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Iruzun’s Brazilian compatriot Henrique Oswald shared a long friendship with Camille Saint-Saëns based on mutual admiration for each other as composers and pianists. They occasionally performed together some of Saint-Saëns’ music for two pianos in public recitals. Saint-Saëns’ exotic Fifth Piano Concerto, the "Egyptian", was composed during a North African holiday in 1896. Combining complex piano writing with a deft lightness of touch, it boasts a lyrical main theme (described by Saint-Saëns as “a Nubian love song”), hypnotic echoes of the gamelan and a finale bursting with virtuosity.
Oswald’s Piano Concerto was composed in Italy a decade before Saint-Saëns’ "Egyptian". With bravura passages recalling Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto, its richly Romantic vein carries allusions to Fauré while brimming with Oswald’s intriguing native Brazilian rhythms.
Like Oswald, Alberto Nepomuceno was a Brazilian who studied in Europe, later succeeding him in a prestigious teaching position in Rio de Janeiro. Modelled on Grieg’s Suite from Holberg’s Time, his Suite Antiga (Suite in the Old Style) combines Baroque style and Romantic attitude with a bewitching savoir-faire.
Gavin Dixon’s informative booklet notes trace the revealing connections between all three composers. © SOMM Recordings
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Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 (Henrique Oswald)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Henrique Oswald, Composer - Jac van Steen, Conductor
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Henrique Oswald, Composer - Jac van Steen, Conductor
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Henrique Oswald, Composer - Jac van Steen, Conductor
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103, R. 250 "Egyptian" (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Jac van Steen, Conductor
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Jac van Steen, Conductor
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Jac van Steen, Conductor
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Suite antique, Op. 11 (Alberto Nepomuceno)
Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Alberto Nepomuceno, Composer
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Alberto Nepomuceno, Composer
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Alberto Nepomuceno, Composer
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Clelia Iruzun, Artist, MainArtist - Alberto Nepomuceno, Composer
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Album review
Iruzun’s Brazilian compatriot Henrique Oswald shared a long friendship with Camille Saint-Saëns based on mutual admiration for each other as composers and pianists. They occasionally performed together some of Saint-Saëns’ music for two pianos in public recitals. Saint-Saëns’ exotic Fifth Piano Concerto, the "Egyptian", was composed during a North African holiday in 1896. Combining complex piano writing with a deft lightness of touch, it boasts a lyrical main theme (described by Saint-Saëns as “a Nubian love song”), hypnotic echoes of the gamelan and a finale bursting with virtuosity.
Oswald’s Piano Concerto was composed in Italy a decade before Saint-Saëns’ "Egyptian". With bravura passages recalling Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto, its richly Romantic vein carries allusions to Fauré while brimming with Oswald’s intriguing native Brazilian rhythms.
Like Oswald, Alberto Nepomuceno was a Brazilian who studied in Europe, later succeeding him in a prestigious teaching position in Rio de Janeiro. Modelled on Grieg’s Suite from Holberg’s Time, his Suite Antiga (Suite in the Old Style) combines Baroque style and Romantic attitude with a bewitching savoir-faire.
Gavin Dixon’s informative booklet notes trace the revealing connections between all three composers. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:51
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Clelia Iruzun Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jac van Steen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
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