Israel Baker

Israel Baker (February 11, 1919 – December 25, 2011) was an American violinist and concertmaster. Through a long and varied career, he played with many of the greatest figures in the worlds of classical music, jazz and pop. He appeared on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Igor Stravinsky, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tom Waits, and appeared on many film scores including Psycho and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Baker was the concertmaster on The Dameans' Beginning Today album from 1973.

Harmony (Remastered 2023) - 2024-06-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky: Capriccio & Songs & Epitaphium & Danses Concertantes - 2023-05-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky - Chamber Works 1911-1954 Conducted by the Composer - 2016-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 & Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 (Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Erich Leinsdorf Conducts Wagner, Strauss & Rimsky-Korsakov - 2014-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Selection from the Heifetz Collection - 2013-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Le songe d'une nuit d'été & Octuor à cordes (Les indispensables de Diapason) - 2013-03-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Glenn Gould plays Schoenberg: Klavierstücke opp. 11, 19, 23, 33; Piano Suite op. 25; Piano Concerto op. 42; Fantasy for Violin & Piano op. 47; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte op. 41; Lieder opp. 1 - 2012-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A;Benjamin: Romantic Fantasy; Toch: Divertimento No. 2 - 2011-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Essential Igor Stravinsky - 2003-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - The Classic LP Recordings - 2000-03-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky Conducts Music for Chamber & Jazz Ensembles - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 - Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70; Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 & Serenade in C Major, Op. 48 (Heifetz Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Music of Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Music (Gould Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dvorak: Quintet, Op. 81, in A, Francaix: Trio in C - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky Conducts Music for Chamber and Jazz Ensembles - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 - Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 (Heifetz Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Stravinsky Conducts 1961 - Movements for Piano and Orchestra, Octet, The Soldier's Tale - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Octet, Op. 20, in E-Flat, Mozart: Quintet, K. 516 in G Minor - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Recent Stravinsky Conducted by the Composer - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Music of Arnold Schoenbert, Vol. 1 (2023 Remastered Version) - 1963-02-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Franck: Quintet in F Minor, Brahms: Sextet, Op. 36, in G - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 - Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor (Heifetz Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor, M. 7, FWV 7 & Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: String Quintets No. 3 in C Major, K. 515 & No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516 (Heifetz Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z