Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:04:12 | 147 / 281 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Pentatone
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:04:12 | 147 / 281 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Pentatone
The Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra and conductor Lawrence Foster present choral-orchestral works by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. They join forces with a remarkable group of soloists – including Luiza Fatyol, Roxana Constantinescu, Marius Vlad, Ioan Hotea and Bogdan Baciu – as well as the Junior VIP children’s choir. The album opens with Kodály’s Budavári Te Deum and Psalmus Hungaricus, followed by Bartók’s Transylvanian Dances and culminating in the composer’s Cantata Profana. The latter work, based on ancient myth, was originally conceived in Romanian, but the piece is usually performed in a Hungarian version. This recording reinstates the Romanian original version, retouched by choir conductor Cornel Groza. In general, this recording by Romanian ensembles of works by Hungarian composers linked to Romanian sources can be seen as an exploration of Romania and Hungary’s shared roots, and of the bicultural nature of Transylvania in particular.
