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Recordings of Waghalter's compositions, on Naxos and elsewhere, with excerpts to hear. His own recordings as a conductor (1924–26) are on the Conductor page.
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Sataniel — Third Act (1923)
Waghalter’s own piano transcription of thematic material from the Third Act overture of his comic fantasy opera, discovered among his papers.
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Sataniel — Third Act (piano transcription)
Giorgi Latsabidze · 2014
New World Suite — Movement VII
From the suite composed in 1938–39 for the Negro Symphony Orchestra, rediscovered in 2012 and recorded by Naxos in 2015.
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New World Suite — Movement VII
Naxos · 2015
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DUX · 2026
Fin de Siècle Revisited
Łucja Madziar, violin · Thomas Hoppe, piano
Three late-Romantic works for violin and piano written within fifteen years of one another: Zemlinsky’s Serenade in A major (1896), Waghalter’s Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 (1902), and Richard Strauss’s Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 (1887). Released in July 2026 on DUX (DUX 2251), on CD and streaming.
Contents
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 5 — I. Allegro appassionato
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 5 — II. Andante espressivo
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 5 — III. Con brio
Naxos · 2015
Waghalter: New World Suite
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra · Alexander Walker, conductor
The New World Suite, composed in 1938–39 for the American Negro Orchestra and never performed by it, was rediscovered in 2012 in a 200-page handwritten orchestral manuscript among the family papers. Ten short movements characterized by, in the words of one reviewer, 'rich melodic imagination' and 'approachable and lively music.'
Contents
- New World Suite — Movement I (excerpt)
- New World Suite — Movement V (excerpt)
- New World Suite — Movement VII
- New World Suite — Movement VIII (excerpt)
- Mandragola — Overture and Intermezzo (excerpt)
- Masaryk's Peace MarchAudio not yet available
Naxos · 2012
Waghalter: Violin Concerto · Violin Sonata
Irmina Trynkos, violin · Giorgi Latsabidze, piano · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Alexander Walker, conductor
The Violin Concerto, on its publication, was greeted with the praise: 'Violinists should take it up without hesitation!' The Sonata won the Mendelssohn Prize, the highest award of the Berlin Academy of Art, in 1902.
Contents
- Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 15 (1911)Audio not yet available
- Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 9Audio not yet available
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 5 — I.
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 5 — II.
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 5 — III. Con brio
- Idyll, Op. 19b
- Geständnis, Op. 14
eda records · 2019
Poland Abroad, Vol. 7: String Quartets 2
Polish String Quartet Berlin
Waghalter’s String Quartet in D major, Op. 3 (1901) — the early work praised by Joseph Joachim — in a survey of Polish composers abroad.
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- String Quartet in D Major, Op. 3 (1901)
DWG Records · 2006
Ignatz Waghalter
Early chamber works including the String Quartet praised by Joseph Joachim and the Sonata that won the Mendelssohn Prize at the Berlin Academy of Art.
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- String Quartet in D Major, Op. 3 (1901)Audio not yet available
- Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5 (1902)Audio not yet available
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