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