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Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4
Toccata

Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

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Composer
TABAKOV, EMIL
Artist
Radoukanov, Tabakov
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Jul 05, 2019
Catalog #
TOCC0530
UPC
5060113445308

About

The music of the Bulgarian composer-conductor Emil Tabakov (b. 1947) explores the darker side of the human spirit in epic scores as austere as they are powerful. His mighty Fifth Symphony, a work almost an hour in length, is obsessive and violent, with the two outer movements, wild kaleidoscopes of whirling colors and driving energy, framing a tragic slow movement and a sardonic march. The much earlier Double-Bass Concerto, which sits downstream from Shostakovich, shows the same grim sense of humor in the teeth of the dancing indifference of fate. A critic once wrote of Tabakov's music: "In his concert music as well as in his symphonies, Emil Tabakov insists on selection and dynamics, on the large-scale development of a small in volume, but focused, thematic material. Tabakov's music is the music of movement, it rarely carries us into spaces of contemplation or frozen calm; it's movement forward in time is determined by the composer's magnificent technique with which he works the material, turning it into music and theses and antitheses, of culminations and lows."

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 06:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Performer
    Entcho Radoukanov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov
  2. 2 II. Lento 06:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Performer
    Entcho Radoukanov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov
  3. 3 III. Vivace 06:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Performer
    Entcho Radoukanov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov
  4. 4 I. Spirituoso 17:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Spirituoso
    Duration
    17:51
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov
  5. 5 II. Largo 09:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    09:44
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov
  6. 6 III. Allegro moderato 10:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:25
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov
  7. 7 IV. Finale: Andante 16:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Finale: Andante
    Duration
    16:00
    Composer
    Emil Tabakov
    Ensemble
    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Emil Tabakov