GD 281 20th Century Bulgarian Music for CELLO Solo - Anatoli KRASTEV, cello
Works by Petar Hristoskov, Marin Goleminov , Georgi Arnaudov, Milcho Leviev, Emil Tabakov, Dimitar Tapkoff, Simeon Pironkoff, Rumen Balyozov, and Nikolai Stoikov
Issued: 2004
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New, GD281
Gega New Musical Company gives a special place in its catalogue to the works of Bulgarian composers. The most famous of them present on the Gega New label are: Pancho Vladigerov, Marin Goleminov, Simeon Pironkov, Dimitar Tapkoff, Lazar Nikolov, etc. Many of them create their works especially for some of Bulgaria's leading musicians. One of the artists preferred by many composers is the cello player Anatoli KRASTEV , who has an active concert-giving carrier and has been soloist of all Bulgarian and a number of European and American leading orchestras. He has made a great number of recordings in Bulgaria and abroad, and is also member of the jury of prestigious international festivals. Currently, he is Professor at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music in Sofia and has directed master classes in the UK, France, Belgium, Greece, Brazil, etc.
The release 20th Century Bulgarian Music for Cello Solo includes a part of the great number of works for cello solo written by Bulgarian composers of different generations: Fantasia op. 15 by Petar Hristoskov , Sonata by Marin Goleminov , “Kells” by Georgi Arnaudov , Reflected Meditation and Augsburg Polka by Milcho Leviev , “Bis” by Emil Tabakov , Sonata by Dimitar Tapkoff , Entrata e Capriccio by Simeon Pironkoff , Rhapsodic Improvisation Nos 1 and 2 by Rumen Balyozov , and Sonata No. 1 op. 39 by Nikolai Stoikov . The CD is thus a kind of encyclopedia of styles, genres and ways of interpretation of the instrument, and also presents the development of the Bulgarian cello school.
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