Complete String Quartets

Jes+¦s Guridi was one of a number of composers born in the last quarter of the 19th century, who also included Joaqu+¡n Turina and Manuel de Falla, driven by a desire to create and promote Spanish music with a genuinely national identity. With their authentic folk-tinged atmosphere, Guridi’s two string quartets follow his foremost philosophical concern of creating beautiful works of art, with their moments of modal serenity and richly diverse sophistication. Guridi’s masterpiece Ten Basque Me…