Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113444103
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Emil Tabakov
Description
The Bulgarian composer and conductor Emil Tabakov (b. 1947) follows in the footsteps of musicians such as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, being active as both composer and conductor. Like Mahler, he prefers to write for large forces and now has nine symphonies and an impressive series of concertos to his name. Again like Mahler, Tabakov’s symphonies explore the darker side of the human spirit in epic scores as austere as they are powerful. Both the First Symphony (1981–82) and the Viola Concerto (2007) use small motifs to build up compelling symphonic structures, generating expansive, sometimes bleak, post-Shostakovichian landscapes that can explode with violence and energy.
Tracklisting
Tomasz Kamieniak
Stephanie McCallum; Erin Helyard
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Palmer
Jan Lehtola
Ian Mardon; Matthias Bromann; Julia Mensching; Olga Lubotsky; Suren Arisonyan; Clovis Michon; Andre
Basil C. Vendryes; William David
Viktor Valkov
Petri Komulainen; Jan Lehtola
