- Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Emil Tabakov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer · Bass · Conductor · 1947
Emil Tabakov
- Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Emil Tabakov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Live Albums
- Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Emil Tabakov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- Nürnberger Symphoniker, Franz Liszt Kamerorkest, Emil Tabakov, János Rolla, Jean Toulier, Sofia Soloists
- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Stefan Popov
- Linos Ensemble, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Sillito, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Cappella Coloniensis, German String Trio, Sándor Végh, Budapest Strings, Konrad Hünteler, Jurgen Rost, Camerata Salzburg, Hartmut Haenchen, Reinhold Friedrich, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Günther Höller, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Andrea Vigh, Eszter Horgas, Andrew Joy, Michael Erxleben, Hans Graf, Emil Tabakov, Johannes Goritzki, Lajos Lencsés, Georg Fischer, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Dezsö Ránki, János Bálint, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Vienna Boys' Choir, Tabea Zimmermann, Pavel Urbanek, Emil Tabakov, Evelyne Dubourg, Hartmut Höll, Axel Köhler, Andreas Juffinger, Deborah Sipkai, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Helmuth Froschauer, Budapest Strings, Laszlo Szilvasy, Jenő Jandó, Michael Erxleben, Ernö Sebestyén, Béla Bánfalvi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Festival Orchestra, David Lorenz, Tátrai Quartet
- Helmuth Froschauer, Jeunesses Musicales Chorus, Martin Haselböck, Gertraud Schmid, Helmut Wildhaber, Rostocker Motet Choir, Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Herbert Lippert, Ildikó Raimondi, MDR Rundfunkchor, Ernst Jankowitsch, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Roland Büchner, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartwig Eschenburg, Dorothe Jansen, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Mária Zádori, Martin Flämig, Herbert Kegel, Bulgarian National Opera Choir, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Emil Tabakov, David Cordier, RIAS Kammerchor, Hugo Distler Chor, Moscow Rybin Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Iván Fischer, Marcus Creed, Bernarda Fink, Vienna Academy, Vienna Boys' Choir, Peter Marschik, Jörg-Peter Weigle, Wiener Volksoper Orchestra
- Teresa Seid, Klaus Mertens, Lena Susanne Norin, Charles Humphries, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Franco de Grandis, Gotthold Schwarz, Armin Ude, Ildikó Raimondi, Ute Selbig, Bamberg String Quartet, Max Pommer, Roberto Paternostro, Vienna Academy, Peter Marschik, Hermann Max, Academy of London, Bulgarian National Choir, Vincente Ombuena Valls, Hugo Distler Chor, New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Siegfried Lorenz, Helmuth Froschauer, MDR Rundfunkchor, Derek Lee Ragin, Renato Bruson, Stefania Toczyska, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Vienna Volksoper Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Prégardien, Roland Bader, Martin Flämig, Das Kleine Konzert, Helmut Wildhaber, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Herbert Kegel, Olga Romanko, Michael Knapp, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Barbara Schlick, Emil Tabakov, Martina Borst, Dorothe Jansen, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Dresdner Philharmonie, Elisabeth Lang, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Regina Klepper, Martin Haselböck, Mari Anne Haggander
Biography
Among the few Bulgarian conductors with a high-profile international career, Emil Tabakov is also noted as a composer. He has written ten symphonies as well as a variety of concertos, chamber music, and choral works. In 1985, Tabakov began conducting the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; he was named principal conductor in 1987. Tabakov's association with the Sofia Philharmonic resulted in several recordings, including a complete cycle of Mahler's symphonies. In 2002, he was music director of the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, and from 2008 to 2015, he served as principal conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He led the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony in several recordings of his symphonies on the Toccata Classics label. In 2022, he led the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in a recording of works by Scriabin and Rimsky-Korsakov, featuring pianist Jean-Philippe Collard.