EBORAE MVSICA - Coro Polifónico

EBORAE MVSICA - Polyphonic Choir

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Polyphonic Choir

This production by Numérica, in cooperation with the Musical Association Eboræ Musica, presents the EBORÆ MVSICA Polyphonic Choir, directed by Maestro Pedro Teixeira, interpreting works by three polyphonic composers of the School of Music of the Cathedral of Évora (16th and 17th Centuries): Frei Manuel Cardoso, Francisco Martins and Diogo Dias Melgaz.

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In September 1987, the Polyphonic Choir of the Musical Association of Evora, “Eborae Mvsica”, made its first public appearance as part of the cultural event, “People and Arts”.

This choir has performed in Portugal and abroad, interpreting not only polyphony of the School of the Cathedral of Evora (16th and 17th Centuries), but also various works from different epochs, with emphasis on the 20th-Century. 

The choir’s first CD is dedicated exclusively to the polyphony of the School of the Cathedral of Evora, and was recorded with the participation of Antoine Sibertin Blanc and the group of Pedro Caldeira Cabral, under the direction of Maestro Francisco d’Orey, in November 1996, as part of the commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the classification of Évora as a World Heritage Site. The choir has also recorded for the collection “The Best Choirs of the Region” and for the program “Acontece”, of RTP2.

Some highlights of the choir’s international performances were its participation in the “Europália 91”, in Belgium; in the workshop: “School of Music of the Cathedral of Évora” in Kosice, Slovakia, at the invitation of the Choir of the Technical University of Kosice, who participated in the 2nd session on this theme, hosted by the Association Eborae Mvsica, in Évora, in 1999; and 16th International Festival “Encounters with Polyphony”, in Giarre, Sicily, Italy, in 2001; in Denmark, in 2002 in exchange with the Choir of Roskilde, as part of the MECINE network; in 22nd International Festival of Choirs and the 10th International Competition of Sacred Music (2004), of Preveza, Greece, where the choir received the bronze medal.

Ref.: NUM 1130

PEDRO RODRIGUES - Classical Guitar

J. S. BACH - G. F. HANDEL 

A. MARCELLO - A. VIVALDI

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PEDRO RODRIGUES - Classical Guitar

Released by Numérica, this project presents works by Bach, Handel, Marcello Vivaldi, adapted for Classical guitar by the performer, Pedro Rodrigues.

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Coro da Sé Catedral do Porto - UM NATAL PORTUGUÊS

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Rosa Maria Barrantes / Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro - PIANO | DUO

Rosa Maria Barrantes | Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro

piano, 4 hands

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Rosa Maria Barrantes received her “Doctor of Musical Arts” from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

She was born in Lima, Peru. She began her piano studies in her native city and has performed in numerous concert halls since an early age.

In 1991 she entered in the Pontifícia Catholic University of Chile, completing the Degree (Licenciatura) in Music-piano in 1996 with distinction, in the class of Maria Iris Radrigán. During the time of her studies in Santiago, she was invited to teach at the above-mentioned university. 

Between 1996 and 2000, Rosa Maria Barrantes studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, under the orientation of the pianist Natalia Troull, completing her master and doctoral courses with highest distinction.

As a soloist or as part of chamber music groups, she has performed in Germany, Russia, Portugal, Peru and Chile, participating in various master-classes and International Festivals of Music. 

She has taught at the University of the Arts, in Berlin.

Rosa Maria Barrantes is Professor of Piano and chair of the Instrumental and Ensemble music departments of the Degree (Licenciatura) in Music at the Superior Institute of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Studies, in Almada.

Filipe PINTO-RIBEIRO, holds a “Doctor of Musical Arts”, with the highest honors, from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow. Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro is considered one of the most important musicians of his generation. 

He was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1975.

As a scholarship recipient of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro completed his doctoral and masters studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow under the orientation of Liudmila Roschina, chair of the Piano department.

Influenced by various teachers, he frequently attended international Master-Classes. He was recognized and guided by some of the most esteemed names in the international piano panorama, including Elisso Virsaladze and Dmitri Bashkirov. 

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro graduated from the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, in Portugal. 

The CD, Berlin Sessions, recorded in the German capital and containing sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Carlos Seixas, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and Sergei Prokofiev obtained excellent critical and public acclaim.

His first CD, including works by Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Scriabin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, is currently in its second edition.

He maintains an intense activity as a solo and chamber music performer, in a vast repertoire spanning the Baroque to our time. 

The acclaimed pianist, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, has performed in some of the principal European and American cities, where his unequalled pianism has been recognized by specialized critics.

Francis POULENC - 1 / 3 Sonate

Claude DEBUSSY - 4 / 7 Petite Suite

Erik SATIE - 8 / 14 Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire

Maurice RAVEL - 15 / 19 Ma mère l’Oye

Gabriel FAURÉ - 20 / 25 Dolly

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Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro - Berlin Sessions

FILIPE PINTO-RIBEIRO - piano: Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro received his Doctoral Degree in Piano Performance with the highest distinction from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

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Filipe Pinto - Ribeiro - piano

Composer(s)

DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757) / CARLOS SEIXAS (1704-1742) / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) / RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) 

Work(s)

"DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757) / Sonata K 113 - A Major / CARLOS SEIXAS (1704-1742) / Sonata E Major

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D. Bomtempo & Carlos Seixas - Studies and Toccatas

Sofia Lourenço

D. Bomtempo & Carlos Seixas - Studies and Toccatas

SOFIA LOURENÇO - piano: Sofia Lourenço, pianist of the new generation, was born in Porto. Her intensive concert activity in both solo and chamber music is combined with her pedagogical work as a piano teacher; she is a professor at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. 

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Sofia Lourenço - piano

Composer(s)

Domingos Bomtempo / Carlos Seixas

Work(s)

WORKS: BOMTEMPO & SEIXAS: Studies and Toccatas / J DOMINGOS BOMTEMPO (1775-1842) 12 ESTUDOS OP. 19 - I C Minor / II C Major / III G Major / IV D Major / V E Major / VI F Major 

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Ana Madalena Moreira / Lucjan Luc - SOPRANO / PIANO

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LUIZ COSTA - Works for piano

LUIZ COSTA – Works for piano

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Performer(s)
Luis Pipa - piano

Composer(s)
Luiz Costa

Work(s)
Three pieces: 1. Ao pé da azenha 2. Canção do berço 3. Conto de fadas 4. Fiandeira 2 Poemas do Monte 5. Pelos montes fora 6. Murmúrios das fontes 7. Ecos dos vales 8. Campanários

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Carlos Damas - VIOLINO SOLO

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BEETHOVEN - Sonatas

Florinda Santos

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Born in Lisbon, Florinda Santos studied music in the Conservatory of that city, under the direction of professors Marcos Garin (Piano), Tomás Borba (Composition) and Luís de Freitas Branco (Musical Aesthetics).

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Interpreter (s)

Florinda Santos (piano)

Composer (s)

BEETHOVEN

Piece(s)

Piano sonata Nº 27

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Florinda Santos - Frederico de Freitas - Robert Schumann

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Florinda Santos was born in Lisbon and completed her musical studies at the Lisbon Conservatory, under the orientation of professors Marcos Garin (Piano), Tomás Borba (Composition) and Luís de Freitas Branco (Musical Aesthetics).

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Performer(s)

Florinda Santos (piano)

Composer(s)

Frederico de Freitas / Robert Schumann

Work(s)

Book for Maria Frederica (de Freitas) / Album for the Young

Ref.: NUM_35

Maria Fernanda Wandschneider

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Maria Fernanda Wandschneider was born in the city of Porto. She began her musical studies at the age of six, in the Silva Monteiro music course, where she received the Grand Prize of Honor and the Gold Medal.

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Performer(s)

Maria Fernanda Wandschneider (piano)

Composer(s)

Cláudio Carneyro / Frei Jacinto / Carlos Seixas / Luis de Freitas Branco / Luis Costa / Ivo Cruz / Frederico de Freitas

Work(s)

Paciências de Ana Maria + Bailadeiras + Harpa Eólia + Três Poemas em prosa (Carneyro) / Toccata in D Minor (Frei Jacinto) / Toccata in D Minor + Toccata in Bb (Seixas) / Sonatina (Freitas Branco) / Estudo (Costa)

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Natal A Cappella - Chamber Choir of Lisbon

Coro de Câmara de Lisboa

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The Chamber Choir of Lisbon was formed in 1978 by Professor Teresita Gutierrez Marques. At that time it was known as the Chamber Choir of the National Conservatory of Lisbon. Consisting of 20 young musicians, the choir performs a cappella, or in collaboration with instrumental formations. 

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Performer(s)

Chamber Choir of Lisbon (Choir director: Teresita Gutierrez Marques) Sopranos: Jael Martins, Lucina Silva, Mafalda Nascimento, Matilde de Castro, Susana de Oliveira, Teresa Cordeiro. Contraltos: Ana Ferro, Isabel Torres, Luzia Rocha, Marta Gregório

Composer(s)

G. F. Haendel / Traditional English / Gregg Smith / H. Simeone / M. Leontovich / Thomas Morley / Charles Wood / David Willcocks / E. LaMance, Jr. / Parker-Shaw / Artur Warrel / Traditional French / Traditional Provençal / Guillaume Costeley / M. Praetor 

Work(s)

Joy to the World / What Child is This? / Deck the Halls / The First Nowell / Drummer Boy / Carol of the Bells / Lirum, Lirum / Wassail Song / Ding Dong! Merrily on High / I saw three ships / Jingle Bells / How far is it to Bethlehem? / Coventry Carol

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Maria José Souza Guedes - Piano

Maria José Souza Guedes

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Maria José Souza Guedes, was born in Porto, where she completed her piano studies, first with Ernestina da Silva Monteiro and later with Fernanda Wandschneider.

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Performer(s)

Maria José Souza Guedes (piano), 

Composer(s)

Cândido Lima / Alfredo Casella / Ludwig van Beethoven / César Franck

Work(s)

Toccata + Scherzando + Ostinato (Lima) / Toccata (Casella) / Sonata Op. 32 nº 2 - “Tempestade” (Beethoven) / Prelude, Choral and Fugue (Franck)

Ref.: NUM_1081

José Augusto Pereira de Sousa - Violoncelo/ Álvaro Teixeira Lopes - piano

J. Guerra Vicente - M. Falla

R. Schumann - F. Schubert

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Performer(s)

José Augusto Pereira de Sousa (violoncello)

Álvaro Teixeira Lopes (piano)



Composer(s)

José Guerra Vicente (1907 - 1976) / Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) / Robert Schumann (1810 - 1828) / Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)



Work(s)

Cenas Cariocas (Vicente) / Suite Populaire Espagnole (de Falla) / Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 (Schumann) / Sonata in A Minor D 821 (Arpeggione) (Schubert)





Ref.: NUM_1067

António Vivaldi / Jean Baptiste Bréval / Luigi Boccherini

Irene Lima (violoncelo) / Manuel Póvoa (contrabaixo)

Ana Mafalda Castro

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Beginning in Italy, in the second half of the 17th-Century, the violoncello, following the rise of the violin, begins to be used as a solo instrument by a growing number of virtuosos: Pretonio Franceschini (1650-1680).

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Performer(s)

Irene Lima (violoncello) / Manuel Póvoa (contrabass) / Ana Mafalda Castro (harpsichord)

Composer(s)

António Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) / Jean Baptiste Bréval (1753 - 1823) / Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)

Work(s)

Sonata in A Minor (Vivaldi) / Sonata Op. 40 in C Major (Bréval) / Sonata in G Major (Boccherini) / Sonata in A Major (Boccherini)

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O Render dos Heróis – Brass Ensemble of Seixal

Grupo de Metais do Seixal

This magnificent work was composed by Maestro António Vitorino D’Almeida especially for the Brass Ensemble of Seixal. The music develops from stage music for the play of the same name by José Cardoso Pires (Suite Teatral N. 5 - O Render dos Heróis).

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Performer(s)

António Vitorino D’Almeida (musical direction) Brass Ensemble of Seixal: Abílio Coelho (trumpet) / Fernando Jorge (trumpet) / António Augusto Rodrigues (horn) / Fernando Palacino (trombone) / Amilcar Gameiro (tuba)

Composer(s)

António Vitorino D’Almeida

Work(s)

“O Render dos Heróis” (Suite Teatral Nº 5) / “In Memoriam

Ref.: NUM_1060

Cláudio Carneyro - Quarteto de Cordas do Porto

Cláudio Carneyro - Porto String Quartet

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Cláudio Carneyro is surely not an avant-garde composer of the most experimental kind, nor would that alone guarantee value. But he is, without a shadow of a doubt, a modern voice, always his own avant-garde.

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Performer(s)

Porto String Quartet: Iossif Grinman (violin) / David Win Lloyd (violin) / Jean-Loup Lecomte (viola) / Gisela Neves (violoncello) Constantin Sandú (piano)

Composer(s)

Cláudio Carneyro

Work(s)

Trio with piano (1928) / Partita for Sting Trio (1928-30) / String Quartet, in D Minor (1947)

Ref.: NUM_1058