | Album |
| Gayne Ballet Suite #2 | Aram Khatchaturian : The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1948 | Album |
| Concerto In A Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 16 | Oscar Levant, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz - Edvard Grieg | 1948 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 | Dmitri Shostakovich : Efrem Kurtz conducting the The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1948 | Album |
| Mlle. Angot Suite | Efrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Charles Lecocq | 1948 | Album |
| Sunday In Brooklyn | NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1947 | Album |
| Sunday In Brooklyn / Waltzes By Brahms | NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz / Michel Piastro | 1947 | Album |
| Souvenir Of Florence | Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Strings Of NBC Symphony Orchestra | 1947 | Album |
| Gayne Ballet Suite | Aram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1947 | Album |
| Excerpts From Petrouchka / Rainbow's End | NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz / Henri René And His Orchestra | 1947 | Album |
| Suite No. 2, Ballet Gayne / Castalon Overture | NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz / The Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Alfred Wallenstein | 1946 | Album |
| Suite No. 2, Ballet Gayne | NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1946 | Album |
| Excerpts From Gaité Parisienne | Efrem Kurtz And The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1944 | Album |
| Coppelia - Ballet / Sylvia - Ballet | Efrem Kurtz, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Léo Delibes | 1942 | Album |
| Gaité Parisienne | Efrem Kurtz Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Jacques Offenbach | 1937 | Album |
| Aurora's Wedding - Ballet Music | The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | 1936 | Album |
| Sabre Dance / Dance of Ayshe / Polka / Flight of The Bumble Bee / Mazurka | Efrem Kurtz conducting the The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Single | |
| Peter And The Wolf / Carnival Of The Animals | Sergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | Album | |
| Le Lac Des Cygnes | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin - Philharmonia Orchestra - Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Homenagem a Pavlova | Efrem Kurtz - Philharmonia Orchestra | Single | |
| Famous Marches | Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz, Giuseppe Verdi, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Hector Berlioz, John Philip Sousa, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Emmanuel Chabrier, Johann Strauss Sr., Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Album | |
| Waltz Of The Flowers / Entr'acte / Waltz from "Eugen Onegin" | The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski, Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| Waltzes From Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a Eugen Onegin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Artur Rodzinski And Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonic-Symphony Orcherstra Of New York | Single | |
| Gaîté Parisienne / Mlle. Angot Suite | The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| Gayne - Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 2 | Aram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| "Homage To Pavlova" Vol. 1 "Autumn Leaves" | Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Swan Lake - Suite From The Ballet | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin With Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Concerto No. 2 In D Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 22 | Henryk Wieniawski, Isaac Stern, Efrem Kurtz, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Sabre Dance / Dance Of The Young Maidens | Aram Khatchaturian - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| Symphony No. 10 In E Minor | Dmitri Shostakovich / Efrem Kurtz / Philharmonia Orchestra | Album | |
| Excerpts From “Les Sylphides” | Frédéric Chopin — The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| Die Grossen Violinkonzerte | Ludwig van Beethoven, Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer / Walter Susskind / Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Violinkonzert D-Dur / Violinkonzert Nr. 2 D-Moll | Isaac Stern, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Henryk Wieniawski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Alexander Hilsberg, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Petrouchka | Igor Stravinsky, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra | Album | |
| Music From The Ballet No.6 | Jacques Offenbach, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Gioacchino Rossini - Ottorino Respighi, The London Symphony Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| The Swan | Efrem Kurtz And The Philharmonia Orchestra | Single | |
| Suites From The Ballets Swan Lake - Sleeping Beauty - The Nutcracker | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin | Album | |
| Scenes fron "Carnaval" | Efrem Kurtz, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Single | |
| Symphony Number 9 Op. 70 / Symphonic Suite: Lieutenant Kijé | Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Grand Marches | Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra | Album | |
| Famous Marches No 3 | Efrem Kurtz | Single | |
| The Comedians. Op. 26 | Dmitry Kabalevsky : Efrem Kurtz conducting the The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Les Sylphides - Ballet Music | The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Stravinsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2 | Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra | Single | |
| Katchaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite #2 | Aram Khatchaturian - Efrem Kurtz, The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York | Single | |
| Offenbach-Gaite Parisienne-Ballet | Efrem Kurtz With Columbia Symphony Orchestra | Single | |
| El Lago Del Cisne / Naila | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Léo Delibes / Efrem Kurtz Con The London Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| The Tchaikovsky Ballets - Highlights From Swan Lake - The Sleeping Beauty - Nutcracker | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Danse Du Sabre | Aram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Direction: Efrem Kurtz | Single |
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