Clelia Iruzun, Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez - Fernández: Piano Works (2025)

Composer/poet Oscar Lorenzo Fernández was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1897. He went on to become a leading figure in the development of Brazil’s classical music scene, as a composer, conductor, musicologist, and a professor of harmony in the National Music Institute in Rio de Janeiro, as well as other institutions. Along with Francisco Mignone and other prominent musicians, he was a founding member of the new Conservatório Brasileiro de Música, and together with Villa-Lobos he helped innovate music teaching in Brazil. His considerable musical legacy includes 48 songs, two symphonies, the orchestral suite Reisado do Pastoreio, the opera Malazarte, numerous chamber works, and around 80 piano pieces. A selection of the latter forms the basis of this podcast discussion between pianist Clélia Iruzun and Raymond Bisha.

TRACKLIST

1. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 1: I. Velha modinha
2. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 1: II. Suave acalanto
3. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 1: III. Saudosa seresta
4. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 2: I. Ponteio. Prelude. Lento e expressivo
5. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 2: II. Moda. Canción. Allegretto
6. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 2: III. Caterete. Danza. Allegro vivo
7. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 3: I. Toada
8. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 3: II. Serésta
9. Clelia Iruzun - Suite brasileira No. 3: III. Jongo
10. Clelia Iruzun - Valsa suburbana, Op. 70
11. Clelia Iruzun - 3 Estudos em forma de sonatina, Op. 62: No. 1, Allegro con brio
12. Clelia Iruzun - 3 Estudos em forma de sonatina, Op. 62: No. 2, Moderato
13. Clelia Iruzun - 3 Estudos em forma de sonatina, Op. 62: No. 3, Allegro scherzoso
14. Clelia Iruzun - Rêverie, Op. 20
15. Clelia Iruzun - Prelúdios do crepúsculo, Op. 15: No. 1, Evacação da tarde
16. Clelia Iruzun - Prelúdios do crepúsculo, Op. 15: No. 2, Idílio
17. Clelia Iruzun - Prelúdios do crepúsculo, Op. 15: No. 3, Ocaso
18. Clelia Iruzun - Prelúdios do crepúsculo, Op. 15: No. 4, Angelus
19. Clelia Iruzun - Prelúdios do crepúsculo, Op. 15: No. 5, Pirilâmpos
20. Clelia Iruzun - Sonata breve: I. Enérgico
21. Clelia Iruzun - Sonata breve: II. Largo e pesante
22. Clelia Iruzun - Sonata breve: III. Impetuoso
23. Clelia Iruzun - 2 Miniaturas, Op. 1: No. 1, Andante
24. Clelia Iruzun - 2 Miniaturas, Op. 1: No. 2, Presto
25. Clelia Iruzun - Noturno, Op. 3