Bravo to the Nash Ensemble for championing these chamber works by Joaquín Turina. Neither of Turina’s compatriots and mentors, Albéniz and Falla, contributed much to the chamber repertoire themselves but they were instrumental in guiding Turina towards his Andalusian roots and discouraging him from aping early-20th-century French contemporaries.

Much of the Gallic finesse that Turina acquired during his time as a pupil of d’Indy in Paris certainly shines through in this music in terms of texture and harmony but his harnessing of folk music to the classical cause gives all these pieces a distinctly Spanish aroma. The G major Violin Sonata, superbly played here by Marianne Thorsen and Ian Brown, is actually subtitled Sonata espagnola and conjures up characteristic images of Spanish fervour, drama, gaiety and sensual lyricism in a highly attractive melange of local colour, be it Andalusian or, in the first movement, Basque as well. Turina’s manner of dealing with these elements is sophisticated and rich in variety. He could scarcely have imagined that one day an ensemble would produce an entire CD of his music but the Spanish traits by no means become wearing or predictable. The Escena andaluza for viola and piano quintet, while clearly Andalusian in inspiration, manages to manipulate the folk-like material with subtlety and in a way that sounds both finely crafted and spontaneous. Like the A minor Piano Quartet, the First Piano Trio is a substantial, ear-catching and individual work, La oración del torero for string quartet a little gem.