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    Artists: 
    Luís Toscano, 
    Cupertinos

    Garro: Missa O quam pulchra es & Cantate Domino

    1CD
    €18,99

    Release date: February 27, 2026

    Cupertinos are opening an important new chapter in their groundbreaking, multi-year journey of discovery through the buried treasures of Portuguese Renaissance polyphony.
    “Buried” is the apt word here: much of this music was destroyed in the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755, and the catalog of King John IV's music library from 1649 suggests that we have only scratched the surface of what was lost.

    For over three decades, composer Francisco Garro directed the prestigious Royal Chapel in Lisbon and published important choir books, from which the masses and motets recorded here have now been reconstructed.
    Cupertino's acclaimed album of polyphony by Cardoso won the Gramophone Award in 2019, followed by albums dedicated to Duarte Lobo, Cristo, and Magalhães—but this latest release is perhaps the most astonishing discovery yet.

    This album consists almost entirely of world premiere commercial recordings.


    Tracklisting:
    Garro:
    1. Parce mihi, Domine a 8
    2. Garro: Responde mihi
    3. Spiritus meus
    4. Asperges me

    Missa O quam pulchra es
    5. I. Kyrie
    6. II. Gloria
    7. III. Credo
    8. IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
    9. V. Agnus Die

    10. In principio erat verbum

    Missa Cantate Domino:
    11. I. Kyrie
    12. II. Gloria
    13. III. Alleluia. Tanto tempore
    14. IV. Credo
    15. V. Sanctus & Benedictus
    16. VI. Agnus Dei