Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat & motets

Manuel Cardoso’s extant works comprise five volumes of sacred choral music, published in Lisbon in the first half of the seventeenth century. Luís Toscano and Cupertinos here reveal a selection of the very finest.

CDA68252  69 minutes 25 seconds
‘[Cardoso's] Requiem is a compelling work, especially when sung with this degree of commitment. It’s a quality that shines throughout the recording. The selection of motets is very satisfying … t ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Anyone interested in golden age Portuguese polyphony will find much to appreciate here, not just in these well-focused performances but in Toscano’s notes’ (BBC Record Review)