Vladigerov: Exotic preludes & Impressions

The rich profusion of musical idioms employed by Pancho Vladigerov, filtered through the prism of his dazzlingly virtuoso piano writing, makes for some exciting listening. Nadejda Vlaeva responds thrillingly to the extreme pianistic challenges.

CDA68327  79 minutes 52 seconds
‘Nadejda Vlaeva’s mind, fingers and soul totally embrace Vladigerov’s idiom. Her ear for tone colour and her innate sense of controlled Romanticism are exactly what this repertoire needs. Take for exa ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) was a Bulgarian Rachmaninov—or Szymanowski, as Francis Pott’s first-class booklet essay suggests—in full command of a Lisztian performing and composing technique which w ...