Pancho Vladigerov - Works for Piano Duo (Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo)

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Composer: Pancho Vladigerov

1. Rhapsody Vardar, Op. 16
2. Romance et Cake-Walk
3. Chimmy de concert
4. La Danseuse orientale, Op. 10 No. 2
5. Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: I. Alla marcia
6. Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: II. Chant
7. Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: III. Chorowodna
8. Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: IV. Ratschenitza
9. Danse Suedoise
10. Bilyana (from Danses Bulgares, Op. 23)
11. Fox-Trot
12. Valse Fantastique, Op. 2 No. 4
13. Grande Ronde (from Danses Bulgares, Op. 23)
14. Mar Dimitroljo (from Danses Bulgares, Op. 23)
15. Danse roumaine, No. 3

Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova

    Liuben Dimitrov

Date: 2000

Label: CPO

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Pancho-Vladigerov-1899-1978-Bulgarische-Impressionen-Werke-f%C3%BCr-2-Klaviere/hnum/2073569

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 8 / SOUND QUALITY: 9

About a year and a half before he died, Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) produced 13 piano duo transcriptions from his own solo piano, chamber, and orchestral works. What we might miss in orchestral color or textural contrast is more than compensated for by the composer’s resourceful two-piano deployment. The music dates from 1915 to 1942. Earlier pieces such as La Danseuse Orientale and Valse Fantastique recall the rich harmonic idiom of the young Erich Wolfgang Korngold. By contrast, the nationalistic flavor in the Rhapsodie Vardar and Alla Marcia from the Suite Bulgare Op. 21 shrinks under the composer’s lavish, Rachmaninovian textures. Vladigerov’s own voice best manifests its spiky, inventive self in three selections he arranged from the Seven Bulgarian Symphonic Dances (1931).

The Piano Duo Genova and Dimitrov is a splendidly cohesive and colorful pair. Although in the jazz-influenced Fox-Trot, Romance et Cake-Walk, and Chimmy de Concert, we might wish for more rhythmic lilt and pliability, prospective duetists should find some of these works attractive additions to the medium’s pitifully small repertoire. Fine annotations and engineering.

-- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday

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Pancho Vladigerov (13 March 1899 – 8 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue and pianist. He is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time, and was one of the first to successfully combine Bulgarian folk music and classical music. Vladigerov marked the beginning of a number of genres in Bulgarian music, including violin sonata and piano trio. He was also a very respected pedagogue; his students include practically all notable Bulgarian composers of the next generation, such as Alexander Raichev, Alexander Yossifov, Stefan Remenkov, and many others, as well as the pianist Alexis Weissenberg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Vladigerov

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Genova & Dimitrov is a Bulgarian piano duo which consists of Aglika Genova (born 29 June 1971) and Liuben Dimitrov (born 12 October 1969). Formed in the city of Hannover in 1995, the Duo's international concert career began with winning all the major piano duo competitions from 1995 to 1997. Since then the duo has performed at the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa, collaborating with well known orchestras and conductors. Genova & Dimitrov has appeared on radio and TV broadcasts, served as jurors in competitions, and have given master classes worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genova_&_Dimitrov

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