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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.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Children's Music
  • Brass
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty / The Nutcracker HighlightsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz2001Compil.
Violin ConcertosYehudi Menuhin, Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind1997Compil.
Russia Rousers: Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russia Easter Overture; Glinka: Russlan And Ludmilla; Borodin: Prince IgorPhilharmonia Orchestra1997Compil.
Symphony No. 10 / The Age Of Gold - Ballet SuiteEfrem Kurtz, Dmitri Shostakovich, Philharmonia Orchestra1996Album
Symphony No.6 "Pathétique" - Ballet Music (Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Carlo Maria Giulini, Efrem Kurtz1995Compil.
Peter And The Wolf / Classical Symphony / March From "Love For Three Oranges"Sergei Prokofiev, Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra1994Album
Ballet De SylviaLéo Delibes, Efrem Kurtz, The London Philharmonic Orchestra1992Album
Sylvia BalletLéo Delibes, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1992Album
Highlights - The Nutcracker • Swan Lake • Sleeping BeautyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1990Album
Peter En De Wolf / Carnaval Van De DierenSergei Prokofiev, Igor Markevitch Conducting The Orchestre De Paris, Camille Saint-Saëns - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra1990Album
Peter And The Wolf / The Carnival Of The Animals/Young Person's Guide To The OrchestraSergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns - Benjamin Britten, Efrem Kurtz, Michael Flanders, Sir Charles Groves1989Compil.
Peter And The Wolf / Carnival Of The AnimalsSergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jonathan Winters / Efrem Kurtz (Conducting The) Philharmonia Orchestra1989Album
Symphonies Nos. 10 & 9Dimitri Mitropoulos / Efrem Kurtz : Dmitri Shostakovich, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra1989Compil.
"Romeo And Juliet" Excerpts From The Ballet / Cinderella Op. 87Sergei Prokofiev, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving1982Compil.
Pierre Et Le Loup - Le Carnaval Des AnimauxSergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra1975Album
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester E-Moll Op. 64 / Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester D-MollFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz / Gustav Schmahl, Kammerorchester Berlin, Helmut Koch1973Album
Homage To PavlovaPhilharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1972Album
Piano Concertos - No. 24 In C Minor, K491; No. 27 In B Flat, K595Annie Fischer, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1967Album
Le Coq D'Or / The ComediansNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Dmitry Kabalevsky / Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1965Album
Romeo And Juliet - Ballet MusicSergei Prokofiev / Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1964Album
Tsar Saltan Suite / The Snow Maiden Suite • Dubinushka / Masquerade - Waltz And GalopNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Aram Khatchaturian, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1964Album
"The Golden Age" Ballet Suite - "Souvenirs "Ballet SuiteEfrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra1964Album
A Rimsky-Korsakov ConcertNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1964Album
Philharmonia StringsJohann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Anatole Fistoulari, Efrem Kurtz1964Album
Russian And French Ballet Music - A Life For Tsar / FaustEfrem Kurtz1963Album
Capriccio Espagnol / Overture On Hebrew Themes / Kikimora / The Enchanted Lake / A Musical Snuff Box / Baba YagaNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Sergei Prokofiev / Anatoly Liadov, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Efrem Kurtz1960Album
The Sleeping Beauty Suite From The BalletPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1960Album
Tchaikovsky - ChopinEfrem Kurtz Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra1960Single
Famous MarchesEfrem Kurtz Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra1960Single
Famous MarchesEfrem Kurtz Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra1960Album
Concerto No. 1 In G Major / Concerto No. 2 In D MajorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Elaine Shaffer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1959Album
Peter And The Wolf / Carnival Of The AnimalsSergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra1959Album
"Classical" Symphony / Symphony No 1 In F MajorSergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra1959Album
Concerto In E Minor Op. 64 / Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op.26Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Max Bruch, Walter Susskind, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1959Album
Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 / Lieutenant Kije SuiteSergei Prokofiev, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1959Album
Peter And The Wolf / Classical Symphony / March From "Love For Three Oranges"Sergei Prokofiev, Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra1959Album
Le Lac des Cygnes - Suite de BalletPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin With Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1958Album
"Petrouchka" - Musica da ballettoIgor Stravinsky, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra1958Album
Swan Lake - Suite From The BalletPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin With Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1958Album
Classical Symphony - Symphony No.1 in DSergei Prokofiev, Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Efrem Kurtz1958Single
Gaite Parisienne / Les SylphidesEfrem Kurtz1957Album
From The Bay Of NaplesEfrem Kurtz Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra1955Album
Ballet Russe / Serenade Melancolique / AndanteEfrem Kurtz1953Album
Les Sylphides Ballet + Uirapurú (A Symphonic Poem)Frédéric Chopin + Heitor Villa-Lobos / Efrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra1950Album
South Pacific & Kiss Me KateEfrem Kurtz1950Album
La Boutique Fantasque + Schumann-Glazounov: CarnavalThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1950Album
The Comedians, Op. 26 / Mlle. Angot SuiteEfrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Dmitry Kabalevsky / Charles Lecocq1950Album
La Boutique Fantasque - Selections, Rossini - RespighiThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1950Single
Gaite Parisienne Ballet & Russian MusicEfrem Kurtz1949Album
Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (On A Rainy Day) & The Flight of The Bumble Bee/The Age of GoldFrankie Carle / Efrem Kurtz1949Single
Gayne - Ballet Suites Nos. 1 and 2Aram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz1948Album
Gayne Ballet Suite #2Aram Khatchaturian : The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1948Album
Concerto In A Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 16Oscar Levant, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz - Edvard Grieg1948Album
Symphony No. 9, Op. 70Dmitri Shostakovich : Efrem Kurtz conducting the The New York Philharmonic Orchestra1948Album
Mlle. Angot SuiteEfrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Charles Lecocq1948Album
Sunday In BrooklynNBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1947Album
Sunday In Brooklyn / Waltzes By BrahmsNBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz / Michel Piastro1947Album
Souvenir Of FlorenceEfrem Kurtz Conducting The Strings Of NBC Symphony Orchestra1947Album
Gayne Ballet SuiteAram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1947Album
Excerpts From Petrouchka / Rainbow's EndNBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz / Henri René And His Orchestra1947Album
Suite No. 2, Ballet Gayne / Castalon OvertureNBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz / The Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Alfred Wallenstein1946Album
Suite No. 2, Ballet GayneNBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1946Album
Excerpts From Gaité ParisienneEfrem Kurtz And The London Philharmonic Orchestra1944Album
Coppelia - Ballet / Sylvia - BalletEfrem Kurtz, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Léo Delibes1942Album
Gaité ParisienneEfrem Kurtz Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Jacques Offenbach1937Album
Aurora's Wedding - Ballet MusicThe London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem Kurtz1936Album
Sabre Dance / Dance of Ayshe / Polka / Flight of The Bumble Bee / MazurkaEfrem Kurtz conducting the The New York Philharmonic OrchestraSingle
Peter And The Wolf / Carnival Of The AnimalsSergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonia OrchestraAlbum
Le Lac Des CygnesPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin - Philharmonia Orchestra - Efrem KurtzAlbum
Homenagem a PavlovaEfrem Kurtz - Philharmonia OrchestraSingle
Famous MarchesPhilharmonia 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 TchaikovskyAlbum
Waltz Of The Flowers / Entr'acte / Waltz from "Eugen Onegin"The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski, Efrem KurtzSingle
Waltzes From Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a Eugen OneginPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Artur Rodzinski And Efrem Kurtz Conducting The Philharmonic-Symphony Orcherstra Of New YorkSingle
Gaîté Parisienne / Mlle. Angot SuiteThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem KurtzSingle
Gayne - Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 2Aram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem KurtzSingle
"Homage To Pavlova" Vol. 1 "Autumn Leaves"Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem KurtzAlbum
Swan Lake - Suite From The BalletPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Yehudi Menuhin With Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Efrem KurtzAlbum
Concerto No. 2 In D Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 22Henryk Wieniawski, Isaac Stern, Efrem Kurtz, The New York Philharmonic OrchestraAlbum
Sabre Dance / Dance Of The Young MaidensAram Khatchaturian - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem KurtzSingle
Symphony No. 10 In E MinorDmitri Shostakovich / Efrem Kurtz / Philharmonia OrchestraAlbum
Excerpts From “Les Sylphides”Frédéric Chopin — The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem KurtzSingle
Die Grossen ViolinkonzerteLudwig van Beethoven, Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer / Walter Susskind / Efrem KurtzAlbum
Violinkonzert D-Dur / Violinkonzert Nr. 2 D-MollIsaac Stern, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Henryk Wieniawski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Alexander Hilsberg, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Efrem KurtzAlbum
PetrouchkaIgor Stravinsky, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia OrchestraAlbum
Music From The Ballet No.6Jacques Offenbach, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Gioacchino Rossini - Ottorino Respighi, The London Symphony Orchestra, Efrem KurtzSingle
The SwanEfrem Kurtz And The Philharmonia OrchestraSingle
Suites From The Ballets Swan Lake - Sleeping Beauty - The NutcrackerPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi MenuhinAlbum
Scenes fron "Carnaval"Efrem Kurtz, The Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSingle
Symphony Number 9 Op. 70 / Symphonic Suite: Lieutenant KijéDmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev - Efrem Kurtz Conducting The The New York Philharmonic Orchestra And The Royal Philharmonic OrchestraAlbum
Grand MarchesEfrem Kurtz, Philharmonia OrchestraAlbum
Famous Marches No 3Efrem KurtzSingle
The Comedians. Op. 26Dmitry Kabalevsky : Efrem Kurtz conducting the The New York Philharmonic OrchestraAlbum
Les Sylphides - Ballet MusicThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Efrem KurtzAlbum
Stravinsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia OrchestraSingle
Katchaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite #2Aram Khatchaturian - Efrem Kurtz, The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New YorkSingle
Offenbach-Gaite Parisienne-BalletEfrem Kurtz With Columbia Symphony OrchestraSingle
El Lago Del Cisne / NailaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Léo Delibes / Efrem Kurtz Con The London Philharmonic OrchestraAlbum
The Tchaikovsky Ballets - Highlights From Swan Lake - The Sleeping Beauty - NutcrackerPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem KurtzAlbum
Danse Du SabreAram Khatchaturian, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Direction: Efrem KurtzSingle
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