Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at and Exhibition and piano works Ivo Varbanov
Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at and Exhibition and piano works Ivo Varbanov GEGA NEW – GD117 For his Bulgarian CD the pianist has chosen Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition. This work not only poses to the performer various difficulties with respect to technique and interpretation, but it requires a truthful rendition of the great Russian composer’s unique style, a thorough understanding of the work’s rich and vivid imagery, together with an ability to construct a monumental cycle serving as...
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Festival Carniarmonie Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1
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Recording of Milen Kirov, Jazz title for ICSM Records
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BBC Music Magazine 17 June 2017 BBC Music Magazine June 2017
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Nenov Piano Concerto; Ballade Nr 2 Ivo Varbanov (klaver); Royal Scottish National Orchestra, dir. Emil Tabakov Hyperion CDA68205 (65 minutter) 1 2 3 4 5 6 The life of the Bulgarian composer Dimitar Nenov (1901–53) might almost have been drawn up by a thriller-writer with an over-active imagination. Born (in Razgrad, in north-eastern Bulgaria) into a family with military links to the Imperial family in Russia, Nenov studied both piano (with the Busoni acolyte Egon Petri) and architecture, becoming a widely travelled piano virtuoso and...
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Review by Jeremy Nicholas for Gramophone magazine Gramophone June 2017 Nenov
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Fanfare Magazine July/Aug 2017 by Jim Svejda Fanfare Magazine July/Aug 2017
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Review by Robert Matthew-Walker, June 2017 Dimitar Nenov – Piano Concerto & Ballade No.2 – Ivo Varbanov/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Emil Tabakov [Hyperion]
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