Composer: Pancho Vladigerov
Performer: Pavel Gerdjikov, Maria Ventsislavova, Evelina Stoitseva, Roumiana Valcheva-Evrova
Orchestra: Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Vladigerov
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C8070
Release: 2021
Size: 470 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
01. Dafino, Wine!, Op. 42 No. 5
02. Early, Radka Went, Op. 43 No. 5
03. Ah, Dimitro Iyo, Op. 42 No. 2
04. The Forest Was Winding, Op. 32 No. 1
05. Old Dimo, Op. 42 No. 5
06. From the Mountain, Ma, Climbs Down a Young Shepard, Op. 43 No. 6
07. A Maiden from Shoumen
08. Mincho Winked at Minka, Op. 41 No. 6
09. An Old Man Pastures Cattle
10. Nine Years Have Passed, Yonke, Op. 32 No. 5
11. A Whistle Whistles to Me in Dark Recesses, Op. 32 No. 6
Lyric Songs, Op. 5
12. No. 1, Mysterious Night
13. No. 2, Silent Was the Night
14. No. 3, By the Deserted Shore
15. No. 4, The Flowers Were Crying
16. No. 5, Past Midnight
17. No. 6, How Merrily We Stood Together
CD 02
01. Wild Gidiya, Op. 5
Songs, Op. 67
02. No. 2, The Quiet Spring Rain
03. No. 1, The Sky Is Crazy Blue
04. No. 4, Bright Morning
05. No. 3, Crowds Approach the Day of Judgement
Bulgarian Folk Songs, Op. 56
06. No. 6, Mechanical
07. No. 5, It Suits You, My Love
08. No. 4, What a Girl I Saw, Ma
09. No. 3, Bogdane
10. No. 1, Valko, Valko
11. No. 2, A Fierce Threat
12. Song for the Beloved
The present fifth volume of the Pancho Vladigerov Edition turns to an aspect of the composer’s genre that many other composers have never or hardly touched: orchestral songs. It is perfectly plausible that Vladigerov found himself exposed to this genre during his formative years in Berlin and Vienna, having enjoyed its heydays in those years he spent in those cities (Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Joseph Marx and others). Notably, Vladigerov always worked off poems by Bulgarian writers, not only when dealing with Bulgarian folk songs. Like many other 20th century composers from a host of different countries and ethnicities, Vladigerov delved deeply into the folk songs and folk dances of his homeland. These are songs and dances – some are still popular today, others nearly forgotten – that various ethnic groups in the country have developed over centuries. In these arrangements, the composing side of Vladigerov finds the perfect synthesis with his pronouncedly Bulgarian side.
This fifth volume of the Pancho Vladigerov Edition focuses on one genre in the composer’s output that many other composers have either never, or hardly ever, touched: orchestral songs. It is perfectly plausible that Vladigerov found himself exposed to it during his formative years in Berlin and Vienna, where the genre was at the peak of its popularity during the time he spent there (witness works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Joseph Marx and others). Notably, Vladigerov always used poems by Bulgarian writers, complementing the interest he showed in Bulgarian folk songs. Like many other 20th-century composers from a host of different countries and ethnicities, Vladigerov delved deeply into the folk songs and folk dances of his homeland, developed over centuries by various ethnic groups; some remain popular today, while others have been largely forgotten. In these arrangements, Vladigerov the composer finds a perfect synthesis with Vladigerov the Bulgarian national.