Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es & Cantate Domino Cupertinos & Luís Toscano

• Francisco Garro (1556 - 1623): Parce mihi, Domine a 8:
• 1 Garro: Parce mihi, Domine a 8 04:32
• Responde mihi:
• 2 Garro: Responde mihi 04:04
• Spiritus meus:
• 3 Garro: Spiritus meus 04:41
• Asperges me:
• 4 Garro: Asperges me 06:33
• Missa O quam pulchra es:
• 5 Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es: I. Kyrie 03:08
• 6 Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es: II. Gloria 04:41
• 7 Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es: III. Credo 07:30
• 8 Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus 04:14
• 9 Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es: V. Agnus Dei 03:44
• In principio erat verbum:
• 10 Garro: In principio erat verbum 04:27
• Missa Cantate Domino:
• 11 Garro: Missa Cantate Domino: I. Kyrie 02:02
• 12 Garro: Missa Cantate Domino: II. Gloria 04:05
• 13 Garro: Missa Cantate Domino: III. Alleluia. Tanto tempore 04:39
• 14 Garro: Missa Cantate Domino: IV. Credo 05:54
• 15 Garro: Missa Cantate Domino: V. Sanctus & Benedictus 02:47
• 16 Garro: Missa Cantate Domino: VI. Agnus Dei 02:15
• Total Runtime 01:09:16

Info for Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es & Cantate Domino

Cupertinos schlagen ein bedeutendes neues Kapitel in ihrer bahnbrechenden, mehrjährigen Entdeckungsreise durch die verschütteten Schätze der portugiesischen Renaissance-Polyphonie auf.

„Verschüttet“ ist hier das treffende Wort: Weite Teile dieser Musik wurden bei dem verheerenden Erdbeben von Lissabon im Jahr 1755 zerstört, und der Katalog der Musikbibliothek König Johanns IV. aus dem Jahr 1649 deutet darauf hin, dass wir bislang nur an der Oberfläche dessen gekratzt haben, was verloren ging.

Über drei Jahrzehnte hinweg leitete der Komponist Francisco Garro die angesehene Königliche Kapelle in Lissabon und veröffentlichte bedeutende Chorbücher, aus denen die hier eingespielten Messen und Motetten nun wieder rekonstruiert wurden.

Ein gefeiertes Album mit Polyphonie von Cardoso brachte Cupertinos 2019 den Gramophone Award ein; darauf folgten Alben, die Duarte Lobo, Cristo und Magalhães gewidmet waren – doch diese neueste Veröffentlichung ist vielleicht die bislang erstaunlichste Entdeckung.

Dieses Album besteht fast vollständig aus weltweit ersten kommerziellen Aufnahmen.

Cupertinos
Luis Toscano, Dirigent

Zur Info: Wir bieten die 96kHz Version dieses Albums nicht an, da die Auswertung unserer Analyse eindeutig gezeigt hat, dass das Frequenzspektrum für eine 96kHz nicht ausreicht. Daher bieten wir das Album in 48kHz an.

Cupertinos
Founded in 2009 by the Cupertino de Miranda Foundation (Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal), the vocal ensemble Cupertinos is dedicated almost exclusively to the Portuguese musical heritage of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, based on world-famous composers such as Duarte Lobo, Manuel Cardoso, Filipe de Magalhães and Pedro de Cristo.

Giving over fifteen concerts each year, the Cupertinos have presented around 300 works to date, including over 120 modern premieres. Several of these unpublished works have been transcribed from their original sources by members of the Cupertinos themselves under the guidance of music director Luís Toscano and musicologist Professor José Abreu (University of Coimbra and ESMAE).

Besides the International Festival of Portuguese Polyphony that they host, the Cupertinos have participated in renowned music festivals in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany. The group’s UK debut in the ‘Choral at Cadogan’ concert series was followed by performances at the Laus Polyphoniae festival in Antwerp and at the Wigmore Hall in London.

Since 2022 the Cupertinos have been members of REMA (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne), the most prominent European network dedicated to the safeguarding and dissemination of early music, with 134 members and representatives from over twenty countries.

The Cupertinos are renowned as ‘true ambassadors of Portuguese polyphony’, and this epithet has been greatly enhanced by their earlier albums, dedicated in turn to Manuel Cardoso, Duarte Lobo, Pedro de Cristo and Filipe de Magalhães. Released by Hyperion, these recordings appear regularly on classical radio stations across Europe and North America, and have been acclaimed by BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Choir & Organ and Chorzeit, among others. Their debut album was nominated for a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and won a 2019 Gramophone Award in the ‘Early Music’ category. They were finalists in the 2020 ‘PLAY—Portuguese Music Awards’ and in 2021 were winners in the PLAY Best Classical Album category.

Luís Toscano
Having trained as a young chorister in the Coro dos Pequenos Cantores de Coimbra, Luís continued his musical studies at Coimbra Conservatory, while also achieving a Licentiate Diploma in Economy from Coimbra University. He subsequently obtained a Portuguese Government scholarship to research, edit and perform sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Portuguese music, and completed his Masters in Music at Aveiro University. He is now studying for a PhD in Art/Music Studies at Coimbra, where he is a researcher at the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies.

Critically acclaimed as ‘a major exponent of Portuguese Renaissance polyphony’ and ‘a musician of refined instinct’, Luís was until 2023 the music director and a member of Cupertinos, with whom he was awarded Gramophone’s Early Music Award in 2019.

Based in Denmark since 2024, Luís is active as director and singer, specializing in pre-Classical and contemporary repertoires. He is a co-founder of vocal ensemble Quarto Tom and a member of Ars Nova Copenhagen. He was a founding member of Coro Casa da Música, and works regularly with other prominent ensembles in Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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