Natan Rakhlin
Natan Hryhorovych Rakhlin was a Soviet and Ukrainian Jewish conductor.
Biography
Rakhlin was born January 10, 1906, in Snovsk, Gorodnyansky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire.He served as Artistic Director of the National [Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine|Ukrainian SSR State Symphony Orchestra] from 1937 to 1962 and was the musical director of a number of Soviet films. In 1941 he succeeded Alexander Gauk as director of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra. On October 30, 1957, Rakhlin conducted the premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. [11 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 11].
He was the founder of the, which he led from its foundation in 1966 until his death in 1979.
Discography
- N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Tchaikovsky, V. Kalinnikov - Russian Conductors Vol. 12 - Nathan Rakhlin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Vasily Kalinnikov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Nathan Rakhlin, and Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
- Glazunov: Symphony No. 4, Cortège Solonel, Poeme Lyrique, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. His Master's Voice-Melodiya ASD 3238.
- R. Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 42 "Ilya Murometz", The Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio and Television, Melodiya 33 С 10—05255-8