The Nash Ensemble - Turina: Chamber Music

The colourful folk melodies and rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaqu�n 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.