Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov
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Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov ( _ru. Гавриил Николаевич Попов; 12 September, 1904 Novocherkassk – 17 February, 1972 Repino) was a Soviet-era Russian composer. Popov studied at the Leningrad Conservatory from 1922 until 1930 with Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Vladimir Shcherbachov, and Maximilian Steinberg. He was considered to have the raw talent of his contemporary Dmitri Shostakovich; his early works, in particular the Septet (or Chamber Symphony) for flute, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and bass, and his Symphony No. 1 (Op. 7, banned immediately after its premiere in 1935 and not publicly heard in his lifetime), are impressively powerful and forward-looking. Not surprisingly, he ran afoul of the authorities in 1936 and began writing in a more conservative idiom in order to avoid charges of formalism. Despite his alcoholism, Popov produced many works for orchestra, including six completed symphonies. Many of his compositions, written under the strictures of the Soviet system, are paeans to Soviet life and Communist heroes as prescribed by state authority. Examples include his Symphony No. 4 subtitled "Honor of the Motherland," and a poem-cantata titled "Honor to our Party." Popov also wrote several film scores.
Recordings
*Symphony No. 1, op. 7 (with "Theme and Variations, op. 3 "by Dmitri Shostakovich) - London Symphony Orchestra/Leon Botstein (Telarc SACD 60642)
*Symphony No. 1, op. 7; Symphony No. 2, op. 39 "Motherland" - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, USSR Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Provotarov (Olympia OCD 588)
*Symphonic Suite No. 1 (from music to the film "Komsomol is the Chief of Electrification"); Symphony No. 5, op. 77 "Pastoral" - Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra/Edvard Chivzhel; USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Gurgen Karapetian (Olympia OCD 598)
*Symphony No. 6, op. 99 "Festive"; Chamber Symphony for Seven Instruments, op. 2 - USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra/Edvard Chivzhel; Moscow Chamber Ensemble/Alexander Korneyev (Olympia OCD 588)
External links
*Vought, Lynn. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:cx7m964o3ep6 "Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov"] / [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:4962 "Gavriel Nikolayevich Popov"] , Allmusic
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