Ľubomir Pipkov: Complete Piano Music, Volume Two

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Catalogue No: TOCC0744
EAN/UPC: 5060113447449
Release Date: 2024-11-01
Composer: Lubomir Pipkov
Artists: Dobromir Tsenov

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Ľubomir Pipkov (1904–74) was one of the leading members of the so-called ‘second generation’ of Bulgarian composers. In later life he became fascinated with the ancient heritage of Bulgarian folk-music, producing a series of what he called ‘metro-rhythmical studies’ – piano miniatures that combine melodic immediacy and rhythmic complexity, with a character that might be loosely characterised as sounding like ‘Prokofiev meets Bartók in the Balkans’. Indeed, Pipkov saw in the irregular rhythms of Bulgarian folk-dance a parallel with the rhythmic experimentation in contemporary composers like Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky.

Dobromir Tsenov, piano

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Suite Bulgare, Op. 2 (1928) (14:22)

  1. I. Lento (3:01)
  2. II. Moderato (2:30)
  3. III. Allegro ritmico (1:52)
  4. IV. Andante alla marcia funebre (2:26)
  5. V. Andantino (2:04)
  6. VI. Allegro molto (2:29)

  1. Pastorale, Op. 24 (1944) (3:53)
  2. Momchil, Op. 28: Dance (1939-43, transcr. 1948) (2:51)

Metro-rhythmical Pictures and Studies, Op. 69 (1969) (22:08)

  1. No. 1, Shepherd and Pigeons (1:35)
  2. No. 2, Longing for Home (2:18)
  3. No. 3, Ratchenitsa (0:49)
  4. No. 4, Cuckoo (1:13)
  5. No. 5, Twilight (1:51)
  6. No. 6, Lazarki (1:32)
  7. No. 7, The Cranes are Flying Away (1:55)
  8. No. 8, Horo (1:15)
  9. No. 9, Fairytale (1:22)
  10. No. 10, Lonely Bird (1:42)
  11. No. 11, Impromptu (2:44)
  12. No. 12, Study No. 1 (3:52)

Metro-rhythmical Pictures and Studies, Op. 77 (1972) (18:09)

  1. No. 1, Study No. 2 (3:25)
  2. No. 2, The Old Bridge (2:36)
  3. No. 3, Study No. 3 (3:26)
  4. No. 4, Spring Voices (1:51)
  5. No. 5, Village Celebration (3:40)
  6. No. 6, Complaint (3:11)

Children’s Joys, Op. 82 (1973, unfinished)* (14:59)

  1. No. 1, Clown (1:03)
  2. No. 2, Winter Fairytale (0:54)
  3. No. 3, Ringing Alarm Clock (1:01)
  4. No. 4, The Shy Snowdrop (0:52)
  5. No. 5, Autumn (1:12)
  6. No. 6, Ballade for an Unfortunate King (1:33)
  7. No. 7, Village Picture (0:46)
  8. No. 8, Fast Horo (1:05)
  9. No. 9, Bear Dance (1:27)
  10. No. 10, Invention (1:04)
  11. No. 11, Ratchenitsa (1:16)
  12. No. 12, Little Radka with the Headscarf (0:39)
  13. No. 13, At the Duel (0:35)
  14. No. 14, Under the Oak Tree (1:32)

*First Recordings

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