Turina: Chamber Music / Nash Ensemble

The Nash Ensemble “Lawrence Power’s viola and Paul Watkins’s cello shine in, respectively, the Escena Andaluza and the songful tenor/bass melodies of the trio. It would be hard to imagine more compelling performances.” Sunday Times, 4th March 2012

Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67 Sonata n°2 Op. 82 "Española" Escena Andaluza Op. 7 Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35 La Oración del torero, Op. 34

The colourful folk melodies and rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquín 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 Albéniz, 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.

Price: $22.98