GD 187 GEORGI ARNAOUDOV - Compositions
The Circle of Rites, Ritual I
Incarnation dans la lumiere,
Borges Fragment, Kyrie (Summe deus)
Issued: 1998
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New GD187
Georgi ARNAOUDOV is a composer who stood out in the generation which entered Bulgarian musical life in the 1980s. His works are marked by originality evident in both the manner of structuring and the characteristic features of sound-combinations, modes and timbres. He is the author of symphonies, concerto opuses, ballets and a number of chamber-instrumental works. What interests him most are the deep roots of Bulgarian folk music, Gregorian religious art, as well as the ancient Asian cultures. For his CD he has selected some of his most popular compositions, which have been included in the repertoire of recording companies and a number of Bulgarian instrumentalists. Titles like "The Circle of Rites", "Ritual" - I, II and III suggest the author's ambition to give new musical meaning to ancient messages, carried on throughout the centuries. Each of the compositions begins in a peculiar way, from one tone only; then it becomes a thread, which - being drawn out, twisted and re-twisted - turns the initial "silence" and inaction into an exciting musical flow and ends into the "silence" from the beginning again. Emilia Maximova, a singer of great capacities in the performance of contemporary vocal music, cellist Kalina Krusteva and Musica Nova Ensemble under the baton of Plamen Djourov offer excellent interpretations of Georgi Arnaoudov's four opuses.
Contents:
• THE CIRCLE OF RITES
• RITUAL I
• INCARNATION DANS LA LUMIERE ( Ritual II )
• BORGES FRAGMENT ( RITUAL III )
• KYIRE
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