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