Aleksandr Ivanovich Orlov (russian: Александр Иванович Орлов) (
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
18 August 1873 -
Moscow
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October 10, 1948) was a Russian opera conductor, and
People's Artist of the RSFSR
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(1945). He was the first head of the
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio
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History
Followi ...
(1930–1937).
Biography
Orlov studied violin at the
St. Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...
, under P.A. Krasnokutske, and conducting under P.F. Juon in Berlin. From 1902 he worked as a symphonic and opera conductor in the cities of southern Russia. From 1912-1917 he was conductor of the Symphony Orchestra under
Serge Koussevitzky in Moscow, and at the same time implemented a number of opera productions, 1914-1924. From 1925-1929 Orlov was Principal Conductor of
Kiev State Academic Ukrainian Opera, and a professor of the
Kiev Conservatory
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. His students included N. Rachlin. From 1930 Orlov headed the
Grand Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio, and premiered many works by Soviet composers, and directing opera performances on radio and at the
Moscow Conservatory
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.
He conducted
Yehudi Menuhin
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* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor
** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England
** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to t ...
's first recorded performance of Beethoven's
Violin Concerto
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in 1946.
[The gramophone: 1997 Lastly, the earliest generally available recording of Yehudi Menuhin playing Beethoven'^ Violin Concerto, taken down live in Moscow in 1 946 under the baton of Alexander Orlov]
Selected Opera Recordings
* 1937 - "Eugene Onegin" (Onegin - Panteleimon Nortsov, Lensky - Ivan Kozlovsky, Tatiana - Elena Kruglikova)
* 1946 - "Lakme" sung in Russian (Lakmé - Hope Kazantsev, Gerald - Sergei Lemeshev)
* 1947 - "La Traviata" sung in Russian (Violetta - Elizabeth Shumskaya, Alfredo Germont - Ivan Kozlovsky, Germont - Paul Lisician)
* 1948 - "Eugene Onegin" (Onegin - Andrey Ivanov, Lensky -
Ivan Kozlovsky
Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky (russian: Ива́н Семё́нович Козло́вский, uk, Іван Семенович Козловський; also referred to as Kozlovskiy or Kozlovskij; 21 December 1993) was a Soviet lyric tenor and on ...
, Tatiana - Elena Kruglikova)
References
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1873 births
1948 deaths
Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni