Turina: Piano Trios

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Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)Complete Music for Piano TrioPiano Trio No.1 in D major, Op.35[1] Prélude et Fugue: Lento – Andante[2] Thème et Variations: Andante[3] Sonate: AllegroPiano Trio No.2 in B minor, Op.76[4] Lento – Allegro molto moderato[5] Molto vivace[6] Lento – Andante mosso – Allegro vivoCírculo . . . , Op.91[7] Amanecer (Dawn)[8] Mediodía (Noon)[9] Crepúsculo (Twilight)Piano Trio in F major[10] Lento – Allegro[11] Andante[12] Allegro alla danza[13] Andante grandiosoJoaquín Turina (1882-1949)Complete Music for Piano TrioJoaquín Turina was born in Seville in 1882, the son of a painter of more distant Italian origin. The Seville of his childhood and adolescence remained an important element in his life and work. As a boy Turina showed, as one might expect, an early interest in music. His schooling was at the Colegio de San Ramón and the Colegio del Santo Angel and he had his first piano lessons with Enrique Rodriguez and studied counterpoint and composition with the director of music at the cathedral, Evaristo García Torres. His father, while aware of his son’s musical abilities, had intended a career for him in medicine, but was willing to allow to follow his bent and develop his musical gifts.Turina made his first public appearance as a pianist in Seville in 1897, when he played Thalberg’s very demanding Moses Fantasy. Meanwhile he had started to write music, including a setting of verses by Rodriguez Marín, Las coplas de la Pasión. In 1902 he moved to Madrid to study the piano with José Trago, taking with him a newly composed biblical opera, La sulamita. He made his first appearance as a pianist in Madrid in 1903, and the following year his zarzuela, Fea y con gracia was performed with success. The death of his parents now persuaded him to follow the example of other musicians of his generation and travel to Paris, where he studied with Moritz Moszkowski before entering the Schola Cantorum, on the recommendation of Isaac Albéniz, who was of material assistance to both Turina and Manuel de Falla. Turina studied at the Schola with Vincent d’Indy, following the prescribed course assiduously until 1913. Paris brought him contact with leading French and Spanish composers and performers, including Debussy, whose influence on his music was perceptible. It was Albéniz who was able to make the publication of Turina’s Piano Quintet, Opus 1, possible, and the work was first performed in Paris by the composer with the Parent Quartet.It was on the advice of Albéniz that Turina’s serious attention was drawn to Spanish folk material and particularly the music of Andalusia.The years in Paris allowed frequent journeys back to Spain. Turina’s orchestral La procesión del Rocío was successfully given in Madrid in 1913 under the direction of Enrique Arbós and won similar