Various Composers - Treasures from the New World, Vol. 2 (Anthony Flint; Clélia Iruzun)

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• Henrique Oswald - Violin Sonata in E Major, Op. 36
• Francisco Mignone - Romanza for Violin & Piano
• Leopoldo Miguez - Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 14
• Marlos Nobre - Poema No. 1, Op. 94 No. 1
• Alexandre Levy - Tango Brasileiro (arr. Souza Lima)

Anthony Flint, violin

Clélia Iruzun, piano

Date: 2021

Label: SOMM Recordings

https://somm-recordings.com/recording/treasures-from-the-new-world-volume-2/

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Review

Released last year, the first volume in this excellent ongoing series of chamber music from the Americas featured works for piano and string quartet. Brazilian pianist Clélia Iruzun, now partnered with violinist Anthony Flint, returns with a delightful programme of Brazilian works that is every bit as vibrant as the previous volume.

Leopoldo Américo Miguez was renowned for his sophisticated, contrapuntal music (and for composing the national anthem of Brazil): his Violin Sonata in A major (1885) receives a warm and heart-felt reading from the duo. Henrique Oswald’s Violin Sonata in E major (1908) is similarly Romantic in spirit, with strong echoes of Brahms in its complex textures and sweeping lyricism. The duo comes especially alive in the shorter works, notably Alexandre Levy’s Tango Brasileiro. Composed in 1890 for solo piano, the piece is heard in a sparky arrangement for violin and piano and finds Flint on playfully virtuosic form.

The duo has a deft sense of ensemble and Iruzun is a secure and expressive presence throughout. Flint produces a beautifully sweet tone, but a little more earth in the sound would be welcome in places.

-- Kate Wakeling, BBC Music Magazine

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Clelia Iruzun is a Brazilian pianist based in London. She was born in Rio de Janeiro and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1988. Iruzun made her Wigmore Hall début in the same year and since then has performed all over Europe, the US, China and Brazil. She has appeared several times on radio and television, performing over 25 piano concertos, including some by Spanish and Latin American composers together with chamber music pieces. Iruzun has also premiered English music by Arnold Bax and York Bowen in Brazil. She has recorded several CDs and and has recently completed a master's degree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clelia_Iruzun

https://cleliairuzun.com/wp/

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