Pancho Vladigerov: Impressions Etsuko Hirose
Album info
Album-Release:
2021
HRA-Release:
15.10.2021
Label: Mirare
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Artist: Etsuko Hirose
Composer: Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Panchu Vladigerov (1899 - 1978): Impressions, Op. 9:
- 1 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Langueur 03:40
- 2 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Étreinte 05:27
- 3 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Valse-Caprice 03:57
- 4 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Caresse 02:46
- 5 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Élégance 05:18
- 6 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Aveu 02:59
- 7 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Le rire (Scherzo humoristique) 05:30
- 8 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Passion 05:15
- 9 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Surprise 07:35
- 10 Vladigerov: Impressions, Op. 9: Résignation (Élégie) 05:39
- Suite Bulgare, Op. 21:
- 11 Vladigerov: Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: Quasi Marcia (Marche) 05:34
- 12 Vladigerov: Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: Chant 06:33
- 13 Vladigerov: Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: Chorowodna 05:23
- 14 Vladigerov: Suite Bulgare, Op. 21: Ratschenitza (Danse bulgare) 06:56
- Trois morceaux de piano, Op. 15:
- 15 Vladigerov: Trois morceaux de piano, Op. 15: I. Prélude 06:01
Info for Pancho Vladigerov: Impressions
"Ein solches Werk kommt vielleicht einmal in einem Jahrhundert vor", sagte Dmitri Schostakowitsch, nachdem er die große Sinfonie "Ein jüdisches Gedicht op. 47" (1950) von Pancho Vladigerov gehört hatte. Vladigerovs vielfarbige, fantasievolle und lebensfrohe Musik, die von seinen führenden Kollegen Richard Strauss, Aram Chatschaturjan oder eben Schostakowitsch bewundert wurde, vermischte kunstvoll Elemente der westlichen Musik, des Jazz, Hollywood-Themen und der bulgarischen Volksmusik. Der Komponist und Musikkritiker Tz. Tzankov lobte »die wilde, rasende Leidenschaft, mit der Vladigerov die Zuhörer mitreißt, so dass selbst diejenigen, die am wenigsten geneigt sind, sich in die Kunst zu vertiefen, in einem fast elektrischen Zustand gehalten werden.« Vladigerov war eine faszinierende Persönlichkeit, die vor Freude und Energie nur so sprühte und ein eigenes Universum schuf. Am Klavier erforschte er immense, noch nicht ausgeschöpfte Möglichkeiten des musikalischen Ausdrucks.
Das Album wurde in der Parise Église Évangelique Saint-Marcel auf einem C. Bechstein D282 Konzertflügel aufgenommen.
Etsuko Hirose, Klavier
Etsuko Hirose
Born in Nagoya in Japan, Etsuko Hirose began studying the piano at the age of three. When she was only six she performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto no.26 with orchestra. After pursuing her studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, in the class of Germaine Mounier, she entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the class of Bruno Rigutto and Nicholas Angelich, and in 1999 was awarded a Premier Prix in piano by unanimous decision and the Prix Daniel Magne. She is currently rounding off her training with Marie-Francoise Bucquet and Jorge Chamine, and more recently also Alfred Brendel, for whom she has had the privilege of playing and whose guidance she has received.
A prizewinner at prestigious international contests such as the Frederic Chopin Competition for young pianists (Moscow), the G. B. Viotti Competition (Italy) and the ARD Competition in Munich, she won First Prize at the Martha Argerich Competition in 1999, which launched her solo career.
She is a guest at such renowned venues as the Herkulessaal in Munich, Kennedy Center in Washington, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and Suntory Hall and Orchard Hall in Tokyo, and has been accompanied by leading orchestras including the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Argentina, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Nazionale della RAI Torino, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Marcello Viotti, Pedro I. Calderon, Dmitri Liss, Faycal Karoui. She has also been invited to appear at many festivals, including La Roque d’Antheron, La Folle Journee in Nantes, Tokyo, Warsaw and Bilbao; the Chopin Festival at Bagatelle, Nohant and in Poland; the Martha Argerich Festival in Japan, Taiwan and Italy; the Festival Radio Classique at L’Olympia in Paris, Lisztomanias, the Festival de Saint-Riquier, Les Musicales de Mortagne, Les Nuits du Sucquet in Cannes, CIMA (Italy), the ‘Iberiades’ at Radio France, and the Festival das Artes
in Coimbra (Portugal).
Her performances are regularly broadcast, notably on Arte, France 3, France Musique, Radio Classique, and the NHK.
Booklet for Pancho Vladigerov: Impressions