Gramophone Magazine
December 2022
Editor's Choice

Cupertinos, Luís Toscano

Cristo: Magnificat octavi toni
Cristo: Salve regina
Cristo: Missa Salve regina
Cristo: Quae est ista
Cristo: Alma redemptoris mater
Cristo: Ave regina caelorum
Cristo: Stabat mater
Cristo: Regina caeli
Cristo: Beata Dei genitrix a 5
Cristo: Sancta et immaculata
Cristo: Beata viscera Mariae
Cristo: Ave maris stella
Cristo: Virgo prudentissima
Cristo: Ave Maria


A third Hyperion release from this top-notch Portuguese choir maintains the exceptional standards already set by the first two. This collection of sacred music by Pedro de Cristo includes five first recordings and marks an important addition to the composer's burgeoning discography.

"Directed by tenor Luís Toscano, Cupertinos is highly responsive to Lobo's subtly varied settings which, in turn, reflect the nuances of text and liturgy...Throughout, the ensemble's candid, unwavering sound, chiselled diction and incisive articulation reveal Lobo's masterly contrapuntal writing." – BBC Music Magazine on CDA68306

"This recording is much more than a programme of musical treasures, it is also a milestone for Cupertinos: the arrival of a more confident, robust sound and, crucially, new-found rhythmic drive." - Gramophone Magazine, December 2022.