Filipe de Magalhães: Masses Veni Domine & Vere Dominus Est

by Cupertinos, Luis Toscano

Overview

The small (eight-voice, adult) choir Cupertinos and its director, Luis Toscano, have delved into the music of the Portuguese golden age, much of it unknown even in Portugal. The group has an entirely distinctive sound, metallic in a good way, bringing out polyphony clearly and adding a wonderful tang to dissonances. That sound serves the choir especially well in this album of music by the quite unfamiliar Filipe de Magalhaes (ca. 1563-1652), a composer active at Evora Cathedral and a near contemporary of Duarte Lobo. The two masses on this album are of the parody type, based on motets by composers associated with the Spanish court (one by Francisco Guerrero and one by Pierre de Manchicourt). The notes go into some detail about why this should have been, but the music is fascinating in itself. Dissonance is part of the basic language of choral music from the late Renaissance, but Magalhaes' treatment of it is unique; movements start quite limpidly, but tension accumulates as dissonances coalesce into stack. The treatment of the Manchicourt motet is also interesting, picking up material from both halves of a large two-part piece. In short, this is no specialist album but a release featuring works of great interest to anyone who loves choral music of the Renaissance, splendidly performed. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2023
Label:	HYPERION
UPC:	0034571284033

Tracks

1. Exsurge, quare obdormis Domine
2. Veni Domine
3. Missa Veni Domine~Kyrie: Kyrie I
4. Missa Veni Domine~Kyrie: Christe I
5. Missa Veni Domine~Kyrie: Christe II
6. Missa Veni Domine~Kyrie: Kyrie II
7. Missa Veni Domine~Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
8. Missa Veni Domine~Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere
9. Missa Veni Domine~Credo: Credo in unum Deum
10. Missa Veni Domine~Credo: Crucifixus
11. Missa Veni Domine~Credo: Et in Spiritum Sanctum
12. Missa Veni Domine~Sanctus: Sanctus
13. Missa Veni Domine~Sanctus: Benedictus
14. Missa Veni Domine~Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei I
15. Missa Veni Domine~Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei II / Veni Domine
16. Magnificat primi toni~Magnificat anima mea Dominum
17. Magnificat primi toni~Et exsultavit
18. Magnificat primi toni~Quia respexit
19. Magnificat primi toni~Quia fecit mihi magna
20. Magnificat primi toni~Et misericordia eius
21. Magnificat primi toni~Fecit potentiam
22. Magnificat primi toni~Deposuit potentes
23. Magnificat primi toni~Esurientes implevit bonis
24. Magnificat primi toni~Suscepit Israel
25. Magnificat primi toni~Sicut locutus est
26. Magnificat primi toni~Gloria Patri
27. Magnificat primi toni~Sicut erat in principio
28. Vere Dominus est~Vere Dominus est
29. Vere Dominus est~Haec est domus Domini
30. Missa Vere Dominus est~Kyrie: Kyrie I
31. Missa Vere Dominus est~Kyrie: Christe I
32. Missa Vere Dominus est~Kyrie: Christe II
33. Missa Vere Dominus est~Kyrie: Kyrie II
34. Missa Vere Dominus est~Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
35. Missa Vere Dominus est~Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere
36. Missa Vere Dominus est~Credo: Credo in unum Deum
37. Missa Vere Dominus est~Credo: Crucifixus
38. Missa Vere Dominus est~Credo: Et in Spiritum Sanctum
39. Missa Vere Dominus est~Sanctus: Sanctus
40. Missa Vere Dominus est~Sanctus: Benedictus
41. Missa Vere Dominus est~Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei I
42. Missa Vere Dominus est~Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei II
43. Commissa mea pavesco

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cupertinos   Primary Artist,Vocal Ensemble
Luis Toscano   Primary Artist,Vocals,Conductor
Nuno Mendes   Cantor,Vocals
Eva Braga Simoes   Cantor,Vocals
Gabriela Braga Simoes   Cantor,Vocals
Raquel Mendes   Vocals

Technical Credits

Pierre de Manchicourt   Original Material,Composer
Filipe de Magalhaes   Composer
Simon Perry   Executive Producer
Marie-Stella Paris   Liner Note Translation
Dave Rowell   Engineer
Andre Cepeda   Photography
Luis Toscano   Liner Notes
Josefa De Obidos   Cover Illustration
Maria Ferro   Liner Note Translation
Adrian Peacock   Recording Producer
Jose Abreu   Liner Notes
Viola Scheffel   Liner Note Translation
Francisco Guerrero   Composer,Original Material
Todd Harris   Booklet Editor