Composer: Pancho Vladigerov
Performer: Teodor Moussev, Ivan Drenikov, Krassimr Gatev, Pancho Vladigerov
Orchestra: Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Vladigerov
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C8060
Release: 2020
Size: 914 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 6
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Allegro con fuoco
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
04. I. Con moto mosso
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro moderato
CD 02
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 22
01. I. Vigoroso ma non troppo allegro
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Allegro con fuoco
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 48
04. I. Con moto moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Molto vivace
CD 03
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 58
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Allegro molto
5 Silhouettes, Op. 66
04. No. 1, Introduction
05. No. 2, Reminiscence
06. No. 3, Dance
07. No. 4, Poetry
08. No. 5, Jolly Dance
Pancho Vladigerov stands out from the diversity of Bulgarian musical culture as undoubtedly the most important composer and musical ambassador of modern Bulgaria. In the 1920s he worked as a conductor, pianist and composer in close association with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. He also associated with many German-speaking writers, such as Stefan Zweig, Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and with many other composers of the time, including Bartók, Kodály, Strauss, Ravel, Glazunov, Hindemith, Schoenberg, Rachmaninov and Szymanowski. Consequently, it is difficult to understand why Vladigerov’s highly imaginative and colourful music has not yet achieved an appropriate status in today’s European concert halls. Although he had a distinctive personal style, his Piano Concertos can certainly be seen as successors to the great Slavonic Romantic concerto tradition that, post-Tchaikovsky, was continued by his Russian compatriots Rachmaninov and Medtner. These recordings, produced in the 1970s in Bulgaria, comprise Capriccio’s 18-disc Vladigerov Edition that will preserve this colourful music for future generations. Conductor Alexander Vladigerov is the son of Pancho Vladigerov.