Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - António Teixeira: Te Deum (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 79:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Coro | # COR 16009 | Recorded: 2002
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 79:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Coro | # COR 16009 | Recorded: 2002
This remains the only recording of this exuberant and unique baroque piece, and a multiple award-winner. António Teixeira's extraordinary and grandly structured setting of the Te Deum was written for a New Year's Eve performance in 1734 in the Italian Church of his home city, Lisbon. Calling for eight soloists, five spaced choirs and a large orchestra, this lavish and ornate piece bubbles and sparkles through the text with an easy zest and breezy charm that is distinctively Portuguese, giving us a rare insight into musical life in Lisbon before the devastating earthquake of 1755.