Spanish Classics: Joaquín Turina

Vol. 11 of Jordi Masó’s complete Joaquín Turina piano edition features music inspired by the immediate surroundings and/or various aspects of his everyday life, a Turina specialty. Verbena madrileña is a brightly colored portrait of a Madrid feast-day. En la zapatería describes the shoemaker’s tasks in vignettes ranging from Wagnerian drama to balletic pirouettes. The Linterna mágica is cinema-inspired; the Radio Madrid suite offers up ‘broadcasts’ from different places in Spain. Each miniature is a brief flash of inspiration from deep within Turina’s fertile, creative spirit.