Marcos António Portugal: Choral Music
The Portuguese-Brazilian composer Marcos António Portugal (1762-1830) was best known in his day for his fifty or so operas, but he also composed a huge body of more than 160 religious choral works. The two here — in their first performances in modern times — illustrate his conservative Classical style as well as the operatic influences on his sacred music, but the absence of female voices from the chorus and violins from the orchestra bring an unexpectedly dark colour.
Ensemble Turicum, ensemble
Mathias Weibel, director
Luiz Alves da Silva, director
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Vésperas de Nossa Senhora in C major, P02.31, P02.24 (c. 1824)
- I Sonata in G major
- II Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus
- III Psalm 112: Laudate pueri
- IV Minuette in E flat major
- V Psalm 121: Laetatus sum
- VI Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus
- VII Psalm 147: Lauda Jerusalem
- VIII Fantasia in E flat major
- IX Magnificat: Canticum beatae Mariae Virginis
- I Sinfonia (from Artaserse) in D major
- II Kyrie
- III Gloria
- IV Laudamus te
- V Gratias
- VI Domine Deus
- VII Qui tollis
- VIII Qui sedes
- IX Quoniam
- X Cum Sancto Spiritu
Missa a quatro in F major, P01.13 (c. 1804)
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