Brazilian Adventures: South American Music From Th

Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore

This wonderful new recording casts a dazzling light on composers whose names are as obscure as their music is revelatory. Mozart from an unfettered South America?

anon.:
 Para abrasar corações
 Matais de incêndios

Cyro de Souza:
 Ascendit Deus

Lobo de Mesquita:
 Tercio: Padre nosso
 Tercio: Ave Maria
 Tercio: Gloria

Nunes Garcia:
 Missa pastoril para a noite de natal Missa pastoril para a noite de natal

Pinto, L Á:
 Lição de solfejo No. 25
 Divertimentos harmônicos: Oh! Pulchra es
 Divertimentos harmônicos: Beata virgo

Silva Gomes:
 Missa a 8 vozes e instrumentos

""...Ex Cathedra speelt en zingt onder leiding van Jeffrey Skidmore laatzeventiende-eeuwse tot vroegnegentiende-eeuwse religieuze muziek uit Brazilië, en een waarschuwing is op zijn plaats. Luister alleen al naar het begin van Missa Pastoril para a noite de natal: alsof Mozart de salsa danst in de vers beschilderde Sixtijnse Kapel. Muziek die even wonderschoon als aanstekelijk is."
Klassieke Zaken Magazine 6/2015

"[Skidmore's] visit [to Brazil] has culminated in an unexpectedly touching and beautiful portrait of Brazilian early music that is sure to surprise even the most intrepid musical explorers. 'Brazilian Adventures' is striking not only for its tender approach but also for the focus on later historical styles than one normally associates with these performers"
Gramophone Magazine - November 2015

"The writing for upper voices in Lobo de Mesquita's Padre nosso gleams alluringly, and has the same quality of artless fluidity which seems to characterise Brazilian music of this period. The performances catch effectively this sense of freshness and spontaneity, and one can only hope there might be a second volume in the offing."
BBC Music Magazine - January 2016 ****