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Treasures from the New World, Vol. 4 - Brazilian Piano Quint

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Composer
Arrigo Barnabe, Marisa Rezende, Joao Guilherme Ripper, Amaral Vieira, Edmundo Villani-Cortes
Artist
Clelia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Leon Bosch
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Aug 21, 2026
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0729
UPC
748871072923

About

SOMM Recordings is delighted to collaborate again with I Musicanti, directed by virtuoso double-bass player Leon Bosch and praised by The Strad for their 'performances of passion and insight.' This latest release features the Brazilian-born, London-based pianist Clelia Iruzun, whose frequent SOMM collaborations include the International Classical Music Award-nominated Piano Concertos by Albeniz & Mignone with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen. This release highlights five notable Brazilian composers from generations that succeeded the singular Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. While their names might not be as familiar as their famous compatriot, the musical qualities of their compositions-all scored for the forces of Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet-are revelatory. The programme opens and closes with works by Edmundo Villani-Cortes (b. 1930) who acknowledges the early influence of Shostakovich and French Impressionism. He composed his 5 Miniaturas brasileiras in 1978 for flute and piano, and their immediate success led to no fewer than seventeen transcriptions for a variety of instrumental combinations. Caratinguê, a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil, lends it's name to the work by Villani-Cortes that closes this programme. It combines art and folk music to conjure the lively rhythms and irresistible musical atmosphere of Brazil. Joao Guilherme Ripper (b.1959), who received his D.M.A. in Composition at Catholic University of America, in Washington D.C., later served as composer-in-residence at Kean University in New Jersey, which commissioned From My Window No. 3 in 2011. Ripper describes this three-movement work-heard here in it's first recording-as portraying aspects of his native city, from the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to feelings of nostalgia. A short Song Without Words, Cancao sem palavras, is by Arrigo Barnabe (b. 1951), one of the first and most talented adherents from a movement of urban classically trained musicians in the city of Sao Paulo who added erudite experimentations to pop music. His varied output also includes soundtracks for around half a dozen Brazilian movies. The works of pianist-composer Jose Carlos Amaral Vieira show his ability to write brilliantly for the piano and his intense involvement with the music of Franz Liszt. His Piano Quintet Fronteiras (Frontiers), a reflection on cultural and sonic boundaries, is characterized by Amaral Vieira's distinctive blend of rigorous technical structure and profound emotion. Like Amaral Viera, Marisa Rezende (b.1944) began her musical life as a pianist. She started composing when she was a piano student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she later returned to complete a doctorate in composition. Cismas (Schisms) lives up to it's name, evolving as it does through contrasting segments of gloom, luminosity, and energy.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Prelúdio 02:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Prelúdio
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  2. 2 No. 2. Toada 01:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Toada
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  3. 3 No. 3. Chorinho 00:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Chorinho
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  4. 4 No. 4. Cantiga de ninar 01:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Cantiga de ninar
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  5. 5 No. 5. Baião 02:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Baião
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  6. 6 I. Carnival Vertigo 06:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Carnival Vertigo
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    João Guilherme Ripper
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  7. 7 II. Antique 07:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Antique
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    João Guilherme Ripper
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  8. 8 III. Drums 04:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Drums
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    João Guilherme Ripper
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  9. 9 Canção sem palavras (arr. for piano quintet) 02:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Canção sem palavras (arr. for piano quintet)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Arrigo Barnabé
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  10. 10 I. Molto lento, espressivo 06:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Molto lento, espressivo
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Amaral Vieira
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  11. 11 II. Molto lento 09:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Molto lento
    Duration
    09:08
    Composer
    Amaral Vieira
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  12. 12 III. Allegro festivo 08:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro festivo
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Amaral Vieira
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  13. 13 Cismas 06:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    Cismas
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Mariza Rezende
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch
  14. 14 Caratinguê 08:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    Caratinguê
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Clélia Iruzun
    Ensemble
    I Musicanti
    Conductor
    Leon Bosch