was the featured cellist on a 1932 recording of Strauss's Don Quixote with Thomas Beecham and the New York Philharmonic. As a conductor, he made several recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Decca, including selections from the musical Oklahoma! and suites from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Wallenstein's other recordings with the Philharmonic include the Suite in F-sharp minor by Ernő Dohnányi, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring pianist Eugene List, and an album of waltzes by Tchaikovsky. For Audio Fidelity Records in September and October 1958, he conducted the specially-formed Virtuoso Symphony of London in Walthamstow Town Hall. References Further reading Alfred Wallenstein / WOR Radio Library Music Manuscripts, 1936-1953. University of North Texas. Lyman, Darryl. Great Jews in Music, J. D. Publishers, 1986. p. 235f. American male conductors (music) Jewish American musicians Jewish classical musicians Peabody Award winners Musicians from Chicago 1898 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American Jews