| Review: Villa-Lobos CD |
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"She begins with the fairly well-known Bachianas Brasileiras No.4 and gives ripely beautiful accounts of its four haunting movements. At Prole do Bebe No.1 arresting examples are Pobrezinha and Bruxa, but every piece is a delight, and Iruzun's playing brings out the music's vitality with immense conviction. The playing is at all times richly idiomatic and wonderfully colourful." |




"The music of Brazil's most famous classical composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, is as vast and colorful in scope as the rain forest and traditions he so dearly loved. There are a number of recordings of his irresistible piano music, but none played with more authentic dash and understanding than this, and with a more consistently attractive program of selections. Clélia Iruzun grew up in the colorful hustle of Rio de Janeiro, beginning her piano studies at age four. She continued her studies in London at the Royal Academy of Music, and in Paris with a student of Claudio Arrau. Iruzun has won many awards in Brazil and in Europe, including the Tunbridge Wells Piano Competition in the UK."