The classical music of Bulgaria is often intriguing, occupying its own space separate from the major stylistic streams of both Eastern and Western Europe. The best-known name in the country's 20th century tradition is probably Pancho Vladigerov, who wrote nationalistic music as needed but also traveled in the West and experimented with new fusions. The closest parallel, for those in need of one, would be Karol Szymanowski. The music on this release is not particularly Bulgarian in flavor; the "exotic preludes" are exotic ...
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The classical music of Bulgaria is often intriguing, occupying its own space separate from the major stylistic streams of both Eastern and Western Europe. The best-known name in the country's 20th century tradition is probably Pancho Vladigerov, who wrote nationalistic music as needed but also traveled in the West and experimented with new fusions. The closest parallel, for those in need of one, would be Karol Szymanowski. The music on this release is not particularly Bulgarian in flavor; the "exotic preludes" are exotic from the Bulgarian point of view, not simply that of the West, carrying hints of Spanish flamenco, Middle Eastern, and Russian traditions as well as Bulgarian elements. The Ten Impressions, Op. 9, are even more general, lying in the Rachmaninov realm. What the pieces here do share is a lush virtuosity, and Hyperion has chosen its Vladigerov representative well with Nadejda Vlaeva, a protegee of Lazar Berman, who has praised her to the skies. It's not so much keyboard heroics that...
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