GD 125 SOFIA CHAMBER CHOIR, VASSIL ARNAUDOV - Quiet Songs
Issued: 1998
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New, GD125
The CD includes several, now cherished as a valuable archive, recordings of the great Bulgarian choral conductor Prof. Vassil ARNAUDOV, director of long standing of the Sofia Chamber Women's Choir. These are the enchanting "Winter Reflections" by Todor Popov, a composer closely associated with Arnaudov, just like the other authors in the CD - Lyubomir Pipkov, Konstantin Iliev, Alexander Tekeliev, Alexander Tanev and Ivan Spassov. With the exception of the latter's "Triptych", all the songs were created for and first performed by the choir, on the initiative of Vassil Arnaudov who was an invaluable promoter and friend of Bulgarian vocal music. After his death the choir not only took his name bur also carried on his ideas and trends championed by his pupil Theodora Pavlovitch (who is presently the choir's conductor) and choir-master, pianist and vocal pedagogue Irina Shtiglich. The superb sound and emotional expressiveness make this CD of tenderly nostalgic and intimately lyrical songs a precious collection for music lovers.
Contents:
Liubomir Pipkov - Priglusheni pesni
• Ot nebeto poletia kapka
• Vij, kojto naluchkvate bord
• Niama vechno da pee i spori mojta usta!
• Na baba
Konstantin Iliev - Tihi pesni
• Znam syrdechen sviden kyt
• Svetlo utro
Ivan Spasov - Trihtih
• Tiha nosht
• Beli, beli sniag
• Symna v synnite gradini
Aleksandyr Tekeliev
• Unes
• Dostojno est
Aleksandyr Tanev
• Tebe poem
• Otche nash
• Moia da byde devojka
Milko Kolarov
• Ideshe esen
• Zima
Todor Popov - Zimni razmisli
• Zavalia, zavalia, zavalia
• Sniag vali, kato spomen
• S belia sniag
• Kato sniag, syvsem kato sniag