Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
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.
Foster, a distinguished champion of Romanian music (Enescu in particular), draws a fierce performance [of the Cantata Profana] from his choral and orchestral forces, and the tenor Ioan Hotea and baritone Bogdan Baciu.
Lawrence Foster elicits incisive singing and playing from the Transylvanian choir and orchestra and the reedy-toned soloists both sing expressively.
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