{"id":4015,"date":"2025-12-16T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azulmusic.com.br\/en\/?post_type=portfolio&p=4015"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:38:30","slug":"flausino-vale-the-brazilian-violin","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.azulmusic.com.br\/en\/portfolio-item\/flausino-vale-the-brazilian-violin\/","title":{"rendered":"Flausino Vale & The Brazilian Violin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flausino Vale &<\/span> The Brazilian Violin<\/h3>
Claudio Cruz<\/a>\n<\/div>
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Flausino Vale & The Brazilian Violin marks a decisive chapter in the rediscovery and appreciation of Brazil\u2019s solo violin repertoire. Bringing together 30 tracks, the album highlights the genius and singular voice of Flausino Rodrigues Vale (1894\u20131954), a composer from Minas Gerais who combined lyricism, virtuosity, and Brazilian identity into a truly unique musical language.<\/p>\n

The works blend elements of European Romanticism, musical nationalism, and Brazilian folk traditions. With refined technical demands and strong poetic expression, they evoke landscapes, rhythms, and colors of Brazil\u2019s inner regions. The program is further enriched by two rare solo violin arrangements by Flausino himself: Le Cygne<\/em> by Saint-Sa\u00ebns and the iconic Tico-tico no Fub\u00e1<\/em> by Zequinha de Abreu \u2014 clear examples of his ability to translate well-known works into an idiomatic, expressive writing that preserves their essence while revealing new possibilities for the instrument.<\/p>\n

The interpretation is delivered with excellence by Claudio Cruz, one of the leading violinists and conductors in Brazilian classical music. With a distinguished career as a soloist, conductor, and educator, Cruz brings sensitivity, refinement, and remarkable technical command, reaffirming the enduring relevance of Flausino\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

More than an interpretative achievement, Flausino Vale & The Brazilian Violin is an act of preservation and celebration of Brazil\u2019s musical memory \u2014 a bridge between tradition and contemporaneity, between individual virtuosity and the collective imagination.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

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Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Vol. 4<\/a><\/h3>Claudio Cruz<\/a>, Olga Kopylova<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/header>
The duo reunites for another volume in their acclaimed series dedicated to Mozart\u2019s sonatas for violin and piano, which has already surpassed 30 million streams.<\/div><\/div>