For his Hyperion debut, pianist Luís Duarte records works by a major figure of 20th-century Portuguese music: Fernando Lopes-Graça.
Lopes-Graça was a composer, pianist, conductor, lecturer, ethnomusicologist and political campaigner, tireless in his mission to (re-)establish authentic Portuguese folk music in spite of the hostile state environment of the ruling Estado Novo. Appropriately, the album ends with the ‘Glorious journey’, which represents the 1974 Portuguese Revolution, in which the nationalist ruling government was overthrown in a coup and Portugal was returned to freedom and democracy.
Luís Duarte is a professor at the Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho and was awarded the ‘Prémios Play’ (best classical music album in Portugal) in 2022. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician with musicians like Ian Bostridge, Christoph Prégardien and Pedro Burmester.

Tracklisting:

Lopes-Graça
11 Glosas, LG 127
1. No. 1, Da canção alentejana "De noite tudo são sombras"
2. No. 2, De uma cantiga de Penamacor
3. No. 3, Da canção alentejana "Cisirão, Cisirão"
4. No. 4, Do romance de Sta Iria de Mação
5. No. 5, Dos "Reis" de Mação
6. No. 6, Da canção madeirense "Ó minha vaca, meus bois"
7. No. 7, De uma cantiga bailada ribatejana
8. No. 8, Da "Canção da roda", do Paúl
9. No. 9, Da "Moda da segada", de Vinhais
10. No. 10, Da canção alentejana "Ó pavão, lindo pavão"
11. No. 11, Do "Senhor Deus de misericórdia" de Vinhais

5 Embalos
12. Lullaby, LG 148 No. 1
13. Lullaby, LG 148 No. 2
14. Lullaby, LG 148 No. 3
15. Lullaby, LG 136 No. 1
16. Lullaby, LG 136 No. 2

Álbum do jovem pianista, LG 134
17. I. Prelúdio
18. II. Coral
19. III. Rondel
20. IV. Chula
21. V. Acalanto
22. VI. Folha de album
23. VII. Repouso
24. VIII. Canto de alva
25. IX. Exercício de harmonia
26. X. Canto dos pequenos pedintes p'los Santos
27. XI. Pequeno passeio matinal
28. XII. Cantiga de roda
29. XIII. Alla Bartók
30. XIV. A espanholita
31. XV. Pequena contenda em forma de toccata
32. XVI. Canção sem palavras
33. XVII. As terceirinhas do Padre Inácio
34. XVIII. Bailata
35. XIX. Passo trocado
36. XX. Melodia
37. XXI. Jornada gloriosa