Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Rozhdestvensky was the son of conductor Nikolai Anosov Rozhdestvensky and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya. A pupil at the Gnesin School of Music and the Moscow Conservatory school for children, he entered the Conservatory in 1941 to study conducting with his father and piano with Lev Oborin. While still at the Conservatory, Rozhdestvensky conducted Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker at the Bolshoi Theater. Following his graduation in 1954, he was appointed assistant conductor at the Bolshoi and in 1956 made his first visit to England with the Bolshoi Ballet. In 1961, Rozhdestvensky was named artistic director of the Soviet Radio Symphony Orchestra, remaining there until 1974. Three years later, he became Bolshoi's youngest principal conductor, remaining at that post until 1970. During the Soviet era, Rozhdestvensky programmed music by contemporary foreign composers, most likely alienating the Soviet musical establishment; nevertheless, as chief conductor and director of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, he was allowed to lead performances of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as works by Poulenc, Hindemith, Orff, and other composers that were new to Soviet audiences. He also revived the symphonies of Sergey Prokofiev, who was regarded with suspicion in Russia, having lived in America from 1918 to 1936. Only the most eminent and respected Russian musicians were allowed extensive foreign tours, and Rozhdestvensky visited many European countries, the U.S., and Japan. He also appeared several times in Britain, mainly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and at Covent Garden. In 1971, he conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in three Promenade Concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall. The following year, Rozhdestvensky became music director of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Artistic director of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra from 1974-1977, he was principal conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1981. His next post was principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, where he stayed until 1983. In 1982, he founded, and became chief conductor of, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture in Moscow. In 1987, Rozhdestvensky started teaching conducting at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Sienna. The Stockholm Philharmonic hired him as conductor in 1991, and three years later he was appointed chairman of the Bolshoi's artistic committee. Rozhdestvensky maintained his reputation for adventurous programming in his many recordings and live performances. Known for his balanced and refined interpretations of Romantic and 20th century music, he premiered numerous 20th century works, including Denisov's Symphony for two string orchestras and percussion (dedicated to Rozhdestvensky), Buzko's White Nights, Shchedrin's Carmen Suite, Prokofiev's opera The Gambler, Schnittke's Symphony No. 2 "St. Florian" and Gerhard's Don Quixote. An enthusiastic champion of contemporary composers, Rozhdestvensky also performed works by Kancheli, Mirzoian, Organesian, and Skoryk. Rozhdestvensky's writings include Techniques of Orchestral Direction and Reflections on Music. He was married to Viktoria Postnikova, a pianist.
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Riisager: Etudes
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 1996
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Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 77 - Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125
Daniil Shafran, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Classical - Released by Russian Compact Disc on 2 Jul 2021
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Langgaard: Music of the Spheres & Four Tone Poems
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gitta-Maria Sjoberg, Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Mar 1997
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Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Fragment from Symphony No. 3
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Mats Widlund
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 Jun 1992
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Eliasson: Symphony No. 1 / Bassoon Concerto / Ostacoli (Anders Eliasson)
Concertos - Released by Caprice on 1 Jan 1990
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Concerto pour piano n° 1
Mats Widlund, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Keyboard Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 Jun 1992
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies (Live)
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by JSC Firma Melodiya on 1 Jan 2013
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Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 14 (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Arkadi Futer
Concertos - Released by EMG Classical on 23 Oct 2015
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Schnittke: Symphony No. 1
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Mar 1996
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Prokofiev: Cinderella - Ballet In Three Acts, Op. 87
Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Classical - Released by Red Note OMP on 5 Apr 2010
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Legendary Artists: Guennadi Rozhdestvenski
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Denon on 1 Jan 2009
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Scriabin: Piano Concerto, Fantasy & Prometheus
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Residentie Orchestra The Hague, Victoria Postnikova, Netherlands Theatre Choir
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 May 1999
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Boris Tishchenko: Symphony No. 5 (Live)
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Symphonic Music - Released by JSC Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Musica on 10 Oct 1996
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Enescu: Symphony No. 2 & Romanian Rhapsody No. 2
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 May 1997
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The Art of Boris Goldstein, Vol. 3
Boris Goldstein, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Vladimir Yesipov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Classical - Released by IDIS on 17 Feb 2017
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Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 In D Minor, Op. 47 / Tchaikovsky: Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 32
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Witold Rowicki
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1997
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Classical - Released by Patrimonio on 14 Dec 2022
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Classical - Released by JSC Firma Melodiya on 1 Jan 2013
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Cello Masterpieces: Mstislav Rostropovitch Plays Prokofiev, Schumann & Tchaikovsky (Remastered 2015)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Classical - Released by Jube Classic on 5 May 2015
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Yurlov Russian Choir, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Classical - Released by CDK Music Classical on 1 Jan 2016
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