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POULENC, GOLEMINOV, TCHAIKOVSKY, SCHUMANN

POULENC, GOLEMINOV, TCHAIKOVSKY, SCHUMANN
ID: GD136
CDs: 1
Type: CD

1 - 7 recorded in GATEWAY Studio, London 8 - 13 recorded in BULGARIA Concert Hall, Sofia

Devorina Gamalova was born in Bulgaria in 1965 and studied violin at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music in Sofia. Later she moved to the UK and studied violin and viola (Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music). Presently she performs as soloist and chamber musician, takes part in the Yehudi Menuhin's Live Music Now Scheme, and teaches violin and viola at South Downs College, Chichester Institute of Higher Education, Goldsmith's College, and Purcell School.
Ruzhka Charakchieva graduated the Music School for Gifted Children in Sofia and the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music. She gave her first recital when she was nine and at eleven she made her concerto debut. She continued her studies in Moscow and Vienna, and was prize-winner at the International Robert Shumann Competition in Germany, the George Enescu Competition in Romania, etc. Along with her work as Professor at the Sofia Academy of Music, she has an active performing career in solo, concerto and chamber music all over the world.
Peter Rhodes studied music at the University of Durham and Jesus College, Cambridge, and later with the great Polish pianist Ryszard Bakst at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In addition to many solo engagements, he has specialised in operatic and instrumental accompaniment, giving major recitals with artists such as Dame Kiri te Kanawa and Benjamin Luxon. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Music at South Down College in Hampshire.
The album also includes the only remaining recording of the Bulgarian violinist Blagorodna Badeva (1963-1995), which was tape-recorded at her home. Despite the lack of orchestral accompaniment and the very limited equipment, her interpretation of Mozart is remarkable.
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SACRED MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY BY MALTESE COMPOSERS

SACRED MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY BY MALTESE COMPOSERS
ID: GR94
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Liturgy

After the success of the first CD in this series (Sacred music by Maltese composers of the 19th century, GR 88), this is the second CD with sacred music of the early 20th century. The composers continue the tradition of their predecessors, composing very melodious music, conforming to the norms of church services. The programme was again recorded by a recording staff of Gega New.
The release of two more CDs is currently being prepared:
Sacred Music of the 18th Century
Sacred Music of the 19th Century - Vol. 2
The projects are carried out with the support of APS Bank, Malta


Soloists: Miriam Cauchi (soprano), Joseph Aquilina (tenor), Alfred Camilleri (baritone), Anthony Montebello (bass)
The Jubal Mixed Voice Choir and Orchestra
Rev. John Galea, conductor

Recorded at the Seminary in Rabat, Malta, December 2003
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Sacred Music Of The 18th Century

Sacred Music Of The 18th Century
ID: GR95
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Subcollection: Liturgy

This is the third CD of the series by Maltese composers that Gega New has started to release. The first two programmes contain sacred works from the 19th century (GR 88) and the beginning of the 20th century (GR 94). The present CD features earlier, 18th century works and sacred music also prevails here. Listeners will have the chance to appreciate the splendid works of Maltese composers. The successful cooperation of Gega New with APS Bank, Malta, thanks to which the three programmes have been recorded, will continue in future. Another CD is to be released, which will contain the second volume of music by 19th century Maltese composers. All recordings have been made by Bulgarian technical staff and equipment in historic cathedrals in Malta .
Soloists: Gillian Zammit (soprano), Claire Massa (contralto), Joseph Aquilina (tenor), Anthony Montebello (bass) The Jubal Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Rev. John Galea, conductor
Recorded at the Seminary in Rabat, Malta, May 2004
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SOGNO D’OR - Songs by Giacomo RUCCINI - Krassimira STOYANOVA, soprano - Maria PRINZ, piano

SOGNO D’OR - Songs by Giacomo RUCCINI - Krassimira STOYANOVA, soprano - Maria PRINZ, piano
ID: GD300
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano

BONUS: Salve Regina (soprano e organo)
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GEORGI MINTCHEV - COMPOSITIONS

GEORGI MINTCHEV - COMPOSITIONS
ID: GD204
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra

The compositions presented in this programme were created during the 90ies of the last century and illustrate the composer's sensitivity and confession. His messages to the public are emotional, especially as far as Fahrenheit 451 Symphonic Suite from the Ballet is concerned. The other work is SentiMetal Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, one of the composer's most outspokenly lyrical works. A little sentiment, a little metal, this is an explanation, characteristic of the author's paradoxical thinking and sense of humour. This work, commissioned by the Dutch Radio NOS expresses the author's evolution in style, his sound and timbre diversity, virtuosity, dynamics, and fantasy.

Soloist: Michael Muller (violoncello)
Radio Symphony Orchestra NOS (Holland), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Micha Hamel, Milen Natchev
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GIUSEPPE VERDI - DUETS FROM OPERAS - NICOLA GHIUSELEV - ALEXANDRINA PENDATCHANSKA - VLADIMIR STOYANOV

GIUSEPPE VERDI - DUETS FROM OPERAS - NICOLA GHIUSELEV - ALEXANDRINA PENDATCHANSKA - VLADIMIR STOYANOV
ID: GD202
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Opera & Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

The famous bass Nicola Ghiuselev performs together with the young and already celebrated singers Alexandrina Pendatchanska and Valdimir Stoyanov duets from some of the most loved and widely performed Verdi operas. Still fairly unusual as a genre, this CD of opera ensemble excerpts offers the opportunity of getting to know and appreciating the vocalists' artistic mastery from a different point of view. The duets feature the musicality of the participating couples, alongside with their ability to co-ordinate and combine phrases, moods, feelings and to convey the protagonist's characteristic states, expressed in a harmonious musical sound. They depict vividly Leonora's soul, torn by grief, seeking for Padre Guardiano's kind and wise support; Attila, the cruel warrior and barbarian conqueror, who gradually realises the urgent plea of Ezio, the Roman, trying to convince him to have mercy on his native Italy. Each of the duets contains dramatic and psychological clashes and they all demonstrate the performers' unity, achieved by the soprano Pendatchanska, baritone Stoyanov and Nicola Ghiuselev, whom we hear in all recordings, with exquisite brilliance, both vocal and emotional, and perfect sense of musicality. The CD of Verdi opera duets is original not only for the idea and its realisation but also for the selection of musical excerpts which combine bass with soprano or baritone.



Nicola Ghiuselev (bass), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano), Vladimir Stoyanov (baritone)
Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Boris Hinchev, conductor

Recorded in December 1996
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VICTORIA BOND - COMPOSITIONS

VICTORIA BOND - COMPOSITIONS
ID: GD197
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble

American composer Victoria Bond, whose stage music and chamber works enjoy great popularity in the USA, is also famous as conductor in her home country, Europe and Asia. The CD includes seven of her compositions each of which highlights various aspects of her talent. Bond is very good at logically structuring the small forms imbuing them at the same time with emotionality and musical ideas. For example, the wonderful piece Batucada, variations on a Brazilian samba for piano, or Sonata for Cello and Piano, the expressive means of which have originated from some techniques characteristic of 20th century music like Schoenberg's serial technique. Weddings & Bar Mitzvahs, built on a Jewish folk song with a beautiful melody is also an excellent concert piece. The Dreams of Flying demonstrates the composer's skill in the combination of timbres and the development of basic motifs, in interweaving the voices.

Performed by: Georgy Valtchev (violin), Nikolai Gagov (violin), Valentin Gerov (viola), Christo Tanev (violoncello), Anna Stoytcheva (piano), Kremena Acheva (flute)
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BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - DE FALLA - RAVEL - HINDEMITH

BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - DE FALLA - RAVEL - HINDEMITH
ID: GD260
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra

With this release Gega New presents an interesting programme, which includes some European composers from different schools of composing. The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, one of the leading formations in the Balkans, conveys magnificently the style and creative conception of the works. With its concert activities throughout the country, numerous successful tours abroad and extensive recording career, the orchestra has long become a model of high artistic and professional standard.
Milen Nachev is one of the most talented young Bulgarian conductors. He graduated from the Sofia State Academy of Music and in 1979. Following a competition, he began his studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatoire, in Prof. Ilya Mussin's class in conducting, from which he graduated with honours, majoring in choral and orchestra conducting. After graduation, he began work at the Rousse Opera Theatre. In 1989 he specialised with Prof. Gennady Rozhdestvensky at the Chigiana Academy of Sienna, Italy. In the same year he was appointed principal conductor and artistic director of the Rousse Opera. In 1992 he was on an ANFIAC (UNESCO) internship and his managing practice was with the Paris Symphony Orchestra. He graduated in 1993 from the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France and began working as conductor at the Sofia Opera. In 1994, Mr. Nachev was invited to conduct the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and in the following year he headed this orchestra as its principal conductor. It was with this orchestra that Maestro Nachev has toured successfully in Germany, France and Spain and has made numerous recordings, world premieres including, of contemporary works for the sound collection of the Bulgarian National Radio. As visiting conductor he has worked with the orchestras of the Paris National Opera, the Klagenfurt Philharmonic (Austria), the Accademia Concordi Orchestra - Rome (Italy), the Bucharest National Radio Orchestra. In 1999 he was also appointed Principal Conductor of the Belgrade Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. He has directed master classes in conducting at the Lyceo Academy in Barcelona, Spain and in Opava, the Czech Republic.
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PETKO STAINOV - COMPOSITIONS

PETKO STAINOV - COMPOSITIONS
ID: GD259
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir

The first half of the 20th century marks the appearance of a number of talented and prolific composers and musicians in Bulgarian musical culture. One of them is Petko Stainov (1986-1977) - a composer, pedagogue, and musical activist. Petko Stainov was born in Kazanlak, which was then famous for its music traditions. After hurting one of his eyes, he lost his sight completely when he was 11. In 1915 he graduated from the Institute for the Blind in Sofia. Then he studied piano with Andrei Stoyanov and made his early attempts at recording. He furthered his studies in Germany and after returning to Bulgaria played an active part in the country's music life. His first major work was the Thracian Dances symphonic suite in three movements (1925). Later he added an additional movement to the suite, Mechkarsko (The Bear's Dance, 1926). His other works include the symphonic poems A Legend (1927), and Thrace (1937), the symphonic suite A Fairy Tale (1930), Symphonic Scherzo (1930), two symphonies (1945 and 1949), etc. Along with his symphonic work, he also created remarkable choral pieces - from songs for different choral formations up to large-scope dramatic ballads. In both genres he adapted the expressive means of the European musical tradition to the Bulgarian vision of the world. He thus created a musical style of his own combining in a perfect manner Bulgarian rhythm and tunes with European musical trends
The present release features some of the composer's symphonic and choral works, recorded by the best Bulgarian orchestras and choirs.
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BULGARIAN CHORAL ART - Vol. 3

BULGARIAN CHORAL ART - Vol. 3
ID: GD301
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir

Bulgarian choral art is known the world over. On their tours abroad, Bulgarian choirs are always met with the approval of the audience. The third CD of the series BULGARIAN CHORAL ART features performances of choirs which are laureates of international competitions. These are studio and live recordings made within a period of 30 years, thus presenting a review of choral art development in Bulgaria. The program includes mainly 20th-century songs, composed chiefly by Bulgarian authors. Many of the pieces were written specially for the choir which performs them.
It is impossible to present in one release all choirs which have won awards at prestigious international competitions. This will continue in the next releases of the series, published with the assistance of the Bulgarian Choirs Union.
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