Vinogradov was born in Kazan in 1908. At first he belonged to the church choir and the railroad workers' drama club in Kazan. Then, while studying engineering, he also studied violin and viola at the Kazan State Conservatory (Kazan School of Music or Eastern Music College), and in the 1930s was a student at the Military Academy of Communications, Moscow. He took singing lessons and performed in amateur concerts at the same time, besides broadcasting on All-Union Radio. He left the academy in 1936, six months before completing his studies.
Musical development
As a native of Kazan, he was taken in by the Kazan Opera Studio in 1937, and in the same year he became a soloist of Gosdzhaza USSR, directed by W. Knushevitsky and G. M. Blanter. This led to three successful recordings: Two to Tango, My Happiness and Love. He completed his musical studies at the Moscow Conservatory.
In June 1941, he attended the recruitment office to sign up as an ordinary soldier, but was instructed to join those soldiers who entertained the troops at the front.[1] Vinogradov said:
"I just wore uniform in the first days of war. Then I was put into an ad hoc entertainment team, which included the orchestra, under the management of B. Knushevitsky and several soloists. We served at the Front, entertaining the fighters who had just left the battle. On one occasion we were under fire, the floor collapsed, and we were left with a team of only 11 people, but the group re-established. In blockaded Leningrad, in a group with Ruslanova, Garkavi and other famous artists, we performed about a thousand concerts. In 1943 I was transferred to serve in the Red Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army. I was with them until the end of the war ..." Georgy Vinogradov.[2]
When he performed on the All-Union Radio channel he was heard by the vocal instructor Mikhail Lvovich Lvov. Lvov is credited with making Vinogradov into a professional singer – with lessons in diction, breathing, flexibility, and finally in producing the sound he became famous for. Later studies were with Valeria Vladimirovna Barsova, a Bolshoi Operasoprano with whom he also made two duet recordings. On the radio, Vinogradov sang a wide range of material from jazz to art songs; in World War II he sang with the USSR Committee of Defense Model Orchestra.
With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Two Maxims (recorded 1943),[3]Oh the Road,[4]In a Forest at the Front (recorded 1945), Nightingales (recorded 1950), Dark Night (recorded 1945).[5] In the 1940s he also recorded Nightingale as a duet with the baritone Vladimir Bunchikov,[6] and The Bending Branch (or Luchina[7]) as a solo with the Alexandrov Ensemble.[2][8][9][10]
Vinogradov never performed on the opera stage (and he never joined an opera company), but he participated in many radio performances including Don Giovanni, Manon, Mignon, and numerous Russian operas.
His tenor voice has been described as one of effortless and pure poetic beauty, with flawless diction and phrasing.[11]
Another critic described his voice as being infused with an "indescribably poetic beauty".[12] However it has been suggested that he was primarily a radio singer because his voice lacked the power of a true lyric tenor to sing above a full choir and orchestra.[13]
He made a large number of recordings.[14] Two notable sets, recorded around 1950, are the Liederkreis or song cycles, Schumann'sDichterliebe and Schubert'sDie schöne Müllerin; they were sung in Russian. The accompanist on the recordings was Georg Orentlicher (Russian: Георг Борисович Орентлихер), who later in old age became professor of chamber and vocal accompaniment at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The end of his singing career
In 1951 there was apparently a bar-room brawl, possibly with Polish officers or officials, which embarrassed the Soviet government, and finished his career.[15]
"Officially he kept singing until 1963, but there is no record of his activities and official records from the 1950s and 1960s virtually ignore him." Review by Robert Hugill.[16]
Another version of this story has it that apparently his glory gave him too much importance, and in 1951 with the phrase "For breach of discipline in the tours" Vinogradov was removed from the concerts. He never recorded or performed publicly again, though he was only 43 years old. In later years he taught in the Russian art studio of popular art VTMEI. Among his students was the tenor Gennady Stone.[17][18][19] Vinogradov died in Moscow. His colleague Leonid Kharitonov remembers the following, which contradicts the above rumors:
"Vinogradov left the Ensemble in 1951 and started his own career as a soloist with RosKoncert's philharmonic department. This organization was responsible for distributing its artists on tours throughout Russia, and salary payment was donated by the government. There was no private business in Russia until 1987."
Private life
Vinogradov had a relationship with the ballerina Virskaya from the Ensemble in the 1940s, and had a daughter Ksenia.[20]
Discography
Vinogradov left a considerable discography of arias, song cycles, and popular music – with the bulk, 125 items, released originally on Melodiya.[21] Some are listed here. Below is a small selection of his recordings, including some current re-releases.
78 rpm: Le Chant du Monde: Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge: Bandoura, 614. Out of print
(Release date unknown. The song Bandura: half on each side. Conducted by Alexandrov. The soloist is Georgy Vinogradov)[22]
LP, 33rpm: Melodiya: The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble C-01235-6, Out of print
(Conductor Boris Alexandrov. Soloists include G.P. Vinogradov who sings one or more of the following: Stenka Razin, Kalinka, Bandura, The Birch, Moonlight, The Elm and the Oak)[23]
CD: Melodiya: Sacred War (in Russian), MELCD60-00938/1
(Compiled and released 2005, for the 60th anniversary of 1945. Military songs. ASIN: B000P3TD5U.)[24][25]
Two Maxims (Russian: Два Максима) (soloist Georgi Vinogradov)
Oh the Roads (Russian: Эх, дороги) (soloist Georgi Vinogradov)
CD: The Eastern Front: Letters From the Front, Front 003
(Compilation of original recordings alternating with modern atmospheric artworks, released May 9, 2006 "to celebrate the 61st Anniversary of Great Victory in WWII". Dedicated to Soviet fighters and their allies in World War II. Sold in a thick A3 paper, folded into a triangle to imitate the triangular-folded World War II servicemen's letters from the Soviet front. A facsimile World War II photo of Soviet servicemen is included. The CD contains a bonus video of the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945. CD in Russian; paper cover in English.)[26][27]
In a Front Zone Forest (Georgy Vinogradov, 1945).
Wait for Me (Georgy Vinogradov, 1942).
Two Maxims (Georgy Vinogradov, 1942).
CD: Melodiya: Eh Dorogi, MELCD6000615
(Compilation released 2006. Vinogradov recorded 1948-51. In Russian 75 mins. Included are: Track 3. Front Line in the Forest (soloist Georgy Vinogradov), 19. Katyusha (soloist Georgy Vinogradov), 20. Oh Roads or Eh Dorogi (soloist Georgy Vinogradov).)[28]
Reviews
Brenesal, Barry “The Russian Legacy: Georgy Vinogradov” review in Fanfare June/July 2004.
^Translated Narod.ru webpage: Biography of Vinogradov
^However, in his Vinogradov Autobiography Stone only says that he met his "favourite singer" Vinogradov, and does not say that he was taught by Vinogradov.
^. . . But in Another Autobiography Stone describes Vinogradov as his teacher though the only teaching mentioned is a warning not to drop his bayan (accordion).
^Information from Russian TV series Anniversary (Юбилей). The episode is named Пять штрихов к портрету (100 лет со дня рождения - Георгий Виноградов), 2008
^There is a discography in Grove musical dictionary.
^Ebay.com: Chant du Monde 614. Temporary URL, citation 29 April 2009.
Gazeta biography of Vinogradov, including comment on end of career
Wordpress: Alexandrov Ensemble blog
April 16, 2023
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions the patronymic is Pavlovich and the family name is Vinogradov Georgy Pavlovich Vinogradov Russian Geo rgij Pa vlovich Vinogra dov 16 November O S 3 November 1908 12 November 1980 was a Soviet and Russian tenor a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow recording artist and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble Honored Artist of the RSFSR 1949 Georgy VinogradovBackground informationBirth nameGeorgy Pavlovich VinogradovBorn 1908 11 16 16 November 1908Kazan Russian EmpireOriginKazan Russian EmpireDied12 November 1980 1980 11 12 aged 71 Moscow Soviet UnionGenresOpera Romantic music military music ethnic Russian music easy listening middle of the road folk music lieder Occupation s All Union Radio and Radio Moscow singer Alexandrov Ensemble soloistYears active1937 1951LabelsOriginally USSR Aprelevsky Plant Melodiya Re releases The Eastern Front Melodiya Le Chant du Monde Contents 1 Musical training 2 Musical development 3 Singing career 1937 1951 4 The end of his singing career 5 Private life 6 Discography 6 1 78 rpm Le Chant du Monde Choeurs de L Armee Rouge Bandoura 614 Out of print 6 2 LP 33rpm Melodiya The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble C 01235 6 Out of print 6 3 CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 6 4 CD The Eastern Front Letters From the Front Front 003 6 5 CD Melodiya Eh Dorogi MELCD6000615 7 Reviews 8 See also 9 Bibliography 10 References 11 External linksMusical training EditVinogradov was born in Kazan in 1908 At first he belonged to the church choir and the railroad workers drama club in Kazan Then while studying engineering he also studied violin and viola at the Kazan State Conservatory Kazan School of Music or Eastern Music College and in the 1930s was a student at the Military Academy of Communications Moscow He took singing lessons and performed in amateur concerts at the same time besides broadcasting on All Union Radio He left the academy in 1936 six months before completing his studies Musical development EditAs a native of Kazan he was taken in by the Kazan Opera Studio in 1937 and in the same year he became a soloist of Gosdzhaza USSR directed by W Knushevitsky and G M Blanter This led to three successful recordings Two to Tango My Happiness and Love He completed his musical studies at the Moscow Conservatory In June 1941 he attended the recruitment office to sign up as an ordinary soldier but was instructed to join those soldiers who entertained the troops at the front 1 Vinogradov said I just wore uniform in the first days of war Then I was put into an ad hoc entertainment team which included the orchestra under the management of B Knushevitsky and several soloists We served at the Front entertaining the fighters who had just left the battle On one occasion we were under fire the floor collapsed and we were left with a team of only 11 people but the group re established In blockaded Leningrad in a group with Ruslanova Garkavi and other famous artists we performed about a thousand concerts In 1943 I was transferred to serve in the Red Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army I was with them until the end of the war Georgy Vinogradov 2 When he performed on the All Union Radio channel he was heard by the vocal instructor Mikhail Lvovich Lvov Lvov is credited with making Vinogradov into a professional singer with lessons in diction breathing flexibility and finally in producing the sound he became famous for Later studies were with Valeria Vladimirovna Barsova a Bolshoi Opera soprano with whom he also made two duet recordings On the radio Vinogradov sang a wide range of material from jazz to art songs in World War II he sang with the USSR Committee of Defense Model Orchestra Singing career 1937 1951 EditVinogradov was engaged as a Soviet national radio soloist and between 1943 and 1951 was a soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble the Soviet Army s official army chorus and song and dance ensemble conducted by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov He became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1949 After that he became a soloist with Radio Moscow later known as the Voice of Russia With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Two Maxims recorded 1943 3 Oh the Road 4 In a Forest at the Front recorded 1945 Nightingales recorded 1950 Dark Night recorded 1945 5 In the 1940s he also recorded Nightingale as a duet with the baritone Vladimir Bunchikov 6 and The Bending Branch or Luchina 7 as a solo with the Alexandrov Ensemble 2 8 9 10 Vinogradov never performed on the opera stage and he never joined an opera company but he participated in many radio performances including Don Giovanni Manon Mignon and numerous Russian operas His tenor voice has been described as one of effortless and pure poetic beauty with flawless diction and phrasing 11 Another critic described his voice as being infused with an indescribably poetic beauty 12 However it has been suggested that he was primarily a radio singer because his voice lacked the power of a true lyric tenor to sing above a full choir and orchestra 13 He made a large number of recordings 14 Two notable sets recorded around 1950 are the Liederkreis or song cycles Schumann s Dichterliebe and Schubert s Die schone Mullerin they were sung in Russian The accompanist on the recordings was Georg Orentlicher Russian Georg Borisovich Orentliher who later in old age became professor of chamber and vocal accompaniment at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow in the late 1960s and early 1970s The end of his singing career EditIn 1951 there was apparently a bar room brawl possibly with Polish officers or officials which embarrassed the Soviet government and finished his career 15 Officially he kept singing until 1963 but there is no record of his activities and official records from the 1950s and 1960s virtually ignore him Review by Robert Hugill 16 Another version of this story has it that apparently his glory gave him too much importance and in 1951 with the phrase For breach of discipline in the tours Vinogradov was removed from the concerts He never recorded or performed publicly again though he was only 43 years old In later years he taught in the Russian art studio of popular art VTMEI Among his students was the tenor Gennady Stone 17 18 19 Vinogradov died in Moscow His colleague Leonid Kharitonov remembers the following which contradicts the above rumors Vinogradov left the Ensemble in 1951 and started his own career as a soloist with RosKoncert s philharmonic department This organization was responsible for distributing its artists on tours throughout Russia and salary payment was donated by the government There was no private business in Russia until 1987 Private life EditVinogradov had a relationship with the ballerina Virskaya from the Ensemble in the 1940s and had a daughter Ksenia 20 Discography EditVinogradov left a considerable discography of arias song cycles and popular music with the bulk 125 items released originally on Melodiya 21 Some are listed here Below is a small selection of his recordings including some current re releases 78 rpm Le Chant du Monde Choeurs de L Armee Rouge Bandoura 614 Out of print Edit Release date unknown The song Bandura half on each side Conducted by Alexandrov The soloist is Georgy Vinogradov 22 LP 33rpm Melodiya The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble C 01235 6 Out of print Edit Conductor Boris Alexandrov Soloists include G P Vinogradov who sings one or more of the following Stenka Razin Kalinka Bandura The Birch Moonlight The Elm and the Oak 23 CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Edit Compiled and released 2005 for the 60th anniversary of 1945 Military songs ASIN B000P3TD5U 24 25 Two Maxims Russian Dva Maksima soloist Georgi Vinogradov Oh the Roads Russian Eh dorogi soloist Georgi Vinogradov CD The Eastern Front Letters From the Front Front 003 Edit Compilation of original recordings alternating with modern atmospheric artworks released May 9 2006 to celebrate the 61st Anniversary of Great Victory in WWII Dedicated to Soviet fighters and their allies in World War II Sold in a thick A3 paper folded into a triangle to imitate the triangular folded World War II servicemen s letters from the Soviet front A facsimile World War II photo of Soviet servicemen is included The CD contains a bonus video of the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 CD in Russian paper cover in English 26 27 In a Front Zone Forest Georgy Vinogradov 1945 Wait for Me Georgy Vinogradov 1942 Two Maxims Georgy Vinogradov 1942 CD Melodiya Eh Dorogi MELCD6000615 Edit Compilation released 2006 Vinogradov recorded 1948 51 In Russian 75 mins Included are Track 3 Front Line in the Forest soloist Georgy Vinogradov 19 Katyusha soloist Georgy Vinogradov 20 Oh Roads or Eh Dorogi soloist Georgy Vinogradov 28 Reviews EditBrenesal Barry The Russian Legacy Georgy Vinogradov review in Fanfare June July 2004 See also EditAlexandrov Ensemble soloists Alexandrov Ensemble discography Yevgeny BelyaevBibliography EditThe Record Collector magazine vol 55 issue 4 March 10 2011 Georgy Vinogradov 29 References Edit narod ru webpage Biography of Vinogradov a b Translated kkre 22 narod ru webpage Biography of Vinogradov CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Two Maxims CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Oh the Road Armchairgeneral page Two Maxims In a Forest at the Front Nightingale Dark Night Vinogradov and Bunchikov sing Nightingale on YouTube The subject of this folk song may be the Lucina River in the Czech Republic Vinogradov sings The Bending Branch on YouTube Guildmusic com reviews of Georgy Vinogradov Translated Japanese webpage biography of Georgy Vinogradov Guildmusic com Barry Brenesal review of The Russian Legacy in Fanfare 2004 Grand tenori com Larry Friedman biography of Georgi Vinogradov Archived 2006 11 09 at the Wayback Machine Guild music com John Steane Review in Gramophone May 2004 MOSKVA fm Georgi Vinogradov Links to songlist Retrieved 29 December 2009 Translated grandi tenori com webpage Biography of Vinogradov Archived 2006 11 09 at the Wayback Machine Guildmusic com webpage Review of GP Vinogradov Translated Narod ru webpage Biography of Vinogradov However in his Vinogradov Autobiography Stone only says that he met his favourite singer Vinogradov and does not say that he was taught by Vinogradov But in Another Autobiography Stone describes Vinogradov as his teacher though the only teaching mentioned is a warning not to drop his bayan accordion Information from Russian TV series Anniversary Yubilej The episode is named Pyat shtrihov k portretu 100 let so dnya rozhdeniya Georgij Vinogradov 2008 There is a discography in Grove musical dictionary Ebay com Chant du Monde 614 Temporary URL citation 29 April 2009 Translated Japanese webpage Melodiya C 01235 6 Amazon UK MELCD60 00938 1 Translated Japanese webpage Melodiya MELCD60 00938 1 Information from CD packaging Discogs Eastern Front Letters from the Front 003 Ebay com Melodiya MELCD6000615 Temporary URL citation 29 April 2009 The Record Collector Retrieved 23 August 2011 External links EditFriedman Larry Georgy Vinogradov in the Tenor Library biography Retro samnet ru MP3 links to some of his songs in Russian Retro samnet ru image of Vinogradov in uniform 1940s in Russian History of the Tenor Sound Clips and Narration Retro samnet detailed biography of Vinogradov in Russian Biography of Vinogradov by Gleb Skorokhodov in Russian Gazeta biography of Vinogradov including comment on end of career Wordpress Alexandrov Ensemble blog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Georgy Vinogradov amp oldid 1146780563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
