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Valery Gergiev

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (; ) (born 2 May 1953) is a Russia

Russia

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n conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
and opera

Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres....
, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....
, and principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
. Valery Gergiev is the artistic director of the White Nights Festival

White Nights Festival

The White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia is an annual international cultural event during the season of the midnight sun. The White Nights Festival consists of a series of classical ballet, opera and music events and includes performances by Russian dancers, singers, musicians and actors, as well as famous international guest stars...
in St. Petersburg.

iev, born in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, is the son of Tamara Tatarkanovna and Abisal Zaurbekovich. He and his siblings were raised in Vladikavkaz

Vladikavkaz

Vladikavkaz is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is situated in the south-east of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, situated on the Terek River....
in their native North Ossetia in the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
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Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (; ) (born 2 May 1953) is a Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
and opera

Opera

Mariinsky Theatre

London Symphony Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera

White Nights Festival

Biography

Gergiev, born in Moscow

Moscow

Vladikavkaz

Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
. While not a child prodigy, he began piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
at secondary school, before going on to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students....
in Leningrad

Leningrad

Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia* Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad, of the Soviet Navy...
from 1972 to 1977. His principal conducting teacher was Prof. Ilya Musin

Ilya Musin

Ilya Aleksandrovich Musin was a Russian conductor, a prominent teacher and a theorist of conducting.He began his conducting studies under the conductors Nikolai Malko and Aleksandr Gauk....
(???? ?????), one of the greatest conductor-makers in Russian musical history. His sister, Larissa Gergieva, is the director of the Mariinsky's singers' academy.

Career

In 1978, he became assistant conductor at the Kirov Opera, now the Mariinsky Opera, under Yuri Temirkanov

Yuri Temirkanov

Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conducting of Circassian origin.Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988....
, where he made his debut conducting Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
's War and Peace
War and Peace (Prokofiev)

War and Peace is an opera in two parts , sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy....
. He was chief conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan State Conservatory....
from 1981 until 1985 - the year he made his debut in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, along with pianist Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Igorevich Kissin is a Russian classical music piano and former child prodigy. He is especially known for his interpretations of the works of Chopin, for whom he has felt an affinity since early childhood....
, and violinists Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a russian violin virtuoso who was born in the Soviet Union....
and Vadim Repin

Vadim Repin

Vadim Repin is a Russian violinist. In his youth Repin studied with Zakhar Bron and was revered throughout Russia as a child prodigy. At the age of 17, he became the youngest winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels, the world's premier violin competition....
, at The Lichfield Festival

The Lichfield Festival

The Lichfield Festival is an annual multi-art-form festival held in Lichfield, Staffordshire, which aims to combine high quality, challenging and diverse events of an international calibre, alongside community-based, locally-sourced activities....
.

In 1991, for the first time, Gergiev conducted a western European opera company with the Bavarian State Opera

Bavarian State Opera

The Bayerische Staatsoper is an opera company based in Munich, Germany in existence since 1653. Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra....
in a performance of Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Music of Russia. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music....
's Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (opera)

Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1874 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece....
in Munich

Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
. In the same year he made his American début, performing War and Peace with the San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera is the second largest opera company in North America after the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola ....
. Since then he has conducted both opera

Opera

Orchestra

An orchestra is an Musical ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the name for the area in front of an theatre of ancient Greece reserved for the Greek chorus....
l repertoire across the world. Gergiev is also associated with numerous music festivals, including the White Nights festival in Saint Petersburg.

He became the chief conductor and artistic director of the Mariinsky in 1988, and overall director of the company, appointed by the Russian government, in 1996. In addition to his artistic work with the Mariinsky, Gergiev has worked in fund-raising for such projects as the recently built 1100-seat Mariinsky Hall, and intends to achieve complete renovations of the Mariinsky Theatre by 2010.

From 1995 to 2008, Gergiev was principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is a Netherlands symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam. It is considered the second most important orchestra in the country after Amsterdam's Concertgebouworkest....
. In 1997, Gergiev became principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. His current contract there runs through the 2007-2008 season.

In 2002, Gergiev was featured in one scene in the film Russian Ark

Russian Ark

Russian Ark is a 2002 film by Russian director Alexander Sokurov. It was filmed using a single 90-minute Steadicam sequence shot....
, directed by Alexander Sokurov

Alexander Sokurov

Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov is a Russian filmmaker from St Petersburg who has been hailed as successor to renowned director Andrei Tarkovsky....
and filmed at the Hermitage Museum

Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art , and one of the oldest art gallery and museums of human history and culture in the world....
in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In 2003, he initiated and conducted at the Mariinsky Theatre the first complete cycle of Wagner

Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
's The Ring of the Nibelung
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Der Ring des Nibelungen is a literature cycle of four epic poetry music dramas by the Germany composer Richard Wagner. The operas are based loosely on characters from the Sagas and the Nibelungenlied....
to be performed in Russia for over 90 years. The production's design and concept reflects many aspects of Ossetian culture. Gergiev conducted this production in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
in 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre

Wales Millennium Centre

The Wales Millennium Centre , which also has a nickname locally as the Armadillo, is a centre for the performing arts located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales....
, and in Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa is a suburban city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 108,724 at the 2000 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a suburban city with an economy based on retail, commerce and light manufacturing....
in October 2006 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. This production was presented at the Lincoln Center in New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
in July 2007 to a great acclaim, and the run was completely sold out.

In 1988, Gergiev made his first guest conducting appearance with the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....
(LSO). In his next appearance with the LSO in 2004, he conducted the symphonies of Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
. This engagement led to his appointment in 2005 as the Orchestra's fifteenth principal conductor, succeeding Sir Colin Davis

Colin Davis

Sir Colin Rex Davis, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire is an England Conducting. Davis studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music in London, where he was barred from taking conducting lessons owing to his lack of ability at the piano....
effective January 1, 2007. Gergiev's initial contract with the LSO was for 3 years. His first official concert as the LSO Principal Conductor was on 23 January 2007, as he was supposed to have conducted his first concert as LSO Principal Conductor on 13 January, but had to withdraw because of illness.

In October 2007 Gergiev took part in a unique holiday project featured in the 100th anniversary issue of the Neiman Marcus

Neiman Marcus

Neiman Marcus is a luxury specialty retail department store, operated by the Neiman Marcus Group in the United States. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Texas, and competes with other exclusive department stores such as Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, and Bloomingdale's....
Christmas Book. A concert by Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra featuring piano virtuoso Lola Astanova

Lola Astanova

Lola Astanova is a Soviet-born virtuoso pianist, famous for her technique, speed and power, and exceptional interpretations of compositions by Fr?d?ric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff....
became a part of a $1.59 million fantasy gift. The super concert is said to be hosted by the Emmy-winning American television personality Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is an United States television personality and occasional actor known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, and presenter at various events....
.

Gergiev has a reputation for a passionate, apparently abrasive, conducting style, and a tendency to grunt at the podium. He is a driven conductor who produces his best in pieces of great drama. He stated that his favourite composer is Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
in his DVD recording of Prokofiev's Scythian Suite

Scythian Suite (Prokofiev)

The Scythian Suite is an orchestral suite by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1915....
. He was awarded the 2006 Polar Music Prize

Polar Music Prize

The Polar Music Prize is an international music prize. It is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music....
together with Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
.

Personal life

In April 2007, Gergiev was one of eight conductors of British orchestras to endorse the 10-year classical music outreach manifesto, "Building on Excellence: Orchestras for the 21st century", to increase the presence of classical music in the UK, including giving free entry to all British schoolchildren to a classical music concert.

Gergiev has also been a consistent supporter of peace in the Caucasus, particularly in the conflict between the Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
central government and South Ossetia

South Ossetia

South Ossetia is a disputed region in the South Caucasus. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of South Ossetia, which claims the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within t...
. After the 2004 Beslan school massacre

Beslan school hostage crisis

The Beslan school hostage crisis began when a group of armed terrorists, demanding an end to the Second Chechen War, took more than 1,100 people hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number One in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania, an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation....
, Gergiev made an appeal on television for calm and against any revenge. He conducted concerts in tribute to the victims of the massacre.

During the 2008 South Ossetia war

2008 South Ossetia war

The 2008 South Ossetia War, also known as August War, Five-Day War, Georgia-Russia Conflict or Russia-Georgia War, was an war between Georgia on the one side, and Russian Federation together with Separatism in South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other....
, Gergiev accused the Georgian government of massacring ethnic Ossetians, triggering the conflict with Russia. He came to Tskhinvali

Tskhinvali

Tskhinvali , is the capital of South Ossetia, a de facto independent republic, which is International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as being part of Georgia 's Shida Kartli region, except by Russia and Nicaragua, which regard it as an independent state....
and conducted a concert there near the ruined building of the South Ossetian parliament in tribute to the victims of the war.

In 1999, Gergiev married the musician Natalya Debisova, who is 27 years his junior and also a native Ossetian, and they have three children: two boys, Abisal and Valery, and a daughter, Tamara. From time to time it has been reported that Gergiev is a friend of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus....
and they are godfathers to one another's children.However in a letter written to one of these sources, Gergiev reported that he and Putin were not the godfathers of each others' children.

Recordings

Gergiev has focused on recording Russian composers' works, both opera and symphonic, including Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , was the first Russian people composer to gain wide recognition inside his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music....
, Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
, Borodin

Alexander Borodin

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian composer of Georgian people-Russian people parentage who made his living as a notable chemistry. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music....
, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov , also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as "The Five." Noted particularly for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects as well as his extraordinary skill in orchestration, his best known orchestral compositions...
, Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
, and Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a List of Russian composers of the Soviet Union period.After a period influenced by Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky , Shostakovich developed a hybrid of styles as exemplified in his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ....
. Most of his recordings, on the Philips label, are with the Kirov Orchestra, while he has also recorded with the Vienna Philharmonic. A recent undertaking, the complete Prokofiev Symphonies, is with the LSO

London Symphony Orchestra

Discography

Ballets

Album	Orchestra	Label	Discs	Release Year
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) *Romeo and Juliet* is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Music from the ballet was extracted by Prokofiev as three suites for orchestra and as a piano work.... (complete ballet)	Kirov Orchestra	Philips	2	2001
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet)	Kirov Orchestra	Philips	2	1993
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker The Nutcracker The Nutcracker Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891?92. Alexandre Dumas, p?re's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.... (complete ballet)	Kirov Orchestra	Philips	1	1998
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Swan Lake Swan Lake is a ballet, Opus number 20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed 1875-1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, by Vladimir Begichev and Vasiliy Geltser was fashioned from Russian folk tales as well as an ancient German legend, which tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.... (complete ballet)	Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Mariinsky Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres....	Decca	2	2007

Operas

Album	Orchestra	Label	Discs	Release Year
BORODIN: Prince Igor Prince Igor *Prince Igor* is an opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue. The composer adapted the libretto from the East Slavic peoples epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign, which recounts the campaign of Russian prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Polovtsian tribes in 1185....	Kirov	Philips	3	1995
GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmila	Kirov	Philips	3	1997
MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov Boris Godunov (opera) Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1874 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece.... (1869 & 1872 version)	Kirov	Philips	5	1999
MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina Khovanshchina *Khovanshchina* is an opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources....	Kirov	Philips	3	1992
PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges	Kirov	Philips	2	2001
PROKOFIEV: Semyon Kotko	Kirov	Philips	2	2000
PROKOFIEV: The Gambler The Gambler (Prokofiev) *The Gambler* is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky....	Kirov	Philips	2	1999
PROKOFIEV: The Fiery Angel	Kirov	Philips	2	1995
PROKOFIEV: War and Peace War and Peace (Prokofiev) *War and Peace* is an opera in two parts , sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy....	Kirov	Philips	3	1993
PROKOFIEV: Betrothal in a Monastery	Kirov	Philips	3	1998
TCHAIKOVSKY: Pique Dame The Queen of Spades (opera) *The Queen of Spades*, Op. 68 is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on a The Queen of Spades by the poet Alexander Pushkin....	Kirov	Philips	3	1993
TCHAIKOVSKY: Mazeppa Mazeppa (opera) *Mazeppa, properly Mazepa* , is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Victor Burenin and is based on Pushkin's poem Poltava ....	Kirov	Philips	3	1998
TCHAIKOVSKY: Iolanta Iolanta *Iolanta, Opus number 69, is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish Play Kong Ren?s Datter* by Henrik Hertz....	Kirov	Philips	2	1998

Orchestral Works

Album	Orchestra	Label	Discs	Release Year
BORODIN: Symphonies 1 & 2	Rotterdam Philharmonic	Polygram	1	1991
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition *Pictures at an Exhibition* is a famous suite of ten piano pieces composed by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists....	Vienna Philharmonic	Philips	1	2002
PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite Scythian Suite (Prokofiev) The *Scythian Suite* is an orchestral suite by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1915.... , Alexander Nevsky Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev) *Alexander Nevsky* is the film score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky , composed by Sergei Prokofiev. He later Arrangement the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, choir, and orchestra....	Kirov	Philips	1	2003
PROKOFIEV: Completes Symphonies (1-7)	LSO	Philips	4	2006
RACHMANINOV: Symphony no.2	Kirov	Philips	1	1994
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) *Scheherazade* , opus number 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, this orchestral work combines two features common to Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov, in particular: dazzling, colorful orchestration and an interest in Orient, which figured greatly in the hist... , BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia In the Steppes of Central Asia *In the Steppes of Central Asia* is the common English title for a "musical tableau" by Alexander Borodin. The Russian title is ? ??????? ????, literally In Central Asia.... , BALAKIREV: Islamey Islamey: an Oriental Fantasy *Islamey: an Oriental Fantasy* is a composition for piano by Russian composer Mily Balakirev, written in September 1869.Balakirev, a committed nationalist whose music was influenced by Russian traditions, was inspired to write the piece after a trip to the Caucasus, as he relates in a letter:...	Kirov	Philips	1	2001
SHOSTAKOVICH: The War Symphonies (4-9) Each one available separately	Kirov	Philips	5	2005
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird - SCRIABIN: Prometheus	Kirov	Philips	1	1998
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy	Kirov	Philips	1	2001
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies 4, 5, 6 Each one available separately	Vienna Philharmonic	Philips	3	2005
TCHAIKOVKSY: Symphony no.5	Vienna Philharmonic	Philips	1	1999
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony no.6, Francesca da Rimini, Romeo and Juliet	Kirov	Philips	1	2000
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture and others	Kirov	Philips	1	1994

Orchestral works with soloists

ALBUM	SOLOIST	ORCHESTRA	LABEL	DISCS	RELEASE YEAR
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto no.2, Paganini Rhapsody	Lang Lang Lang Lang (pianist) Lang Lang is a Chinese pianist from Shenyang in Liaoning, China....	Kirov	Deutsche Grammophon	1	2003
TCHAIKOVSKY, MIASKOVSKY: Violin Concertos	Vadim Repin Vadim Repin Vadim Repin is a Russian violinist. In his youth Repin studied with Zakhar Bron and was revered throughout Russia as a child prodigy. At the age of 17, he became the youngest winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels, the world's premier violin competition....	Kirov	Philips	1	2003
PROKOFIEV: Complete Piano Concertos (1-5)	Alexander Toradze Alexander Toradze Alexander Toradze is internationally recognized as a masterful pianist in the grand Romantic tradition.Born in Tbilisi, Georgia , Alexander Toradze graduated in 1978 from the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow....	Kirov	Philips	2	1998

Vocal Works

ALBUM	SOLOIST	ORCHESTRA	LABEL	DISCS	RELEASE YEAR
Tchaikovsky & Verdi Arias	Dmitri Hvorostovsky Dmitri Hvorostovsky Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky , is a baritone opera singer from Russia.Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. He studied at the Krasnoyarsk School of Arts under Yekatherina Yofel and made his debut at Krasnoyarsk Opera House, in the role of Marullo in Rigoletto....	Rotterdam Philharmonic	Philips	1	1990
Tchaikovsky & Verdi Arias	Galina Gorchakova Galina Gorchakova Galina Gorchakova is a distinguished Russian lyric soprano....	Kirov	Philips	1	1996
Homage: The Age Of The Diva	Renée Fleming Renée Fleming File:Ren?e Fleming 2008.jpgRen?e Fleming is an accomplished American soprano specializing in opera and lieder. Fleming possesses an agile full lyric soprano voice endowed with ringing freedom and apparent ease near the extreme top of its range....	Marinsky Theatre Orchestra	Philips	1	2007
PROKOFIEV: Ivan The Terrible Cantata		Kirov	Philips	1	1998

Videos

DVD

Valery Gergiev in Rehearsal and Performance
60 Minutes: The Wild Man of Music, 2004.
Valery Gergiev Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Prokofiev, Schnittke & Stravinsky, 2003.
Verdi: La forza del destino, Marinsky Theatre Orchestra, 1998.
Rimsky-Korsadov: Sadko, Kirov Opera, 2006.
Puccini: Turandot, Vienna Philharmonic, 2006.
Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Kirov Opera, 2005.
Shostakovich against Stalin, 2005.
"All the Russias - a musical journey": a five-part documentary through the tradition and heritage of Russian music.

VHS

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Kirov Opera, 1993.
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame, Kirov Opera, 1994.
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame, Acts 1 and 2, Kirov Opera, 1992.
Mussorgsky: Kovanshchina, Kirov Orchestra, 1994.
Prokofiev: Fiery Angel, Polygram Video, 1996.

External links

Valery Gergiev *Liebesnacht