Hallé Orchestra, Delyana Lazarova, Guy Johnston & Maxim Rysanov - Dobrinka Tabakova (2023) [Official Digital Download]

This album marks the culmination of two special Hallé collaborations and includes four major pieces from one of the most distinctive of current British compositional voices.

Delyana Lazarova (Hallé Assistant Conductor 2020-23) and composer Dobrinka Tabakova (Hallé Artist in Residence 2022-23) were both born in the historic city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Working together for the first time during their time with the orchestra they formed a strong musical connection in which the Hallé musicians displayed a close understanding of the intricacies and dialect of Tabakova’s musical language.

This album contains two of Tabakova’s major orchestral works. The three-part Earth Suite, which the composer says was inspired by ‘the overwhelming force of Nature’, recently drew ‘exquisite playing’ from the Hallé (Bachtrack, April 2023). Orpheus’ Comet features fast rhythmic material combined with atmospheric transparent orchestrations and a glorious climax featuring quotations from Monteverdi. The two significant concertos for strings and soloists included on this album solidified Tabakova’s reputation as an outstanding contemporary voice and display the composer’s close affinity with string instruments. Ukrainian-British Maxim Rysanov, is one of Tabakova’s longest collaborators who premiered the Concerto for Viola and Strings in 2004, a piece described as being ‘saturated with an inner, captivating and natural energy’ (Culture Magazine, Nov 2004). The Concerto for Cello and Strings (whose score was described as ‘gorgeous’ by the Daily Telegraph, Australia) is here performed by Guy Johnson, one of the most exciting British cellists of his generation.

‘glowing tonal harmonies and grand, sweeping gestures [which] convey a huge emotional depth.’ – The Strad on Dobrinka Tabakova’s music.

Tracklist:
01. Orpheus' Comet
02. Concerto for Viola and Strings: I. Confident
03. Concerto for Viola and Strings: II. Passionate and nostalgic
04. Concerto for Viola and Strings: III. Light
05. Concerto for Viola and Strings: IV. Triumphant
06. Earth Suite: I. Tectonic
07. Earth Suite: II. Pacific
08. Earth Suite: III. Timber & Steel
09. Concerto for Cello and Strings: I. Turbulent
10. Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
11. Concerto for Cello and Strings: III. Radiant


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