Composer: Emil Tabakov
Performer: Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Orchestra: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Emil Tabakov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0636
Release: 2022
Size: 712 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concerto for 15 String Instruments
01. I. Quarter Note = 96-92
02. II. Quarter Note = 63
03. III. Presto
Symphony No. 9 (Live)
04. I. Adagio
05. II. Presto
06. III. Largo
07. IV. Largo – Allegro moderato
The music of the Bulgarian composer-conductor Emil Tabakov (b. 1947) explores the darker side of the human spirit in monumental scores as austere as they are powerful. Like many of his earlier symphonies, the Ninth, nearly an hour in length, is conceived on a massive scale. The opening Adagio forms an epic, glacial prelude to the driving Presto second movement. Two further slow movements follow: a Largo, which offers an island of relief after the tumult of the scherzo, and a finale which, after opening with an extensive Largo of its own, is transformed into a wild, driving, violent Allegro moderato. The symphony is prefaced by a virtuoso study for string ensemble written over 30 years earlier and remarkable for its contrapuntal fireworks and its explosive, almost elemental energy.