- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Composer · Bass · Conductor · 1947
Emil Tabakov
- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Live Albums
- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- Franz Liszt Kamerorkest, János Rolla, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Emil Tabakov, Jean Toulier, Sofia Soloists
- Stefan Popov, Emil Tabakov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
- Johannes Goritzki, Hartmut Haenchen, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Budapest Strings, Reinhold Friedrich, Hans Graf, Emil Tabakov, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Sillito, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Andrea Vigh, Eszter Horgas, Andrew Joy, Georg Fischer, Michael Erxleben, Lajos Lencsés, Jurgen Rost, Camerata Salzburg, Linos Ensemble, Cappella Coloniensis, German String Trio, Sándor Végh, Günther Höller, Konrad Hünteler, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra
- Pavel Urbanek, Emil Tabakov, Ernö Sebestyén, Béla Bánfalvi, Dezsö Ránki, Jenő Jandó, Helmuth Froschauer, Budapest Strings, Michael Erxleben, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Vienna Boys' Choir, János Bálint, Laszlo Szilvasy, Hartmut Höll, Axel Köhler, Andreas Juffinger, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Evelyne Dubourg, Prague Festival Orchestra, David Lorenz, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Deborah Sipkai, Tátrai Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann
- RIAS Kammerchor, Moscow Rybin Choir, Vienna Academy, Vienna Boys' Choir, Peter Marschik, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Mária Zádori, Wiener Volksoper Orchestra, Hugo Distler Choir, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ildikó Raimondi, MDR Rundfunkchor, Ernst Jankowitsch, Bernarda Fink, Roland Büchner, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jörg-Peter Weigle, Martin Haselböck, Rostocker Motet Choir, Gertraud Schmid, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Iván Fischer, Marcus Creed, Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Herbert Lippert, Helmut Wildhaber, Herbert Kegel, Bulgarian National Opera Choir, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Emil Tabakov, David Cordier, Jeunesses Musicales Chorus, Hartwig Eschenburg, Dorothe Jansen, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Martin Flämig, Helmuth Froschauer
- Hugo Distler Choir, Teresa Seid, Klaus Mertens, Roberto Paternostro, Vienna Academy, Peter Marschik, Hermann Max, Lena Susanne Norin, Charles Humphries, Herbert Kegel, Olga Romanko, Michael Knapp, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Barbara Schlick, Emil Tabakov, Martina Borst, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Helmut Wildhaber, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Stefania Toczyska, Martin Haselböck, Gotthold Schwarz, Mari Anne Haggander, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Helmuth Froschauer, MDR Rundfunkchor, Derek Lee Ragin, Renato Bruson, New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Siegfried Lorenz, Ildikó Raimondi, Ute Selbig, Bamberg String Quartet, Max Pommer, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Das Kleine Konzert, Vienna Volksoper Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Prégardien, Roland Bader, Bulgarian National Choir, Vincente Ombuena Valls, Academy of London, Martin Flämig, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Franco de Grandis, Armin Ude, Regina Klepper, Dorothe Jansen, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Dresdner Philharmonie, Elisabeth Lang
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.