Ulvi Cemal Erkin - Ahmet Adnan Saygun - Cemal Reşit Rey - Necil Kazim Akses - Ferid Alnar

To Anatolia - Selections from The Turkish Five

Beyza Yazgan

Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404954924

Catalog number: BRIDG 9549
Releasedate: 16-04-21

- Repertoire from a highly important group of Turkish composers

"To Anatolia" is Turkish/American pianist Beyza Yazgan's passionately played collection of Turkish classical piano repertoire from a group of composers known as “The Turkish Five” (Cemal Reşit Rey (1904-1985), Ferid Alnar (1906-1978), Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906-1972), Adnan Saygun (1907-1991), and Necil Kazım Akses (1908-1999). The music was composed between 1931-1976 with most of the pieces inspired by Anatolian folksongs, stories, dances, dirges, and lullabies. Though the compositions were all written for piano, the colors and influences of eastern instruments are present throughout.