Nikolai Malko Discography
Andy Evans
Symphs. 1+7 and Cinderella. The 1st is a level better than others I've
heard. This guy was a major conductor. So is there a dicsography of him? Or
can any fans recommend discs and labels?--
Andy Evans, email: arts.ps...@cwcom.net
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Andy Evans
Baker's/8th ed. gives Nicolai Malko's dates as follows: born Brailov, May 4,
1883, died Sydney, Australia, June 23, 1961. So in 1955 (Prokofiev CD),
Malko would have reached the age of 72. I have a book of reminiscences by
Nicolai Malko, _A Certain Art_, New York: Morrow, 1966 (i.e., published five
years after the death of the conductor). His son, George Malko, provides an
introduction that has some remarkable information: The house in the Ukraine
where Malko spent the first seven years of his life had been one where
Tchaikovsky had also stayed. Indeed, their coachman, Denis, had served
Tchaikovsky also. (p.5) There was another book by Malko, _The Conductor and
His Baton_, Copenhagen: Vilhelm Hansen Verlag, 1950 (cited on p.12), which I
should like to read some day. Page 49 has a phtograph of students at the St.
Petersburg Conservatory of Music, among whom is the young Nicolai Malko,
and, seated in the foreground, are Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander
Glazunov, their teachers...
Matthew B. Tepper
pondered what I'm pondering as follows...
Conductor Malko was one of the earliest champions of the music of Dmitri
Shostakovich. He premiered the Symphony #1, for example, and at a party
challenged young Mitya (over a bottle of vodka) to write, in one hour,
an orchestrated version of a song from a decadent Western musical that
they had just heard on the radio.
Forty-five minutes later, Shostakovich handed him a full score, with the
ink barely dry, of his "Tahiti Trot," based on "Tea for Two" (from the
score of "No, No, Nannette" by Vincent Youmans).
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"Andy Evans" <arts.ps...@cwcom.net> wrote:
> I had his New World on 78s. I just bought his wonderful Prokofiev
disc -
> Symphs. 1+7 and Cinderella. The 1st is a level better than others I've
> heard. This guy was a major conductor. So is there a dicsography of
him? Or
> can any fans recommend discs and labels?--
> Andy Evans, email: arts.ps...@cwcom.net
> Our Website: www.artspsychology.mcmail.com
>
>
There is a part discography of him that covers all of his
(considerable) recordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra. It comes as
part of a book called "Makers of the Philharmonia Orchestra", by John
Hunt and includes discographies of Galliera, Susskind, Kletzki,
Dobrowen, Kurtz, Ackermann and Fistoulari.
You can obtain a copy by writing to: John Hunt, 22 Trevithick House,
Galleywall Road, London SE16 3PE. The price is Ł22.
Malko recordings with the Philharmonia I would recommend are:
Borodin's 2nd symphony - 1955
Dvorak, 9th symphony - 1956
Tchaikovsky 4th and 6th symphonies - 1953 and 1947 respectively.
To my knowledge none of these recordings is available on CD at the
moment, so it's propably a bit useless for me to give you these
recommendations.
Marc "Kapell" Bridle
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Carter@marcopolo26.freeserve.co.uk Mr Carter
EMI double and theProkofiev. there is said to be a Shostakovitch somewhere
and a Sleeping Beauty suite.,I saw Malko conduct.yeah I'm that old and my
father had a friend in the old Yorkshire symphony Orchestra. Elements at EMI
hated this involvement with a provincial orchestra and wasone of the reasons
they signed him up and then never used him. they did much the same with
Kurtz and Silvestri and my guess it was more a Spoiler" ploy to stop them
recording for competitors. I do know that Malko would suggest repertoire
like Shostakovich to have it turned down .Unfortunately unlike HVK he
wasnot very photogenic which did not endear him to the front office either,
He was indeed a considerable conductor especially in Russian repertoire.He
may havebeen a little difficult at times rather like Prokofiev who he
resembled a little.The end result is a short discography and the poor
representation of who was in 1945 a major Russian conductor.
john Carter Barsooom
Andy Evans <arts.ps...@cwcom.net> wrote in message
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kapel...@my-deja.com
recording (Shostakovich) also applies to the great HvK. DG turned down
his request to record Shostakovich's 8th Symphony. Did we miss
something great?
marc bridle
Lani Spahr
>
> In article <377a9...@news1.mcmail.com>,
> "Andy Evans" <arts.ps...@cwcom.net> wrote:
> > I had his New World on 78s. I just bought his wonderful Prokofiev
> disc -
> > Symphs. 1+7
I have fond memories of this recording of Prokofiev's 7th. It was the
first Prokofiev sym I had ever heard and to this day is one of my
favorite Prokofievs (but hate that load ending done for the "Party").
--
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Cheers,
Lani Spahr
Bruckner Symphony Versions Discography
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/reingold
Carter@marcopolo26.freeserve.co.uk Mr Carter
an example of the problem. HMV thought of Malko as "A plum label
artist",There might be sources of recordings untapped. I would not count on
EMI or the BBC very much but he did do a number of radio concerts in France
and maybe in the USA. He also broadcast in Australia in his later years
What we need is for some enterprising company to dig them out like the
Testament or Naxos Historical series..EMI must hold a number of master tapes
if they are still recoverable and they might look also at works like
Petrushka recorded by Kurtz. John Carter Barsoom.
Lani Spahr <lani_...@hp.com> wrote in message news:377B5C...@hp.com...
kapel...@my-deja.com
it is
> an example of the problem. HMV thought of Malko as "A plum label
> artist",There might be sources of recordings untapped. I would not
count on
> EMI or the BBC very much but he did do a number of radio concerts in
France
> and maybe in the USA. He also broadcast in Australia in his later
years
> What we need is for some enterprising company to dig them out like the
> Testament or Naxos Historical series..EMI must hold a number of
master tapes
> if they are still recoverable and they might look also at works like
> Petrushka recorded by Kurtz. John Carter Barsoom.
> Lani Spahr <lani_...@hp.com> wrote in message
news:377B5C...@hp.com...
> > kapel...@my-deja.com wrote:
> > >
I am slightly depressed by the refusal of record companies to issue
performances by Malko and others who recorded with the Philharmonia in
the 40s and 50s. A lot of really wonderful recordings exist, I think
particularly of a great Dvorak 9th from Galliera dating 1953 with the
Philh. that is wildly exciting, as well as a superb Franck symphony.
And what about Dobrowen's Scheherezade(1953) and Tchaikovsky 4th (1948)
symphony - great by any barometer.
I would be interested to know your views on these recordings, if you
know them.
Marc
> > > In article <377a9...@news1.mcmail.com>,
> > > "Andy Evans" <arts.ps...@cwcom.net> wrote:
> > > > I had his New World on 78s. I just bought his wonderful
Prokofiev
> > > disc -
> > > > Symphs. 1+7
> >
> > I have fond memories of this recording of Prokofiev's 7th. It was
the
> > first Prokofiev sym I had ever heard and to this day is one of my
> > favorite Prokofievs (but hate that load ending done for the
"Party").
> > --
> > ----------
> > Cheers,
> > Lani Spahr
> >
> > Bruckner Symphony Versions Discography
> > http://www.mv.com/ipusers/reingold
>
>
Don Drewecki
I think Malko guest-conducted the NBC Symphony on several occasions as well.
--
Don Drewecki
<dre...@rpi.edu>