Maurice Wilk
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Summary
Maurice Wilk was a well-known American violinist who performed as a member of the Alma TrioAlma Trio
The Alma Trio was a classical piano trio established in 1942 at the Alma Estate of Yehudi Menuhin in Los Gatos, California.- Original members :...
from 1953 until his sudden death in 1963.
Maurice Wilk was the original violinist in the Bach Aria Group during the late 1940s. The other original members of the Bach Aria Group were Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
(Cello); Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler is a German-born American pianist, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Professional career:...
(Piano); and Robert Bloom (oboe). During the 1950s he was a faculty member at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City
New York City
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Online database
- http://www.altenbergtrio.at/?site=archive_ensemble&lp=en Altenberg Trio Ensemble Database, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
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Selected discography
- Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
- Cantata BWV 68: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
- The Art of Robert Bloom, Vol. One
- The Art of Robert Bloom, Vol. One and Two
- The 20th Century Concert Hall, Vol.2, CBS Radio Orchestra with Maurice Wilk, violin and Julius Baker, flute - February 7, 1954; LP recording
- CD-1187(12) Casals Festival at Prades with Maurice Wilk, violin, Vol 2, CD 1
- A complete listing of recordings with violinist Maurice Wilk in LP format, are listed on the Alma TrioAlma TrioThe Alma Trio was a classical piano trio established in 1942 at the Alma Estate of Yehudi Menuhin in Los Gatos, California.- Original members :...
page. These recordings of works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert, are cataloged by the Library of Congress.