LP ALEC WILDER Sonata Cello & Piano David Soyer & Harriet Wingreen 1962

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Item: LP Chamber Music 

• Title: Alec Wilder Sonata for Cello and Piano / Beethoven Variations
• Artist(s): David Soyer (cello); Harriet Wingreen (piano)
• Format: LP/Vinyl 12" (mono)
• Release Date: 1962 (US; on-sale mid-1962 per Golden Crest Recital Series patterns)
• Label(s): Golden Crest Records (Recital Series)
• Catalog Number: RE 7009
• Producer(s): Clark Galehouse (founder of Golden Crest, known for classical and educational recordings)
• Engineer(s)/Mixer(s): Not credited (recorded at Fine Sound Studios, NYC; standard early 1960s analog engineering)
• Cover Art: Black-and-white photograph of David Soyer (cello) and Harriet Wingreen (piano) in formal attire, seated with instruments; minimalist design with teal border and Golden Crest logo
• Original Pressing/Print Run: Estimated 3,000 to 8,000 copies (midpoint ~5,000 for first US pressing), based on Golden Crest's 1960s classical niche circulation (small-run educational and recital market)
• Number Still Existing: Estimated 500 to 2,000 copies (15-25% survival rate for early 1960s mono classical vinyl, factoring play wear, warpage, and limited collector interest
• Anything Within the Release of Note:
• Side A: Sonata for Cello and Piano by Alec Wilder (1951) – a lyrical, jazz-influenced neoclassical work in three movements; commissioned by cellist Bernard Greenhouse; rare early recording
• Side B: Variations on a Theme from Judas Maccabaeus by Ludwig van Beethoven (WoO 45) – 12 variations on Handel's theme
• David Soyer was principal cellist of the Guarneri Quartet (1964–2001); Harriet Wingreen was a longtime accompanist at the Metropolitan Opera and Juilliard faculty
• Recorded in 1961; part of Golden Crest's "Recital Series" for emerging and established chamber artists
• Cultural snapshot of mid-20th-century American classical crossover (Wilder's jazz roots in a formal setting)    



• Condition: Cover is in EX to Near Mint Shape.  

• Very Nice and a Great one to Display

• Paper with Plastic inner sleeve is in EX-NM Shape.   

• LP is in NM shape.  Barely played and Should Play Fine.  

• And as in all listings a 'light to moderate cleaning' will never hurt.

• Very Hard to Find

• This is the only copy of this release on eBay (at time of listing)

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He was born in Philadelphia and began playing the piano at the age of nine. At 11, he started the cello. One of his first teachers was Diran Alexanian. Later on he studied with Emanuel Feuermann and Pablo Casals. He debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy in 1942, playing Ernest Bloch's Schelomo.

Chamber music was a special love of Soyer's. He was a founding member of the Guarneri Quartet in 1964 and played with them until retiring from the quartet in 2002. As a member of the Guarneri he collaborated with many of the world's most famous classical musicians, including Leonard Rose, the Budapest String Quartet, Pinchas Zukerman, and Arthur Rubinstein. He gave the New York premieres of the Solo Cello Sonatas by Zoltán Kodály and George Crumb. With David Tudor he premiered Earle Brown's Music for Cello and Piano. Before joining the quartet he played in various venues including the Navy Band (**) during World War II and later with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini.

Soyer was on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Juilliard School. Many of his students, such as Ronald Thomas and Peter Wiley, have gone on to have successful performing careers.

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