Bosphorus Trio - Hasan Ferid Alnar, Ferit T�z�n, Ilhan Baran, O?uzhan Balci: Turkish Piano Trios

This album of piano trios by four Turkish composers, the first in a series, covers three generations of composers whose music combines traditional rhythms and modalities with established Western classical sonorities. Hasan Ferid Alnar represents the �Turkish Five� collective, his style drawing on the monophonic textures and rhythmic cycles of traditional makam music, while Ferit T�z�n�s lyrical and fervent piano trio hints at folk melodies rather than using them as concrete material. ?lhan Baran described his spellbinding Transformations as �a kind of atmospheric state of mind�, and from the younger generation, O?uzhan Balc?�s Piano Trio No. 1