Slavic Roots

 
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PANCHO VLADIGEROV / DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
Slavic Roots
Marina Staneva (piano)

[ Chandos / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 14 April 2022

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Awarded the title Young Steinway Artist in 2020, the Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva received the 2019 Sam Hutchings Piano Prize and was a 2018 Britten-Pears Young Artist. She has been praised for her serious talent, outstanding musicianship, extraordinary instinctive artistry, and fine technical command. For this her début recording, she presents works by two contrasting Bulgarian composers.

Pancho Vladigerov was arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He was one of the first successfully to combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music. He was also among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers.

The British-Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova studied composition under Simon Bainbridge, Diana Burrell, Robert Keeley, and Andrew Schultz. Her composition Praise was sung at St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and she has received commissions from the Royal Philharmonic Society, BBC Radio 3, Cheltenham Music Festival, Britten Sinfonia, Three Choirs Festival, Wigmore Hall, and, in 2014, the PRS Foundation's first UK New Music Biennial.

Tracks:

PANCHO VLADIGEROV
XI Variations pour piano sur un chant populaire bulgare

1. Tema. Andante sostenuto
2. Variazione I. Moderato
3. Variazione II. Con moto mosso
4. Variazione III. Agitato drammatico
5. Variazione IV. Moderato
6. Variazione V. Andantino - Più mosso - Tempo I
7. Variazione VI. Allegro marcato
8. Variazione VII. Allegro tempestoso
9. Variazione VIII. Andante lentando - Più mosso - [Tempo I]
10. Variazione IX. Con moto mosso poco animato
11. Variazione X. Moderato risoluto (quasi rapsodico)
12. Variazione XI (Finale). Adagio maestoso festivamente

DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
Modétudes (1998)

13. Dorian. Expectant, bubbling beneath the surface - Risoluto
14. Lydian. Calm, like a flowing river
15. Ionian. Sparkling, bright - Like an echo
16. Locrian. Solemn, dignified - Expressive - Majestic
17. Phrygian. Turbulent, fiery
18. Aeolian. Gentle, like a lullaby - Cantabile - Holding back a little, still
19. Mixolydian. Light, energetic - Gentle, a little slower, melodic - Build up

PANCHO VLADIGEROV
Impressions, Op.9 (1920)

20. Langueur (Longing). Lento - Stringendo - Tempo I
21. Étreinte (Embrace). Moderato - (Un poco più mosso) - Tempo I
22. Valse caprice (Waltz Caprice). Tempo di Valse
23. Caresse (Caress). Moderato
24. Élégance (Elegance). Allegro assai - Meno mosso - Più mosso
25. Aveu (Confession). Moderato semplice - Un poco più mosso - Tempo I
26. Le Rire (Scherzo humoristique) (Laughter). Vivacissimo
27. Passion (Passion). Lento - Pesante - [Tempo I] - Più mosso
28. Surprise (Surprise). Adagio - Più mosso - Ancora più stringendo - Allegro risoluto
29. Résignation (Élégie) (Resignation [Elegy]). Andante cantabile