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Turina Chamber Music for Strings and Piano

Lincoln trio, doyle armbrust, ayane kozasa, jasmine lin, aurelien fort pederzoli

Following the success of its groundbreaking Cedille Records debut, Notable Women, the Lincoln Trio brings its “interpretative flair” (The Strad) and “masterly finesse” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) to the early 20th-century chamber music of Spanish-born, French-trained Joaquín Turina in a richly varied program of audience pleasing works blending Spanish dance and folk influences with romanticism and French impressionism.

The album offers Turina’s complete works for multiple strings and piano — four trios, a quartet, quintet, and sextet, including what is only the second recording of Turina’s lovely early Piano Trio in F Major. Among the Lincoln Trio’s guest artists on the CD is violist Ayane Kozasa, first prize winner at the 2011 Primrose International Viola Competition.

 

Album works

Piano Trio in F Major
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Andante
III. Allegro alla danza
IV. Andante grandioso
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major, Op. 35
I. Prelude and Fugue
II. Theme and Variations
III. Sonata
Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76
I. Lento-Allegro molto moderato
II. Molto vivace
III. Lento-Andante mosso-Allegretto
Círculo, Op. 91
I. Amanecer
II. Mediodía
III. Crepúsculo
Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
I. Lento-Andante mosso
II. Vivo
III. Andante-Allegretto
Quintet in G minor, Op. 1
I. Fugue lente
II. Animé
III. Andante scherzo
IV. Final
Sextet - Escena Andaluza
I. Crepuscule du soir
II. A la fenêtre

Label: Cedille Records
Release date: 2014

 

Album Reviews

“Here is yet another intelligent project from Cedille, and a real bonanza for chamber music lovers. Turina’s chamber works are gorgeous. True, the early Piano Quintet in G minor is a touch heavy and faux-Franck, but after that it’s basically smooth sailing. This two-disc set contains, first of all, the complete music for piano trio, expertly played with passion and precision by the Lincoln Trio. Most collections of this music contain only the two numbered trios plus the dawn-to-dusk tone poem for piano trio known as Circulo. Here we also get the large early trio in F major, a lovely work that brings the total playing time of the disc to more than 73 minutes.

The second disc offers the late Piano Quartet in A minor, the above-mentioned piano quintet, and the sunny, lyrical sextet in two movements subtitled Escena Adaluza. Turina’s mature works exude Spanish color in the cast of their melodies, but his music is also formally elegant and beautifully shaped. Several of these pieces, such as the Quintet and the Trio No. 1, contain spontaneous but intellectually sophisticated fugues, and there isn’t a routine note anywhere. The Lincoln Trio’s colleagues, especially violist Ayane Kozasa, who has a major part in the Sextet, blend seamlessly with the basic ensemble, and they are flawlessly recorded.

I never cease to be amazed at how, with a little thought and intelligence, it’s still possible to put together worthwhile programs of serious classical music that are wholly winning and simply delightful. This release would grace any collection; it’s a treat.”

David Hurwitz, Classics today

 

“Turina’s music is still something of a hidden gem, and its combination of tuneful, slightly sentimental elegance and formal ambition makes it worthy of a wider audience.”

Joshua kosman, san francisco chronicle