The presence of Maestro Ivan Anguélov in Chile was not new, having conducted here ‘The Bat’ last November. Besides, one has to consider the Maestro’s references regarding his solid carreer, particularly as an opera conductor, and his interesting contributions to the disc market.
Italian Festival
Anguélov’s version was marked by an intense character and showed a charismatic vision, in which he brought out each instrument separately…
La Strada (Nino Rota)
Anguélov was able to expose this piece with an admirable clarity, each picture excellently elaborates, a gallery of catchy, inflaming rhythms, transparency and a sound texture of undeniable, all-embracing warmth. The philharmonics attentively followed his convincing baton…
Nocturno Nº1 (Giuseppe Martucci)
… the conductor stroke the intimate and delicate character, which the music requires…
Finally, an excellent version of Ottorino Respighni’s ‘ I Pini di Roma’ was played…
Anguélov’s version with its authority and interpretative beauty was really brilliant. That’s why the clarity of his interpretation and his musical elegance showed throughout the piece. His presentation contained a well-proportioned dosage of melodious transparency in ‘ I Pini di Villa Borghese’, a solemn intimacy in ‘ I Pini presso una Catacomba’, an amiable ‘I Pini del Gianicolo’ and an well-balanced monumentality at the end of ‘der I Pini della Via Appia’. All thematic transitions were splendidly connected and marked by an impeccable musicality and a deep sense for the work’s wholeness. One could see the attention with which the philharmonics followed his instructions of dynamism, phrasing and character.
Spanish Festival
Concierto de Arajuez
Anguelov’s accompaniment, that was remarkable and supporting in every respect .. …powerful in the key passages of the horns and the horn soloists.( 2nd movement).
El Amor Brujo and the 2nd Suite El Sombrero de tres Picos (Manuel de Falla).
With his absolutely qualified interpretation, Anguélov introduced an intense and sanguineously shaded presentation, full of character and clear complexion. The tempi couldn’t have been better chosen, especially in Amor Brujo, where generous phrasings effectuated the conflation of an absolute vocal interplay, reaching the ideal frame to express the great dramatic depth.
Collectively, two well- substantiated performances of the Bulgarian conductor Ivan Anguélov, who we would like to see further on connected to the Chilean musical life, because of his decisive musicality and because of the overall result, he obtained with an orchestra, as the actual Philharmonic of antiago. |