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.

Ref.: NUM 1132

Coro da Sé Catedral do Porto - UM NATAL PORTUGUÊS

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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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erformer(s)

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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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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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)

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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

Trio de Guitarras de Lisboa

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Sonate - Ludovico Giustini Di Psitoia

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Rubén Lorenzo / Carlos Damas

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Carlos Damas was born in Coimbra on April 8, 1972. He began his musical studies at the School of Music of Linda-a-Velha, under the orientation of professors Vasco Brôco, Alexandra Mendes and Leonor Prado.


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Performer(s)

Rubén Lorenzo (piano) / Carlos Damas (violin)


Composer(s)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847)


Work(s)

Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 4 / Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major 

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Miguel Henriques - António Fragoso

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Although produced in the short span of only four years, the musical output of António Fragoso is rather large. It includes pieces for piano, nearly all of which are recorded on this CD.

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Performer(s)

Miguel Henriques (piano)

Composer(s)

António Fragoso (1897 - 1918)

Work(s)

Petite Suite / 7 Preludes / Sonata in E Minor / Three Pieces from the 18th-Century / Nocturne in Bb Minor from the “Suite for Violin and Piano” / Nocturno in Db Major / Prelude / Ecstatic Thoughts / Popular Dance / Portuguese Songs and Dances.

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Duo Piano Flauta - Franz Schubert / César Franck / Francis Poulenc

Duo Piano Flute

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Duo piano / flauta (piano / flute), founded in 1996, is built upon the solid individual experience of each of its members, which has been constructed through a long course of apprenticeship with notable personalities in the musical world.

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Performer(s)

Luis Meireles (flute) / Maria José Souza Guedes (piano)

Composer(s)

Franz Schubert (1798 - 1829) / César Franck (1822 - 1890) / Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Work(s)

Variationen Op. 160 - D 802 (Schubert) / Sonata in A (Franck) / Sonata for Flute and Piano (Poulenc)

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CARLOS GUILHERME - A Canção Portuguesa

The Portuguese Song

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CARLOS GUILHERME was born at Lourenço Marques where he started his musical studies. He aquired great popularity as an amateurs artist at Mozambique Radio Clube, having received the Press award for "Best Singer of the Year.


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Interpreters:
Carlos Guilherme (tenor) / Armando Vidal (piano)

Composers:
Vianna da Motta (1868 - 1948) / António Fragoso (1897 - 1918) / Ivo Cruz (1901 - 1985) / Luís de Freitas Branco (1890 - 1955),

Pieces:
Canção Perdida (Guerra Junqueiro poem) + Quando Cadran Le Foglie (Stecchetti poem) + Aprile (da Motta) / Poèmes Saturniens (Paul Verlaine poems) + Les Coquillages (Paul Verlaine poem) + Triste Ètait Mon Âme (Paul Verlaine poem)

Ref.: NUM_1076

Coro de Câmara de Lisboa

Portuguese Popular Songs

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The Chamber Choir of Lisboa was formed in 1978 by Teresita Gutierrez Marques and is constituted by twenty young musicians. The choir continues to maintain intense activity – at a level of quality that has earned it unanimous public applause.

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Performer(s)

Chamber Choir of Lisboa / (choral direction: 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)

Eurico Carrapatoso / Paulo Maria Rodrigues / Jacques Chailley / Padre Manuel Faria / Regina Aires / Mário de Sampayo Ribeiro / Filipe Pires / Fernando Lopes Graça

Work(s)

Trai-trai / Chapéu preto / Ó limão, verde limão / Era ainda pequenina / Os homens que vão prá guerra / Canção da vindima / São horas de emalar as troixas / O milho da nossa terra / Fui-te ver, \'stavas lavando / Olhos azuis são ciúmes / Os amores d\' àzêton

Ref.: NUM_1073

Maria do Céu Camposinhos - Piano

Maria do Céu Camposinhos

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Maria do Céu Camposinhos was born in Mozambique in 1970. She began her musical studies at the age of five, and continued at the Calouste Gulbenkian School of Music in Braga in the class of Professor Luís Filipe de Sá.

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Performer(s)

Maria do Céu Camposinhos (piano)

Composer(s)

Ernesto Lecuona / Alexander Scriabin / Álvaro Leon Cassuto / Robert Schumann

Work(s)

Afro-Cuban Dances (Lecuona) / Rèverie (Scriabin) / Poemas Op. 69 (Scriabin) / Sonatina (Cassuto) / Carnaval Op. 9 (Scènes Mignonnes sur quatre notes) (Schumann)

Ref.: NUM_1070