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Lazar Nikolov Three Works of Lazar Nikolov Performed by Bulgarian Virtuosa Angela Tosheva |
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| Sonata No. 6 (1982) 1. Allegro moderato 2. Allegro vivace/Largo Sonata No. 7 (1991) 3. Allegro / Grave / Giocoso / Lento/Allegro Sonata No. 2 (1951) 4. Moderato 5. Adagietto 6. Allegro non tanto |
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| At 79, Lazar Nikolov is the doyen of Bulgarian musical modernism. Along with a small group of his contemporaries, Nikolov pioneered the use of avant-garde techniques in Bulgaria, giving them a distinctive Eastern European personality. His strong musical personality and the evolution of his innovative ideas are most forcefully expressed in his seven large-scale piano sonatas, three of which are performed by the gifted young Bulgarian virtuosa, Angela Tosheva. They range in date from the Fifties to the Nineties, from the most oppressive period of the old regime to the freedom and recognition of recent years.
Angela Tosheva, one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of Eastern European pianists, performs the Sonatas Nos. 6 and 7 dating, respectively, from 1982 and 1991 and exploring the outer extremities of sonority and virtuosity. The Second Sonata of 1951 shows an earlier phase of Nikolov's evolution toward an innovative and highly personal style. |
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