Early Period
Early Works and Archival Recordings
The works presented on this page belong to an early creative period around the turn of the millennium. Written for solo instruments, chamber groups, ensembles, or orchestra, they document a distinct stage in the composer’s artistic development. Some were performed and recorded; these documents preserve an aural record of that period.
After stepping away from composition for more than twenty years, Chañaral Ortega-Miranda has chosen to withdraw these works from his current catalogue, which now opens with a new symphonic project. They are therefore no longer presented as representative of his current work, nor are they available for new performances.
Their inclusion here reflects a commitment to archival preservation and transmission. They are retained neither as a continuation of that former catalogue nor as an attempt to erase it, but as an acknowledgement of a chapter that has now come to a close.
Early Works Hide Early Works
Music for solo instruments
In Memoriam Eduard Sõrmus for solo violin
Kelleñutún for solo cello
Intihuañuy for solo cello
Tocata for piano
Variation sur « l'Aria della Romanesca » de Frescobaldi for harpsichord
Chamber music
Una zamba para Clara for flute and piano
Trio for violin, cello and piano
Quinteto for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Cuarteto para un amanecer for string quartet
Anahí for string quartet
Tupac-Amaru for string quartet
Pisagua for solo alto flute, flute, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
Music for ensemble
Un Nocturno por Chacabuco for ensemble
A la sombra del Longino for ensemble
Tupa-mbae for chamber orchestra
Q'inti for chamber orchestra
Vocal music
L'utopie malgré tout (poems by Francis Combes) [in French] for soprano and string orchestra
Cantos (poems by the composer) [in Spanish] for baritone and ensemble
Le Prolétaire volant (poem by Vladimir Maïakovski) [in French] for narrator, vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble
Cantate sur le Passeport (poem by Vladimir Maïakovski) [in French] for baritone and brass quintet
L'extraordinaire aventure arrivée à Vladimir Maïakovski en été, à la campagne (poem by Vladimir Maïakovski) [in French] for baritone and wind quintet
La chanson de l'ombre (poem by Francis Combes) [in French] for tenor and orchestra
Histoire abrégée de l'Humanité (poem by Francis Combes) [in French] for tenor and orchestra
Les trois Jean (poems by Yánnis Rítsos, Jean Rousselot and Jean Marcenac) [in French] for soprano, clarinet, accordion and double bass
Παρατηρώ τον αφαλό μου (text by the composer) [in Greek] for soprano and instrumental ensemble
Tzinin-oc (poems excerpted from the Popol Vuh) [in Maya K'iche'] for vocal quartet and string quartet
La huella (poems by Gabriela Mistral) [in Spanish] for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and orchestra
Other works
Oba 'loube oba 'ye for guitar and real-time electronics
Tarkada for electronics
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