Alexander Gauk - Alexander Gauk conducts Shostakovitch Symphony No. 8 (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Aleksandr Vassilievich Gauk was born on 15 August (O.S. 3 August) 1893 and died 30 March 1963. Both conductor and composer, he was chief conductor of the Leningrad Phil (1930-1934). He conducted the orchestra and the Academy Capella Choir in the world premiere of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 3 "First of May" in 1931. He also resurrected Rachmaninov's discarded First Symphony from the orchestral parts found in the archives of the Moscow Conservatory after the composer's death in 1943. Gauk born in Odessa. He was the teacher of Melik-Pashayev, Mravinsky and Svetlanov. At the Petrograd Conservatory he studied composition and conducting with Glazunov and Nikolai Tcherepnin. He succeeded Nikolai Malko, first director of the USSR State Symphony in 1936 and director of the All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1953. Gauk premiered Shostakovich's ballets 'The Golden Age' and 'The Bolt'.

TRACKLIST

1. Alexander Gauk - 01 Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Adagio (Live)
2. Alexander Gauk - 02 Allegretto (Live)
3. Alexander Gauk - 03 Allegro non troppo (Live)
4. Alexander Gauk - 04 Largo (Live)
5. Alexander Gauk - 05 Allegretto (Live)



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