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Piano quintets by
Granados and Turina -
strongly recommended by
GERALD FENECH

'... an almost instinctive sense of interplay between the players ...'

Granados, Turina: Piano Quintets - Periantes, Cuarteto Quiroga. © 2015 harmonia mundi sa

In my reviews I usually leave my recommendations for the very end. Here I am inverting the order. This disc is a gem, full of exhilarating music and one that every chamber music lover should have on his shelf. Indeed, we have had to wait for more than seventy years to hear these three rarely performed masterpieces by Spanish composers Enrique Granados (1867-1916) and Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) on the same recording...

Copyright © 10 February 2017 Gerald Fenech,
Gzira, Malta

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GRANADOS, TURINA PIANO QUINTETS - PERIANTES, CUARTETO QUIROGA

ENRIQUE GRANADOS

JOAQUIN TURINA

BERLIN

GERMANY

HARMONIA MUNDI

CHAMBER MUSIC

PIANO MUSIC

STRING MUSIC

SPAIN

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