Release Date: 01 September 2023
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571284033
Description
Filipe de Magalhães was perhaps the most celebrated Portuguese composer of his day.
Idiomatic performances from Cupertinos—'true ambassadors of Portuguese polyphony'— will go a long way towards justifying that reputation to a modern audience.
PEDRO DE CRISTO (c1550-1618) CDA68393
Magnificat, Marian Antiphons & Missa Salve regina
"It is a deep pleasure to hear this ensemble flourish....I'm now quite bewitched by this glorious Iberian sound world."
-Gramophone Magazine
DUARTE LOBI (c1565-1646) CDA68306
Masses, Responsories & motets
"For aficionados of Golden Age polyphony, this is all self-recommending" - Gramophone Magazine
"Throughout, the ensemble's candid, unwavering sound, chisselled diction and incisive articulation reveal Lobo's masterly contrapuntal writing." - BBC Music Magazine
Tracklisting
Cupertinos / Luis Toscano
The London Oratory Schola Cantorum / Charles Cole
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge / Stephen Layton
Howard Shelley, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Steven Osborne
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Angela Hewitt
Cinquecento
