Nuno Corte-Real is considered one of the most significant contemporary composers in Portugal. His oeuvre is rich and varied, with works ranging from songs to chamber and orchestral music to feature-length operas, which have been repeatedly recorded and performed worldwide, including in Amsterdam, London and New York. He is the founder and artistic director of the Ensemble Darcos, a chamber music group dedicated to the interpretation of his own music and the great European repertoire. On this album, which he has recorded together with the Ensemble Darcos and the renowned soprano Ana Quintans, he now devotes himself to the music of English Renaissance composer John Dowland, which he juxtaposes with works of his own.
