Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Tabakov - Emil Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 7 (Live) (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concerto for 15 Strings: I. Quarter Note = 96-92
02. Concerto for 15 Strings: II. Quarter Note = 63
03. Concerto for 15 Strings: III. Presto
04. Symphony No. 9: I. Adagio (Live)
05. Symphony No. 9: II. Presto (Live)
06. Symphony No. 9: III. Largo (Live)
07. Symphony No. 9: IV. Largo - Allegro moderato (Live)



The music of the Bulgarian composer-conductor Emil Tabakov (born 1947) explores the darker side of the human spirit in monumental scores as austere as they are powerful. Like many of his earlier symphonies, the Ninth, nearly an hour in length, is conceived on a massive scale. The opening Adagio forms an epic, glacial prelude to the driving Presto second movement. Two further slow movements follow: a Largo, which offers an island of relief after the tumult of the scherzo, and a finale which, after opening with an extensive Largo of its own, is transformed into a wild, driving, violent Allegro moderato. The symphony is prefaced by a virtuoso study for string ensemble written over 30 years earlier and remarkable for its contrapuntal fireworks and its explosive, almost elemental energy

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