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No fewer than three important first recordings of works by Duarte Lobo feature on an album which is set to enhance Cupertinos’ burgeoning reputation. This is music with which they feel a natural kinship, as these intense, idiomatic performances attest. Reviews BBC Music Magazine November 2020 “Directed by tenor Luís Toscano, Cupertinos is highly responsive to Lobo’s subtly varied settings which, in turn, reflect the nuances of text and liturgy…Throughout, the ensemble’s candid, unwavering sound, chiselled diction and incisive articulation reveal Lobo’s masterly contrapuntal writing. – 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) Fanfare Nov/Dec 2020 “The neglect of this glorious music is difficult to understand, but Toscano and others before him have at least begun to let us hear this late aspect of the Renaissance that flourished in Portugal. The Cupertinos bring a native enthusiasm and love to these performances that place them ahead of all others. Gramophone Magazine October 2020 “For aficionados of Golden Age polyphony, this is all self-recommending…That’s all without Cupertinos’ distinctive qualities, which are as evident here as on their debut: a very open sound, with the astringent tones of the female singers very much to the fore thanks to an equally bright acoustic. Sunday Times 20th September 2020 “It’s expressive, beautifully crafted and variegated polyphony, Portugal’s equivalent of Palestrina perhaps…ten young Cupertinos singers engage with their rich national heritage with well-projected, exquisitely blended singing, though sometimes one yearns for slightly more spacious phrasing. |
