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Music of Turina and Debussy. (More Jazz Than Not).
Music of Turina and Debussy Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesus Lopez-Cobos (Telarc CD-80574)
This CD is apparently going to be the last release from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Lopez-Cobos. What a shame that there will no releases of the rest of the Mahler symphonies. The thought breaks my heart. But what a legacy there is on Telarc recorded by these forces!
This swan song CD is a good one, but not up to the best work these musicians have done. That may be partly the fault of Turina, whose music seems OK but uninspired. There is an old saying that the best Spanish orchestral music was actually written by Frenchmen, and this release could be used as evidence for that assertion. The opening piece, Debussy's Iberia, steals the show. Moving on to the music of Turina is something of a letdown, quite frankly. If only Telarc could have recorded the complete Images (the suite from which Iberia is the central movement), and left off some of the Turina, that would have been more musically satisfying, but I will give Lopez-Cobos credit for advocating the ...
- Turina: Danzas Fantasticas; Sinfonia Sevillana; Procesion del Rocio & Debussy:...
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Godell, Tom March 1, 2002 700+ words
Cincinnati Symphony/Jesus Lopez-Cobos...80574--64 minutes Turina's lush, impressionist...approach that of another Cincinnati Symphony music director-Leopold...spirited performances of Turina's best orchestral...
- TURINA: Trilogy & Ciclo Plateresco.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Beversluis, John September 1, 2001 700+ words
TURINA: Trilogy & Ciclo Plateresco Antonio Soria, p...14 of a 16-volume collection of the music of Joaquin Turina (1882-1949). Before I listened to this, Turina was little more than a name to me; having heard it, I...
- TURINA: 3 Mujeres Espanolas; Sanlucar de Barraneda; 2 Danzas Fantasticas.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide SCHONBERG, HAROLD C January 1, 2001 700+ words
...some 50 mazurkas, each one different. Turina in his piano music was much more restricted...technical devices. Give us a break. Yes, Turina was a good technician. Yes, he was an...music. I must have played the 78 rpm of Turina's Oracion del Torero a thousand times...
- Turina: Trios, all. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Barela, Margaret M. May 1, 2002 700+ words
...minutes Judging from other works by Joaquin Turina (1882-1949), one would expect more...of Spanish folk music. At its heart, Turina's music is melodic and tonally well...adventurous as the later works. How does Turina capture French textures? In the context...
- Zilcher: Trio in E minor; & Dvorak: Trio 4: Turina: Circulo. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Bauman, Carl November 1, 2002 700+ words
Turina Trio--Audite 97.481--68 minutes While it is true that the Turina Trio plays with feeling, they don't strike me...1948) was one year older than Spaniard Joaquin Turina. His trio was written in 1927 when he was director...
- Turina: Sonata Romantica; Sonata Fantasia; Rincon Magico; Concerto without...
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Barela March 1, 2006 700+ words
TURINA: Sonata Romantica; Sonata Fantasia; Rincon Magico; Concerto without Orchestra...recordings I've reviewed recently (Mompou Piano Music 4, Nov/Dec 2002; Turina Piano Music 1, May/June 2005). The main difference is in his investment...
- Turina: Sevillanas; Tarrega Homage.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Rings January 1, 2005 700+ words
TURINA: Sevillanas; Tarrega Homage; TORROBA: Sonata-Fantasy; 2 pieces from...Tarrega Competition winner) Pablo Sainz Villegas. Amid the chestnuts by Turina, Rodrigo, and Falla--all of the composers here are Spanish, as is Villegas...
- Turina: Trios; Piano Quartet. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Vroon, Donald R. May 1, 2003 700+ words
...of these pieces (May/June 2002). They could almost pass for Debussy--but actually so can some of Turina's orchestral works. Turina did, after all, study in Paris with D'Indy. My other recording of the trios is by the Munich Trio on...
- TURINA: Piano Pieces, Vol. 7.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide BELLMAN July 1, 2000 700+ words
...vc Moraleda 6407 (Albany) 72 minutes The music of Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) is a strong reminder of the limits our own musical...Much of the music on this recording is for piano solo. As Turina is often euphonious, lighter in touch than his contemporary...
- TURINA: Fantasia.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide SCHONBERG, HAROLD C. July 1, 2001 700+ words
Antonio Soria, p--Moraleda 6412--80 minutes A lot of Turina here: 'La Legenda de Giralda', 'Ritmos', 'Radio Madrid...Reloj means Clock). Too much of a good thing? Joachin Turina (1882-1949) was one of the most important Spanish composers...
Source: HighBeam Research, Music of Turina and Debussy. (More Jazz Than Not).