...appears to have been written in 1912 by Nikola Atanassov (1886-1969). Sounds quite attractive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIMQgHYpFT4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIMQgHYpFT4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUzkx4OoccU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUzkx4OoccU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWibadnAnu0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWibadnAnu0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPlTb9Hkx9k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPlTb9Hkx9k)
Hmm. Listened with interest to this and was pleasantly surprised. Thanks for the introduction.
I hope you will forgive me complementing this with the acknowledged first Estonian symphony by Artur Lemba, almost an exact contemporary of Antanassov, which pre-dates the Bulgarian symphony by four years.
https://youtu.be/y9AinZb3trw (https://youtu.be/y9AinZb3trw)
The Lemba is a known quantity, though. The performance has been available for a while:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Estonia-Tobias-Lemba-Tormis/dp/B0040DRXA8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1433175254&sr=8-3&keywords=lemba (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Estonia-Tobias-Lemba-Tormis/dp/B0040DRXA8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1433175254&sr=8-3&keywords=lemba)
There is another version of this work on YT by Grigor Palikarov and the Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra which gives the following tempi for the 4 movements:
I. Allegro energico
II. Andante
III. Scherzo – allegro
IV. Finale - moderato
Cheers
Richard
Thanks for the info.
Well, I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to this unpretentious piece. More comments to come.
I've had this performance of the symphony tucked away in the computer for some time, and can't remember it. I recall that we strayed into the unsung composers from the Balkan region some years ago, and perhaps this was in our downloads "Pre-Reformation". In any case, time for another listen!