Chamber Works : Nash Ensemble

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) : Chamber Music

Piano Quartet in A minor Op 67
Violin Sonata No 2 in G major 'Sonata espagnola' Op 82
Escena andaluza Op 7
Piano Trio No 1 Op 35
La oracion del torero Op 34

The Nash Ensemble

Recording details: December 2010, Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Simon Eadon

The colourful folk melodies and rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquin Turina’s chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young composer went to study in Paris in 1905, where he was greatly attracted to the forward-looking style of the likes of Debussy - however, his musical course was altered when he encountered countrymen Falla and Albeniz, who encouraged him to write in a style that fully embraced his Andalucian musical heritage. Later in life the composer himself explained ‘my music is the expression of the feeling of a true Sevillian who did not know Seville until he left it’. The acclaimed Nash Ensemble here demonstrate what a satisfying artistic homecoming he made. ( Hyperion )