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Nikolai Rakov
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Nikolai Petrovich Rakov (Russian: Николай Петрович Раков, Nikolaj Petrovič Rakov) (March 14 [O.S. March 1] 1908, Kaluga - November 3, 1990, Moscow) was a Russian composer. Rakov firstly studied violin at the Rubinstein Music School and later composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Reinhold Glière and Sergei Vasilenko. After graduating in 1931, he served as Glière's assistant at the Conservatory in the following year, before becoming a lecturer himself in 1935 and professor of orchestration in 1943. Rakov's pupils included Edison Denisov, Boris Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Peiko, Andrei Eshpai, and Alfred Schnittke. In addition, he also gave concerts, as a violinist and as a conductor, and wrote several books on problems in orchestration. He received the Stalin Prize in 1946 for his Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor (1944) and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975. Rakov was a staunchly conservative composer who exercised a solid grasp of orchestration and melody; many of his works ventured only a little beyond the style of Alexander Glazunov and Reinhold Glière. Unabashed tonality, late Romantic harmonies, and flowing tunes were the hallmarks of his work, in which the Russian national idiom always took prominence. In his later works, Rakov began to show some interest in Neoclassicism. Rakov devoted special attention to music for children and wrote numerous piano pieces for pedagogical purposes, as well as instructive chamber music. These works won him great popularity
top songs
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Humoresque & Serenade: Serenade
552Humoresque & Serenade: Humoresque
543Aus Jugendtagen
74Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor: I. Allegro
65Sonatina for Violin and Piano No. 3: I. Allegro
56Russian Song
57Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor: II. Andante
48Romance
493 Pieces for Violin and Piano: I. Improvisation. Moderato e molto rubato
4103 Pieces for Violin and Piano: II. Scherzino. Presto
4albums
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Daniel Shafran, Vol. 1: Shostakovich & Davidov
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Rakov: Violin Sonatas 1, 2 & Sonatinas for Violin and Piano (World Premiere Recording)
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Rakov: Violin Sonatas 1, 2 & Sonatinas for Violin and Piano
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Kabalevsky, Rakov & Shebalin: Russian Violin Concertos
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Daniel Shafran Vol. 1
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Easy Piano Pieces (feat. piano: Nikolai Rakov)
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Violin Concerto No. 1 (USSR State Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Nikolai Rakov, violin: Oleg Kagan)
Gennady Rozhdestvensky Edition
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Violin Concerto (USSR State Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Karl Eliasberg, violin: David Oistrakh)
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Violin Sonata (feat. violin: David Oistrakh, piano: Nikolai Rakov)
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Historic Russian Archives: Daniel Shafran Edition (disc 5: Shostakovich / Prokofiev / Granados / Albéniz / Falla / Shchedrin / Rakov / Vlasov)
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Symphony No. 3 / Sinfonietta (USSR State Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky)