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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: GD250
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Viola
Concerto per viola ed orchestra, NDR Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato, conductor
There are two centuries that separate the composers included in this release - Karl Philipp Stamitz (1745-1801) and Krzystof Penderecki (1933). Living in two different epochs, their works reflect not only the development of music, but also the history of the viola concerto. Stamitz' Konzert D Dur for Viola and Orchestra was composed when the genre was still in its early stage, the interest in the instrument itself was quite lively and its technical means and expressive resources provoked the curiosity of the composers. When Penderecki wrote Concerto per viola ed orchestra, the viola had long since established itself in the composers' practice. The idea of combining the two composers is very interesting and requires incredible artistic mastership.
The two concertos have been recorded by the talented Bulgarian viola player Dimitar Penkov. Having graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music in Sofia, he is laureate of a number of prestigious international competitions. He specialized with Prof. Yfrah Neaman in London and has enjoyed a successful performing career working with conductors like Pierre Bartholomee, Michael Tabachnik, Aldo Ceccato, Gilbert Varga, Vassil Kazandjiev, Konstantin Iliev, Alexander Vladigerov and others. Accepting the invitation of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Bartholomee, he made a premire performance of Penderecki's viola concerto in France, which was recorded live by Radio Paris (1985). Since 1983 he has been living in Hanover, Germany. |
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ID: GD254
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
While 19th century Western Europe music includes different styles and schools, there is no such division among Russian composers. During that time Russia marks a period of real national upsurge in enhancing the Russian nation. For this reason, the Russian composers turn back to the traditional village folklore and consider it basic for the future development of Russian musical culture. Glinka was the first to look back to the Russian musical heritage. His works provide a basis for the Russian classical music school. The realistic traditions in his music are followed also by the next generation of composers.
At the end of the 50s and the beginning of the 60s a group of composers (Balakirev, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui) created the group “The Five”, dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian brand of music and truthful representation of real life. They follow the path of Glinka and Dargomizhsky in creating works which are closely connected to folk art. However, they also stand out with their brilliant artistic talent and the innovations they made in opera, symphonic and chamber music. Tchaikovsky also shares their outlook. He often uses Russian folklore, but is interested mainly in the inner life of man, and not in large-scale historical dramas. In this sense, his music is more closely related to everyday romance, than to the traditional folklore. Tchaikovsky also creates a new type of ballet music. Music had mainly accompaniment functions before him. He makes it stand on its own in the whole performance. By employing the expressive means of symphonic music, the composer reveals the dramatic content of the work.
20th century composers are also influenced by their predecessors. They develop the folk traditions and enrich them with the expressive means of their time. |
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ID: GD256
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Orchestra
Just as in the first three albums, the series MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (vol. 1 - GD 245, vol. 2 - GD 246, vol. 3 - GD 247) continues to present composers from different epochs and their ever-loved works. The present programme features pieces written over a vast period of time. Even though each composer represents a different trend in music, they are all united by the eternity of their work. All of them were innovators in music and influenced their followers to a great extent: from the representatives of the Vienna classical school (Mozart and Beethoven), to the author of the first German romantic opera (Weber), the most outstanding comic opera composer (Rossini), up to Elgar, who worked in the beginning of the 19th and the end of the 20th c. |
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ID: GD257
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Viola
The fifth disc of the series continues that trend of presenting world-famous classical works, loved by many generations of classical music admirers. The four programs released up to now (vol. 1 - GD 245, vol. 2 - GD 246, vol. 3 - GD 247, vol. 4 - GD 256) feature great works of the 18th, 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. This release also includes a long period in time, which is another proof that the different aesthetic visions of the composers and their various stylistic means of expression do not oppose them to each other, but rather unite them by the eternal value of their work.
The “Masters of Classical Music” series has had great success with the listeners and this is due especially to the Bulgarian conductor Vassil Kazandjiev. He offers a precise interpretation of the works, and an exceptional knowledge of the epoch and style of the composers. The viola player Dimitar Penkov also participates in the program. He is a world-renowned artist, lives in Germany and concertizes in many countries throughout the world. |
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ID: GD341
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera & Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Opera voices from Bulgaria reveal their talent at all major opera stages of the world. They can be heard in the La Scala, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera… One of these singers is Vania Vatralova-Stankov. She graduated in violin and singing at the Dobri Hristov College of Music and Arts in Varna and continued her studies in Spain at the Royal Conservatoire of Music and the Royal Opera School in Madrid. She was appointed as co-principal violin at the City of Elche Chamber Orchestra where she played as a soloist in many occasions but later on she decided to pursue fully her singing career. Her teacher, the soprano Ana Fernaud, introduced her to Bel Canto- repertoire. She has done further training and Master Classes with Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballe, Mirella Freni and Nelly Miriccioiu, amongst others. After graduating she moved to the UK, and since then she has performed with Welsh National Opera Studio and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the title roles of operas by Donizetti, Verdi, Dvorak. Vania Vatralova-Stankov has also performed concerts and recitals throughout the UK and the rest of Europe. She has performed the major Oratorio repertoire with many orchestras, such as Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, London Gala Orchestra, Baroque Orchestra Valencia, and Madrid Players Orchestra and has worked under the baton of Alaxander Kantorov, Alex Ingram and Giorgio Leardini. She has participated in many International Festivals, such as Belcanto Festival Dordrecht (Holland), International Summer Festival in Peralada, Barcelona, Sofia Summer Days Festival and Varna International Summer Festival.
Noel Tredinnick has conducted in all the major concert venues in the UK, at the Sydney Opera House, the Conservatorium of Music in Moscow, the Sky Dome Stadium in Toronto, the Kravis Center in Palm Beach, St Michael’s Cathedral in Brussels, the Festival Hall in Varna, the City Hall in New York, Ammergauer Haus and Wieskirche in Oberammergau, to name a few. He is also Organist and Director of Music at All Souls, Langham Place, a post he combines with that of a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he teaches conducting, orchestration and musical awareness. |
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