Tuomas Turriago: Salon latino – Three spicy pieces for trumpet and piano
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Tuomas Turriago: Salon latino – Three spicy pieces for trumpet and piano

Salon Latino (2017–21) has three movements: 1. Salsa y guacamole combines jazz and samba, 2. Fresas con crema is a slow Venezuelan merengue and 3. Tequila y tacos is a joropo from the eastern llanos of Colombia. The first two movements serve very well as student material for young trumpetists. Buy now

Tuomas Turriago: Tanguerengue for trumpet and piano
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Tuomas Turriago: Tanguerengue for trumpet and piano

Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores asked Tuomas Turriago to write a piece for a recital in April 2019. The composer tells: "My half-Colombian soul fell in love with the Venezuelan dance merengue at once when it was introduced to me and it has been an important construction material in my music ever since. I decided…

Tuomas Turriago: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
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Tuomas Turriago: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Gravity GrooveTurriago’s Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano was commissioned by Joonatan Rautiola. The work was written in two distinctly separate stages in 2008 and in 2018. In the finale of the Sonata Turriago uses Venezuelan merengue rhythm. The finale ends the work in an euphoric mood. 55011-451-7, € 29,50