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ID: GD139
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
This is the first release of one of the most praised and denied creative artists of the Bulgarian school of composing. His works have always been subject to controversy, most often ending with the repudiation of the respective opus. Still, with his very first compositions he established himself as an innovator, vanguard author, relentless to the commonplace and the conventional in constant search of new roads for the Bulgarian musical output. The album has the character of a retrospection tracing down the development of a talent. The combination of Iliev's Concerto Grosso (1949-50) - one of his earliest works in the traditions of post-neoclassicism, with his Fragments (1968) and his last Sixth Symphony (1984-85), gives an idea of the author's enormous creative and intellectual potential. Iliev himself conducts his Fragments, dedicated to the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra directed by him with love and inspiration. The other conductors featured in this CD, Vassil Kazandjiev and Yordan Dafov, are two of the composer's closest friends and colleagues.
Performed by: A, Dikov (piano), D. Paliev (kettle-drums), D. Boboshevski (xylophone), I. Lazarov (drums)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Vassil Kazandjiev, Konstantin Iliev, Yordan Dafov |
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ID: GD102
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Released in 1996, the CD links together two 20th-century composers - Igor Stravinsky and Emil Tabakov. Its originality is not only in the combination of Firebird and Concerto for Orchestra but also in Tabakov's interpretation as principal conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. And if in the Firebird ballet suite, a classical work of the 20th century, both the orchestra and the conductor have unanimously achieved the sound brilliance of the score, with all its variety of colours and sound effects, in Concerto for Orchestra the author Tabakov continues not only his own development but also the elaboration of the traditions of the Bulgarian school of composing in the symphonic genre. In its three movements expanded in time, the composition reveals a modern Bulgarian world of feelings and expressiveness in which the rhythm and the Bulgarian merry and sad songs are present. The performance is of a high class, impressing with depth and multitude of orchestra colours. |
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ID: GD203
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Pancho Vladigerov, a pianist, composer and pedagogue, is one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of Bulgarian musical culture. The CD is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of his birth and includes a selection of his most highly praised works. All of them are performed by the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Vladigerov, the composer's son and one of the greatest promoters of his vast creative output. All of the compositions included in the programme are from the Golden Collection of Bulgarian musical art - brilliant opuses by Vladigerov which demonstrate the vitality of his style, his mastery and invention, and his fine sense of orchestral timbres and colours.
Soloists: Svetla Slavcheva (piano), Ventseslav Nikolov (violoncello)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vladigerov, conductor |
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ID: GD215
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Cello
The release features three of the most outstanding opuses of Georgi Tutev, a representative of Bulgaria 's music avant-garde. The composer wrote a relatively small number of opuses, mainly in the chamber-instrumental and symphonic genres. The years of work on almost every composition of his speak of mature consideration and precision, of logical coherence. In Tutev's music one finds artistic achievements worthy of respect, rather than mere experiments. The first piece on this CD, Metamorphoses for 13 Stringed Instruments belongs to the early period of his work, while Longing for the Lost Harmony presents the composer both as a musician and as a philosopher. Here he expressed in sounds his thoughts and feelings regarding music technique - in the perspective of the time that has passed from 18th c. classicism to the last decades of the 20th century, when the harmonic supports and rules that were once set by composers like Haydn and Mozart were finally rejected. Tutev's aim was to make a dialogue with that long-passed time and its aesthetics. His "longings" lead the listener to the spiritual world of the composer, who longs for the lost harmony between Man and Nature, between mankind itself. The composition of Calvinomuosaik is very original. This is one of the last pieces of Georgi Tutev. It was written on commission of the German Radio, Cologne and the composer's inspiration for writing it came from the novel "The Invisible Cities" by the Italian writer Italo Calvino.
Soloist: Kalina Krusteva, violoncello
Tolbouhin Chamber Orchestra, Mixed Formation, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Yordan Dafov, Lubomir Denev |
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ID: GD204
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
The compositions presented in this programme were created during the 90ies of the last century and illustrate the composer's sensitivity and confession. His messages to the public are emotional, especially as far as Fahrenheit 451 Symphonic Suite from the Ballet is concerned. The other work is SentiMetal Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, one of the composer's most outspokenly lyrical works. A little sentiment, a little metal, this is an explanation, characteristic of the author's paradoxical thinking and sense of humour. This work, commissioned by the Dutch Radio NOS expresses the author's evolution in style, his sound and timbre diversity, virtuosity, dynamics, and fantasy.
Soloist: Michael Muller (violoncello)
Radio Symphony Orchestra NOS (Holland), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Micha Hamel, Milen Natchev |
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ID: GD246
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
The series MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC presents popular works of the pre-classical, classical and romantic periods as well as 20th century music. The series will include eight releases. The first programme (GD 245) features pieces by Grieg - Peer Gynt (Suite No, 1 op. 46), Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonella, Haendel - fragments from Water Music, and Suppe - Overture from Dichter and Bauer. |
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ID: GD252
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
The second CD of the series presenting the contemporary Bulgarian composers, project of the Soros Center for the Arts, includes music by five representatives of three generations of tonal masters. Their compositions demonstrate a rich palette of ideas and aesthetic preferences, so characteristic of the Bulgarian school from the last three decades of the 20th century. Alexander Tanev, known for his excellent choral works and cantatas, often combines in his symphonic works academic principles of construction with the most modern resources of our century, while the younger Alexander Kandov looks for a new expressiveness and has directed himself to original themes in his symphonic works. Simeon Pironkoff's Night Music is among the author's most representative and bright opuses, appealing to the listener with the refined sound and elegant melodic line. The same can be said about the Fantasia by Plamen Djouroff, a prominent Bulgarian composer and conductor. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haendel are representative of Krassimir Kyurkchiiski's art of composing. The author demonstrates his mastery of handling the Baroque forms, introducing in them the outlook and interpretation of a contemporary musician. |
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ID: GD248
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
The sixth release of the series MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC continues to present favorite popular works by world-famous composers. The previous albums in this series contain over 30 works from the preclassical, classical and romantic period, as well as music of the 20th century. Music lovers will have the opportunity once again to get in touch with masterpiece works, created during different periods of the history of music. |
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ID: GD247
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
The third CD begins with Ponchielli and Dance of the Hours from the popular opera "La Gioconda" (1876). Then follow two overtures by the Austrian composer Franz von Suppe - "Beautiful Galathea" and "Leicht Kavallerie", Brahms' Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 5 and 6 (created during the period 1869-80). After that come the founder of the Czech national composers school Smetana and his symphonic poem The Moldau, and Weber - the founder of the German romantic and legendary-knights opera, with his famous Invitation to the Dance. The programme ends with one of the greatest masters of polyphonic music and founder of the classical type of oratorio - Haendel, who has written 32 oratorios, one of which is Judas Maccabaeus, an excerpt of which is included in this release. The CD thus features representatives of the pre-classical, classical and romantic periods, and some European national composers' schools. |
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ID: GD245
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Gega New Ltd. begins releasing the series MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. The new project will feature eight releases with music from the pre-classical, classical, and the romantic periods, as well as 20th century music. Among the recorded composers are: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, Dvorak, Brahms, Liszt, Suppe, Barber, Vaughan-Williams, Pachelbel, ?odaly, Rosas, etc. The instrumental pieces included in the series have been loved by generations of music fans. Some of them have been recorded a number of times, while others are less popular. |
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