Aeolian. Gentle, like a lullaby - Cantabile - Holding back a little, still -
1:39
A tempo, with intensity - Cantabile
19.
VII
Mixolydian. Light, energetic - Gentle, a little slower, melodic - Build up
1:08
PANCHO VLADIGEROV
Impressions, Op.9 (1920)
47:45
Ten Impressions for Piano
20.
1
Langueur (Longing). Lento - Stringendo - Tempo I
3:16
21.
Étreinte (Embrace). Moderato - (Un poco più mosso) - Tempo I
5:09
22.
3
Valse caprice (Waltz Caprice). Tempo di Valse -
4:16
Un poco più mosso - Tempo I - Più vivace
23.
4
Caresse (Caress). Moderato
2:43
24.
5
Élégance (Elegance). Allegro assai - Meno mosso - Più mosso -
5:35
Tempo I - Presto
25.
6
Aveu (Confession). Moderato semplice - Un poco più mosso - Tempo I
2:33
26.
7
Le Rire (Scherzo humoristique) (Laughter). Vivacissimo -
6:01
Meno mosso - (Un poco più mosso) - Tempo I - (Quasi cadenza ad libitum) -
[Tempo I] - Presto
27.
8
Passion (Passion). Lento - Pesante - [Tempo I] - Più mosso -
6:31
Impetuoso molto appassionato - [Meno mosso]
28.
9
Surprise (Surprise). Adagio - Più mosso - Ancora più stringendo - Allegro risoluto -
6:49
Agitato - Più moderato - Tempo I - Allegro fantastico
29.
10
Résignation (Élégie) (Resignation [Elegy]). Andante cantabile - [ ] - Tempo I
4:47
Total time: 83:11
About
Awarded the title Young Steinway Artist in 2020, the Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva received the 2019 Sam Hutchings Piano Prize and was a 2018 Britten-Pears Young Artist. She has been praised for her serious talent, outstanding musicianship, extraordinary instinctive artistry, and fine technical command. For this her début recording, she presents works by two contrasting Bulgarian composers. Pancho Vladigerov was arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He was one of the first successfully to combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music. He was also among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers. The British-Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova studied composition under Simon Bainbridge, Diana Burrell, Robert Keeley, and Andrew Schultz. Her composition Praise was sung at St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and she has received commissions from the Royal Philharmonic Society, BBC Radio 3, Cheltenham Music Festival, Britten Sinfonia, Three Choirs Festival, Wigmore Hall, and, in 2014, the PRS Foundation's first UK New Music Biennial.
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Reviews
“… Marina Staneva is clearly an artist of stature; she presents these works in compelling fashion, and is honoured with a recording quality of demonstration standard… Do, please, investigate this disc – it is greatly significant …” *****
Robert Matthew-Walker – Musical Opinion Quarterly – July-September 2022
Carsten Dürer – Piano News (Germany) – July/August 2022
“… there’s no questioning Staneva’s sensitivity to Vladigerov’s slithering chromatic counterlines and lush harmonic language… One should note Chandos's generou playing time and outstanding annotations."
Jed Distler – Gramophone magazine – May 2022
Performance **** Recording *****
“… Marina Staneva delivers these piquant and atmospheric character pieces with passion and commitment …”
Erik Levi – BBC Music magazine – June 2022
“… This is a very fine recital. Maria Staneva is to be congratulated on bringing these pieces to vivid life, with careful crafted rubato, splendid technique and a tone that rings through from the quietest sections to the many, many thick-textured fortissimo passages… I look forward to what other treasures Staneva will find after this entertaining début recital.”
Rob Challinor – MusicWeb-International.com – 10 May 2022
“…Brilliantly played by Marina Staneva, the two main works on this album reflect the composer’s big debt to Rachmaninov, without in any way compromising his own voice… Vladigerov is a mast of his art and springs lovey spells… Both works deserves a place in the mainstream recital repertoire… [Tabakova] contributes 10 minutes of neo-Debussian charm with a set of folk-influenced studies that play interesting games with intricate contrapuntal figurations and neatly shifting chordal patterns.”
Michael Church – International Piano – May 2022
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