Composer: Nuno Côrte-Real
Performer: Bárbara Barradas, Ensemble Darcos
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ARS Produktion
Catalogue: ARS38334
Release: 2021
Size: 537 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Tremor
01. No. 1, Temor e tremor
02. No. 2, O maior dos medos
03. No. 3, Em minutos
04. No. 4, La terra trema
05. No. 5, Actus Tragicus (After J.S. Bach’s BWV 106)
06. No. 6, Labaredas
07. No. 7, Ajuda
08. No. 8, Glória do mundo (After Chopin)
09. No. 9, Furor
10. No. 10, Elementos
11. No. 11, Os ultimos
12. No. 12, Estrepitoso ocaso
13. No. 13, Lacrimosa
14. No. 14, Aus Liebe (After J.S. Bach’s BWV 244)
15. No. 15, Viver dos Vivos
Nuno Côrte-Real (born 1971) has been working as a composer and conductor for more than twenty years and is one of the most important figures of Portuguese contemporary music. From the beginning, he showed great independence, ignoring the prevailing musical currents and established opinions. The plurality and syncretism that characterize his works represent an open and straightforward approach to music that breaks with the clichés, aesthetic determinism and elitism of the contemporary music world. Also characteristic of his work is a preference for stylistic symbiosis, especially through the use of elements from other musical traditions such as jazz and pop music.
Côrte-Real seeks to liberate contemporary music from its closedness and to revitalize it by bringing it closer to other sonic universes. His catalog includes several hybrid or symbiotic works whose roots come from other musical traditions. Examples include the two volumes of Novíssimo Cancioneiro (“Cante”, Odreadek, 2019), which are based on Portuguese folk songs; the song cycle Agora muda tudo (Odradek, 2019), written for jazz singer Maria João; and Time Stands Still (Artway, 2020), an interesting recreation of the songs of John Dowland.