Discover the Chamber-music of Spanish Composer Joaquín Turina
This member of the second generation of Spanish nationalist composers offers works of subtle beauty
Turina’s work has often been categorized too quickly. He was considered conservative when compared to such avant-garde composers as his colleague and friend Falla. Their friendship would last throughout their lives, but Falla also was a rival whose work has cast a shadow over Turina’s. Their interpretation of nationalism was very different: they both spent time in Paris, the cultural melting pot of the period, but Turina composed music that was much more rooted in formal traditions, while Falla explored freer paths. Although Albéniz, Granados, Falla, and Turina shared a mission to protect the state of Spanish music, Turina was the only one of the group who wrote a considerable amount of chamber music. Albéniz and Granados were primarily composers of piano music and Falla’s small output was mostly for the stage. Among Turina’s chamber compositions are piano trios, string quartets ( La Oración del Torero was made famous by Heifetz’s arrangement for violin and piano), violin sonatas, a piano quartet, a quintet, and sextet, as well as a work for soprano and piano quintet and several other pieces for different groups of instruments.
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