RECORDINGS BY NICOLAI GOLOVANOV Compiled by Brendan Wehrung
The "Russian Furtwaengler" remains almost entirely unknown to record collectors of the West. Vagaries of sound reproduction, political climate and record distribution confined his admirers to a relative handful until the advent of the compact disc. This listing is offered as partial remedy for his neglect; it is by no means complete, but consists of recordings discovered in a close reading of The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music, and what has appeared in digital format (researched on the Internet). Others exist in Russian catalogs and radio archives.
78RPM Microgroove Compact disc BALAKIREV: Thamar Moscow Radio Orch. D 0703 MWL 307 281
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Piano and 'Cello in C, Op. 56 D. Oistrakh (vl), . Knusevitzky (vc), L. Oborin (pf) SPL 590 306 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. CRLP 10200 LP 9001
BEETHOVEN: Egmont, Op. 84: Overture Moscow Radio Orch. 020885/6 D 437
BORODIN: Prince Igor (excerpts) A. Pirogov (BS), I. Kozlovsky (T), M. Mikhailov (BS) CRLP 122 Bolshoi Theatre Corus and Orchestra
BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 Moscow Radio Orch. CRLP 10030 31 0188-2 LDA 8050 D 0383/4
GLAZOUNOV: From the Middle Ages, Suite, Op. 79 Moscow Radio Orch. D 640/1
GLAZOUNOV: March on a Russian Theme, Op. 76 Moscow Radio Orch. D 00188 LDA 8041
GLAZOUNOV: Serenade in A, Op. 7 Moscow Radio Orch. D 00705
GLAZOUNOV: Stenka Razin, Op. 13 Moscow Radio Orch. D 516/7
GLAZOUNOV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 55 Moscow Radio Orch. 018396/403 D 0387/8 CHS 1302
GLAZOUNOV: Symphony No. 6 in c, Op. 58 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 0727/8 ARI 003 CRLP 207 7243 5 75112 2 3 MWL 319 291
GLAZOUNOV: Symphony No. 7 Moscow Radio Orch. D 401/2 PEA 9404 MWL 320 ARI 003 CRLP 208
GLAZOUNOV: Valse de Concert No. 1 in D, Op. 47 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 12593/5
GLAZOUNOV: Valse de Concert No. 2 in F, Op. 51 Moscow Radio Orch. 015922/3
GLIERE: Concerto for Voice and Orchestra N. Kazantseva (S) 13120/4 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. C 23944/6 40036/8
GLINKA: Valse Fantasie Moscow Radio Orch. 016996/7
GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 Moscow Radio Orch. D979/80 ARI 003 (Nos. 2, 3 & 4 only)> >018870 and 18183/4
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Moscow Radio Orch. D 00791/3 ARI 003
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 Moscow Radio Orch. D 01703 ARI 003
GRIEG: Sigurd Jorsalfar, incidental music, Op. 56: Suite Moscow Radio Orch. D 01702
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Song of Ossian, Op. 56 Moscow Radio Orch. D 1744/5 271 CRLP 205
KALINNIKOV: Symphony No. 1 in g USSR Symphony Orch. (rec. 1944) 12312/5 & 2 12372/5
KHACHATURIAN: Gayne: Ballet Suite (Sabre Dance, Lullaby, Lezghinka, Russian Dance) USSR Radio Orch. 12502/3 & CRLP 102 12802/5
LIADOV: Naenia, Op. 67 ("Song of Sorrow") Moscow Radio Orch. 12596
LIADOV: Polonaise in C, Op. 49 Moscow Radio Orch. 022407
LIADOV: Polonaise, Op. 55 Moscow Radio Orch. 015499
LISZT: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne Moscow Radio OrcH. ARPCD 0279
LISZT: Festklänge, S101 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1953) 7243 5 75112 2 3
LISZT: Héroïde funèbre, S102 Moscow Radio Orch. 7243 5 75112 2 3
LISZT: Hungaria Moscow Radio Orch. D 1725
LISZT: Hunnenschlact Moscow Radio Orch. D 1724
LISZT: Mazeppa, S100 Moscow Radio Orch. D 1473 7243 5 75112 2 3 ARPCD 0279
LISZT: Orpheus, S98 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 1134 7243 5 75112 2 3
LISZT: Prometheus, S99 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 1472 7243 5 75112 2 3 ARPCD 0279
LISZT: Tasso Moscow Radio Orch. D 01502
MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental Music (Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March) Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 987/8 (Scherzo and Wedding March Only)> >21812/3 (Overture and Scherzo only)> >7243 5 75112 2 3
MOUSSORGSKY: Boris Godounov A. Pirogov (BS), Bronislava Zlatogorova (T), 019056/93 D 0304/12 90483 Elena Kruglikova (S), Nikhandr Khanaieff,(T), LDX 8047/9 1363 Maxim Mikhailov (BS), Georgi Nelepp (T) SLP 554 LRC 01092-2 Yakuschenko (BS) CRLP 124/6 AQVR 177-2 Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra (rec 1949) 1390/2 20132/4
(abridged)> >SPL 565 M 114 OP 13 EP 204
MOUSSORGSKY: Boris Godounov “This edition includes recordings of Feodor Shalyapin's performances abroad in 1911-1923> >MVT # ? and fragments of The Bolshoi Theatre performances in 1948 (conductor N. Golovanov) and 1951 (Act 4, Scene 1 - conductor V.Nebolsin)”
MOUSSORGSKY: Khovantschina: Prelude USSR Radio Symphony Orch. C 23921
MOUSSORGSKY: Khovantschina: Prelude Moscow Radio Orch. D 00187 LD 8056 15751/2 40032
MOUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain Moscow Radio Orch. D 795
MOUSSORGSKY: Pictures from an Exhibition: Nos. 4 and 6 Orchestra 7604/5
MOUSSORGSKY: Pictures from an Exhibition Moscow Radio Orch. 7600/12 01259/60 VRS 6000
MOUSSORGSKY: Scherzo in B-flat Moscow Radio Orch. 015496 CRLP 112
MOZART: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish" David Oistrakh (vl) SPL 590 306 Bolshoi Theatre Orch. CRLP 154 LP 9013
MOZART: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 Natalya Shpiller (S), Sergei Krasovsky (BS), 4 V. Gagarina (A), All-Union Radio Chorus, USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
PROKOFIEV: Love for Three Oranges: Orchestral Suite, Op. 33a (March and Scherzo only) Bolshoi Theatre Orch. 014385
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 V. Matetskaya (narr.) 014385/91 USSR State Symphony Orch.
RACHMANINOFF: Aleko I. Petrov (B), N. Pokrovskaya (S), A. Orfenov (T) D 015/8 A. Ognivtzev (BS), V. Zlatogorova (A) CHS 1309 Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF: The Rock, Op. 7 Moscow Radio Orch. D 796 5
RACHMANINOFF: Spring (cantata), Op. 20 Sergei Migai (Bar); USSR Radio Chorus and M10-42805-6 Large Symphony Orch. (rec. 1947)
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 No. 2 USSR Large Symphony Orch. (rec. 1949) M10-4285-6
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27 All-Union Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra (Rec. 1946) 3
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44 USSR State Symphony Orch. H 23927/31 D 0105/6 5 RS 7 LPM 37/8 RACHMANINOFF: Three Russian Folk Songs for choir and orchestra, Op. 41 Great Symphony Orchestra and Choir 5 of the All-Union Radio Committee
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve: Polonaise (Act Ill) Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra 14643/4 CRLP 102
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve: Mazurka; Dance of the Stars; Czardas Moscow Radio Orch. 15924/5 CRLP 102
RISKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve Lyudmilla Legostayeva (MS), Vladimir Tarkhov (T), AQVR 172 Natalya Shpiller (S), Natalya Kulagina (MS), LRC 1096-2 Sergei Krasovsky (BS), Sergei Migay (), Piotr Pontryagin ( ), 1096 Alexei Koroliov (BS), Sergei Streltson (T), Dmitri Tyutyunik ( ) Moscow Radio Chorus and Orch.
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d'Or (orchestral excerpts) USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 018436/7 VRS 6000
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d'Or: (orchestral suite) Moscow Radio Orch. D 554/5
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Dubinushka, Op. 69 Moscow Radio Orch. 12376/7 CRLP 112 40118 RISKY-KORSAKOV: May Night Sergei Krasovsky (BS), Piotr Malyutenko (T), 1107 Maria Maksakova (MS), Elisaveta Tchumskaya (S) AQVR 226-2 Danyil Demianov (T), Sergei Strelzov (T) LRC 1107-2 Elisaveta Antonova (MS), George Abramov (BS) Galya Pavlova (MS), Zara Dolukhanova (MS) L. Khananina (MS) Moscow Radio Chorus and Orch. (rec. 1946)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Mlada: Procession of the Nobles USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 14145/6 CRLP 112 40035
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Pan-Voyevoda: Mazurka USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 015497/8
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sadko Georgi Nelepp (T), Vera Davydova (MS), D 01480/7 9011 Yelisaveta Shumskaya (S), E. Autonova (A), MWL 313/6 90655 Sergei Krasovsky (BS), Mark Reisen (BS) CHS 1307 009/011 Ivan Kozlovsky (T), Pavel Lisitsian (B) LDX 8100/2 RS 915 Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra 01480.87
(Introduction only)> > 23958 (excerpts)> > D 02085
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35 USSR State Symphony Orch. 014691/702 40099/104 H 23935/40
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35 David Oistrakh (violin) :Bolshoi Theatre Orch. CRLP 135 6
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh: Entr'acte (Act Ill) (The Battle of Kerehentz) Bolshoi Theatre Orch. 014642
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tale of the Tsar Saltan: Introduction to Act IV, Scene 2 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 015749/50
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tale of the Tsar Saltan: orchestral suite (listed as Musical pictures from the opera The Legend of Tsar Sultan, Op. 57 on Boheme 06) Moscow Radio Orch. 271 6 (listed as USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra on Boheme 06) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tsar's Bride: Overture Bolshoi Theatre Orch. 14732/3
SCRIABIN: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F sharp minor, Op.20 Genrikh Neigauz (piano); USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra 908087
SCRIABIN: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F sharp minor, Op. 20 Heinrich Neuhaus (piano); 15 004 Great Symphony Orchestra of All-Unioun 16247 Radio and Television (rec. 1946) ARPCD 0266-3 31 0254-2
SCRIABIN: Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 0704 ARPCD 0266-3 907083 SCRIABIN: Prometheus ( Poem of Fire ) for symphony orchestra, piano and choir, Op.60 Alexander Goldenweiser (piano) ARPCD 0266-3 Great Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the 908087 All - Union Radio and Central TV
SCRIABIN:Reverie; Prelude for orchestra, op. 24 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 12591 /2 908087
SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 1 in E, Op. 26 Moscow Radio Chorus and Orch. (rec. 1948) D 01448/50 ARLS65-66 ARPCD 0266-3 907081 081
SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 2 in c/C, Op. 29 Ludmilla Legostaeva (MS), Anatomy Orfenov (T), 018722 D 584/7 ARLS65-66 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. (rec. 1950) CRLP 157 ARPCD 0266-3 907082 082
SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3 in c/C, Op. 43 USSR Radio Symphony Orch. (rec. 1946) 019749/60 D 0321 /2 ARLS65-66 LPV 183 ARPCD 0266-3 U.5162G 907083 3003 CE 4
SVENDSEN: Norwegian Folksong Suite Moscow Radio Orch. D 00794
SVENDSEN: Zorahaydra, Op. 11 Moscow Radio Orch. D 1143
TANEYEV: John of Damascus USSR Radio Chorus and Orch. (rec. 1947) M10-42805
TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Emil Gilels (piano) All-Union Radio Orchestra 58 MVT # ?
TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Lensky's aria Georgi Vinogradov (Ten) 58 All-Union Radio Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Russian Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra 58 2
TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave, Op. 31 Moscow Radio Orch. 12349/52 CRLP 107 58 (listed as All-Union Radio Orchestra 40023/4 on Gephardt CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Moscow (cantata) Daniel Damianoff (Bar), Lyudmilla Legostayeva (MS), 58 All-Union Radio Chorus; All-Union Radio Orchestra 10 00203
TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture Solemnelle in D, 1812, op. 49 Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (rec. 1947) 015175/8 CRLP 113 (also listed as by Moscow Radio Orch.) 40110/1 ARC 21
TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture Solemnelle in D, 1812, Op. 49 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1948, concert) 7243 5 75112 2 3
TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture Solemnelle in D, 1812, Op. 49 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 1294
TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture Solemnelle in D, 1812, Op. 49 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) 022406 58 (listed as All-Union Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra 1 On Gebhardt CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13 ("Winter Dreams") Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1952) D 0650/1 10 00203 (listed as Bolshoi Sym. on Westmisnter MWL 309 and All-Union Radio Orchestra on Gebhardt CD) CRLP 211 XWN 18224
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" All-Union Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra 58 1
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest, Op. 18 Moscow Radio Orch. D 1139/40 58 (listed as All-Union Radio Orchestra on Gephardt CD)
WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman: Overture Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1951) VIC-9027/8
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger: Overture Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1951) D 436 VIC-9027/8
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 3 Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1951) VIC-9027/8
WAGNER: Parifal: Overture Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1951) VIC-9027/8
WAGNER: Parifal: Good Friday Spell Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1948) VIC-9027/8
WAGNER: Rienzi: Overture Moscow Radio Orch. (REC. 1951) D 1732 VIC-9027/8 WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll Moscow Radio Orch. D 01443
WAGNER: Tannhauser: Overture USSR Radio Symphony Orch. 021087/90
WAGNER: Tannhauser: Overture Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1951) D 0932
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Moscow Radio Orch. (rec. 1950) D 1733 VIC-9027/8
KEY TO RECORD NUMBERS
78RPM All numbers in this column are various issues of Soviet Melodia, with the exception of 40000 series (Supraphon) and H 23000 (Ultraphon)
Microgroove The first listing is usually the Soviet Melodia releases (mostly with D prefix), taken from Brian Rust’s book on Melodia recordings or WERM, followed by verious Western series: 200 (Kingsway), 3000 and CE (Classic Editions), 01480.87 (Akrola, URSS), CLRP (Coloseum), LD and LDX (Chante du Monde), LP 9001 (Argentine MusicHall), LPA (Coloseum), MWL (Monitor), RS (Rachmaninoff Society), VIC (JVC), VRS (Vanguard). XWN (Westminster) These were obtained from WERM (World Encyclopedia of Recorded Music). Unlike western convention that a number was assigned to a disc, Soviet LPs were assigned a number per side; thus D 01502 contained Listz’s Tasso, while D 015023 (the flip side) was Mravinsky”s Bolero.
ARC 21(33 1/3 7" LP, label not known)
Compact disc 7243 5 75112 2 3 is EMI Great Conductors of the 20th Century, ARLS (Arlecchino), 58 is Gephardt “Golovanov conducts Tchaikovsky”, 300, ARPCD 0266-3, ARPCD 0279 (Archipel), 081, 082, 900 series, 10 00203 (Melodiya), 1000 (Opera d’Oro), 31 0188-2, 31 0254-2 (Multisonic) ,1107, LRC 1096-2, LRC 01092-2 (Lyrica), 90000 series (Preiser), 1 through 6 and 907081,907083, 908087 (Boheme), 009-011 (MVT Great Hall), 16247 (RCD or Russian Compact Disc), AQVR 172, AQVR 177-2, Aquarius AQVR 226-2 (Aquarius), 15 004, RCD 16247 (Russian Disc), RS 915 (Kvadro-Disc/Melodia), LRC 1107-2 (Aura), PEA 9404
AS COMPOSER
Six sacred Psalms Op. 1 IN “Praise the name of the Lord - Russian orthodox musik” Moscow Choral Dir. by Hieromonk Amvrosiy BSA Records om 01 - 100
Edinorodnyj Syne (Only-Begotten Son) Dostojno est' (It is Truly Meet) We Hymn Thee Konevets Quartet Russian Lyre RLCD 012
Glory. The only begotten son, Op. 5 no 5 Ancient Echoes Alexander Sedov, Chorovaya Academia RCA Victor Red Seal 68055