Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) - Complete Piano Concertos

[C R Lim]

These Piano Concerto recordings are definitely the ones which were released in a box of 7 Lps by Balkanton. I have long waited for their re-issue on CD. Does anyone know if Capriccio has plans to release the other recordings on CD? They were part of an integral cycle of 7 box sets issued after Vladigerov's death in 1978.

[Mark Thomas]

See this short thread.

[Alan Howe]

Vladigerov PC1 = Rachmaninov re-composed by Prokofiev. Discuss...

[Mark Thomas]

Not much to discuss as you're pretty much spot on, but I would add that it's Prokoviev with the volume turned up to eleven. Almost everything I've heard by Vladigerov seems to occupy the range forte>fortissimo - except some of the rather lovely orchestral songs, that is.

[Alan Howe]

Rachmaninov re-composed by Khachaturian, then, perhaps?

[Mark Thomas]

Oh no, there's more interest in his music than Khachaturian normally manages to invest his with - what an empty windbag he is, except in a few instances such as the ballets. Whenever he attempts "serious" music it's just huff and puff. IMHO, of course.

[eschiss1]

Even Aram's chamber music?...

[Mark Thomas]

You have me there, Eric. I don't know his chamber music at all, I was thinking of his orchestral works.

[Alan Howe]

And I was thinking of something like AK's Symphony No.3 for volume set at 11:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--P9sTGqUHw