Pedro de Cristo: Magnificat, Marian Antiphons & Missa Salve Regina

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1 CD 

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Hyperion

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5 Ιουνίου 2023

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Pedro de Cristo:Alma Redemptoris MaterAve MariaAve Maris StellaAve regina cælorumBeata Dei genitrix a 5Beata viscera MariaeMagnificat octavi toniMissa Salve ReginaQuae est istaRegina caeliSalve ReginaSancta et immaculataStabat MaterVirgo prudentissima

Καλλιτέχνες

Cupertinos (Χορωδία)
Luís Toscano (Μαέστρος)

A third Hyperion release from this top-notch Portuguese choir maintains the exceptional standards already set by the first two. This collection of sacred music by Pedro de Cristo includes five first recordings and marks an important addition to the composer’s burgeoning discography.

“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.” – BBC Music Magazine on CDA68306

Reviews

‘It is a deep pleasure to hear this ensemble flourish. Since winning the 2019 Gramophone Early Music Award it has become increasingly obvious that the singers of Cupertinos and their musicologist-director Luís Toscano have a unique take on the golden age of Portuguese polyphony, and this is only further strengthened by this new release of Marian works by the extraordinarily under-recorded Pedro de Cristo (c1550-1618) … as if the musicological discoveries were not enough, I’m now quite bewitched by this glorious Iberian sound world’ (Gramophone)

‘Cristo’s polyphony is unshowy but always graceful, and the church acoustic in which this selection of antiphons plus a Mass has been recorded perfectly sets off the unadorned freshness of the voices. When the music’s decorous emotional restraint relaxes, passion shines through: poignantly in the Stabat Mater, and with exquisite pain in the Cuius animam gementem (‘Whose groaning soul’) which follows. Cupertinos—and Hyperion—are to be congratulated on bringing this radiant music to light’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More

‘I like this choir very much with their Italianate, open vowels, clear tone quality, precise intonation and immaculate diction. This is their third CD for Hyperion; I waxed lyrical about the singers when reviewing their recording of another Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo (Hyperion CDA68306) in 2020, when I described their sound as ‘thrilling’. They have also returned to the basilica in Braga, the acoustic of which has been beautifully handled. Not only is this music wonderfully moving and uplifting but the performances are of outstanding quality’ (MusicWeb International)»