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Louis Kaufman
vn, 1905-1994 US, Portland, Oregon
Musician of Classical
Louis Kaufman (May 10, 1905 – February 9, 1994) was an American violinist and possibly the most recorded musical artist of the 20th century[citation needed]. He played on the soundtrack of as many as 500 movies and made over 100 musical recordings. He is also credited with reviving the music of Antonio Vivaldi with his recording of The Four Seasons in 1947, which won the Grand Prix du Disque in 1950, was elected to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2003 was selected for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro on Chausson, Vivaldi & Others: Works with Violin by Louis Kaufman String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: Announcer on Korngold Memorial Concert by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Various Artists The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto on Chausson, Vivaldi & Others: Works with Violin by Louis Kaufman Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 8, RV 332: III. Allegro on Chausson, Vivaldi & Others: Works with Violin by Louis Kaufman String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: IV. Finale on Korngold Memorial Concert by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Various Artists String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: III. Sostenuto on Korngold Memorial Concert by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Various Artists String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: II. Scherzo: Allegro molto on Korngold Memorial Concert by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Various Artists The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto on Chausson, Vivaldi & Others: Works with Violin by Louis Kaufman The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro on Chausson, Vivaldi & Others: Works with Violin by Louis Kaufman The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. Danza pastorale. Allegro on Chausson, Vivaldi & Others: Works with Violin by Louis KaufmanTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Rachmaninov/Robert Russell Benett | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Leopold Stokowski, Robert Russell Bennett, Bernard Herrmann, Louis Kaufman | 2017 | Album |
| Baroque Sonatas For Violin | Georg Philipp Telemann, Giuseppe Tartini, Johann Mattheson, Louis Kaufman | 2014 | Album |
| Concert Pour Violon, Piano Et Quatuor À Cordes / Quatuor À Cordes, Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano | Ernest Chausson / Claude Debussy, Louis Kaufman, Arthur Balsam, Raya Garbousova, Quatuor Pascal | 2011 | Album |
| Duo Für Violine Und Klavier A-dur, Opus 162 / Sonate Für Cello Und Klavier A-moll "Arpeggione" | Franz Schubert - Louis Kaufman, Pina Pozzi / George Ricci, Leopold Mittman | 2008 | Album |
| Concerto For Two Violins In D / Oboe Concerto In D Minor / Concerto For Viola D'Amore | Antonio Vivaldi - Louis Kaufman And Peter Rybar, Egon Parolari, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden / Johan van Helden, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Otto Ackermann | 2007 | Album |
| Concerto For Two Violins In D / Oboe Concerto In D Minor / Concerto For Viola D'Amore | Antonio Vivaldi - Louis Kaufman And Peter Rybar, Egon Parolari, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden / Johan van Helden, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Otto Ackermann | 2007 | Album |
| Twelve Concertos For Violin And Strings, Op.8 | Antonio Vivaldi, Louis Kaufman | 2005 | Compil. |
| Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ; Otto Ackermann / Louis Kaufman | 1998 | Album |
| Concerto In D Major For Two Violins And Orchestra / Concerto Grosso In B Minor For Four Violins And Orchestra, Op. 3, No. 10 / Concerto In G For Violincello And Orchestra | Antonio Vivaldi - Peter Rybar, Louis Kaufman, Anton Fietz, Giusseppe Piraccini, Marçal Cervera, Winterthur String Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden | 1994 | Album |
| Violin Concerto No.1 / Violin Sonata And Other American Works For Violin | Louis Kaufman / Walter Piston / Aaron Copland | 1990 | Compil. |
| Copland Conducts And Plays Copland | Aaron Copland • Leo Smit • Louis Kaufman | 1980 | Compil. |
| Darius Milhaud Conducting His Second Violin Concerto / Concertino De Printemps / Danses De Jacaremirim | Darius Milhaud / Orchestre National De France, Louis Kaufman, Arthur Balsam | 1976 | Album |
| Sonata For Violin & Piano / Duo Concertant | Louis Kaufman, Helene Pignari | 1972 | Album |
| Three Sonates Concertantes For Harp And Violin | Louis Spohr - Susann McDonald, Louis Kaufman | 1972 | Album |
| Music For Violin And Piano | William Grant Still – Louis Kaufman, Annette Kaufman | 1971 | Album |
| Antonio Vivaldi The Seasons | Louis Kaufman, Baroque String Ensemble, Henry Swoboda | 1957 | Album |
| Konzert Für Violinen Und Streichorchester In D-Dur | Antonio Vivaldi, Louis Kaufman, Peter Rybar, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden | 1957 | Single |
| Sonata In A Major • Sonata No.1 In G | César Franck - Johannes Brahms - Louis Kaufman / Helene Pignari | 1956 | Album |
| Violin Concerto In F — Suite For Violin, Oboe, Trumpet And Strings In D | Georg Philipp Telemann - Louis Kaufman, Sam Zilverberg, Fred Hausdörfer | 1953 | Album |
| Violin Concerto In D ("Adelaide"); Symphony No. 17 In G, K.129; Symphony No. 26 In E-Flat, K.184 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Louis Kaufman, Otto Ackermann | 1953 | Album |
| Romantic Favorites For Violin | Louis Kaufman With Paul Ulanowsky | 1953 | Single |
| La Cetra [The Lyre], Twelve Concerti, Opus IX | Antonio Vivaldi - Louis Kaufman, Orchestre National De France | 1952 | Album |
| Sonata For Violin And Piano, Opus 18 / Sonata In C Major For Violoncello And Piano | Richard Strauss / Sergei Prokofiev - Louis Kaufman, Arthur Balsam / Raya Garbousova, David Stimer | 1952 | Album |
| Variations On A Theme By Frank Bridge, Op. 10 / Concerto Accademico | Benjamin Britten / Ralph Vaughan Williams - Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Victor Desarzens / Louis Kaufman, Zurich Radio Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden | 1952 | Album |
| Trio un F Minor Op.65 | Antonín Dvořák, Louis Kaufman, Arthur Balsam, Marçal Cervera | 1952 | Album |
| Concerti Delle Stagioni (The Four Seasons) | Antonio Vivaldi - Louis Kaufman, Concert Hall String Ensemble, Henry Swoboda | 1949 | Album |
| Americana | Louis Kaufman, Annette Kaufman | 1948 | Album |
| Serenade For Two Violins And Viola | Louis Kaufman, Grisha Monasevitch, Ray Menhennick - Ernst Toch | 1948 | Album |
| Ramona / Little Log Cabin Of Dreams | Louis Kaufman, Louis Spielman | 1928 | Single |
| Vivaldi - Il Cimento Dell’Armonia E Dell’Invenzione - Concerti Per Viola D’Amore E Orchestra | Clemens Dahinden, Winterthur Chamber Orchestra, Louis Kaufman, Chamber Music Society Orchestra, Johan van Helden, Fred Hausdörfer | Album | |
| Concert Souvenirs For Solo Violin | Louis Kaufman With Paul Ulanowsky | Album | |
| Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14; Copland: Piano Concerto, 1926 | Louis Kaufman With Musical Masterpiece Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr • Leo Smit With Unione Musicisti Di Roma, Aaron Copland | Album | |
| L'Épreuve De L'Harmonie Et De L'Invention | Antonio Vivaldi, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden, Louis Kaufman, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Fred Hausdörfer, Johan van Helden | Album | |
| 8 Concerti Pour Violon Et Orchestre, Opus 8 "Il Cimento Dell' Armonia E Dell' Invenzione" (Disc 2 **) | Antonio Vivaldi, Louis Kaufman, Clemens Dahinden | Album | |
| Sonata No. 1 For Violin And Piano / A Song Sonata | Louis Kaufman, Theodore Saidenberg | Album | |
| Trio In G Minor, Opus 15 For Piano, Violin And Violoncello | Bedřich Smetana, Rudolf Firkušný, Louis Kaufman, Willem Van Den Burg | Album | |
| 8 Concerti Pour Violon Et Orchestre, Opus 8 "Il Cimento Dell' Armonia E Dell' Invenzione" (Disc 1 *) | Antonio Vivaldi, Louis Kaufman, Clemens Dahinden | Album | |
| Sonate Pour Violon Et Piano / Sonate Pour Clarinette Et Piano | César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns - Louis Kaufman, Helene Pignari / Herbert Tichman, Ruth Budnevich | Album | |
| Tchaikovsky Trio In A Minor Opus 50 | Louis Kaufman, Kurt Reher, Theodore Saidenberg | Album | |
| Concerto For Violin, Piano, And String Quartet | Ernest Chausson, Louis Kaufman, Arthur Balsam, Quatuor Pascal | Album |
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