Various Composers - Bartók, Enescu, Kodály, Martinů (Carlo Tenan)

Information

• Béla Bartók - Dance Suite, Sz. 77
• Bohuslav Martinů - Frescoes of Piero della Francesca H. 352
• Zoltán Kodály - Galántai táncok, K 79
• George Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11

Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

Carlo Tenan, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Onyx Classics

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This album from the celebrated Borusan Istanbul Phiharmonic Orchestra and their new chief conductor, Carlo Tenan, presents a program of vibrant eastern European orchestral music. Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, close friends and musical collaborators, did much to explore and preserve traditional Hungarian music which shines through in the Dance Suite and Dances of Galánta. Bohuslav Martinu’s radiant Frescoes of Piero della Francesca was by the composer’s visit to Arezzo to see the famous 15th century frescoes ”The History of the True Cross” in the Basilica of San Francesco. The popular Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by George Enescu brings this survey of orchestral gems to an ebullient conclusion.

Carlo Tenan is a versatile musician with diplomas in conducting, piano, oboe, composition, and electronic music. He started his conducting career assisting renowned maestros like Antonio Pappano and Lorin Maazel. In 2010, he debuted at Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus with the New Year’s concert. He has conducted notable operas including Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Don Giovanni, and Puccini’s Tosca and La Bohème. Since 2017, he has been music director of the Wunderkammer Orchestra. As a composer, he has won awards internationally and had works performed by prominent ensembles. In 2023, he became Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.

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