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Sinfonia 2022 – Blood

Nuno Côrte-Real & Berliner Symphoniker

Label: Solo Musica
Catalogue number: SM566
EAN / barcode: 4260123645663
Release date: 24 July 2026

This recording brings together two important orchestral works by Nuno Côrte-Real, whose music opens a unique space between imagination, reflection and emotional intensity. Far from being merely formal abstraction or fixed programmes, the composer creates soundscapes that invite the listener to an active and personal engagement with what they hear.

At the centre of the programme stands the Sinfonia 2022, Op. 70, a powerful musical exploration of war, uncertainty and the vulnerability of our civilization. Inspired by the Russian attack on Ukraine, the symphony unfolds as a multifaceted journey through darkness, menace and transience. Expressive orchestral timbres, grotesque marches and moments of deep contemplation ultimately lead to an open, reflective gaze, inspired by Fernando Pessoa's final words: "I do not know what the future will bring."

The programme is completed with the Banksters Suite, Op. 75, an independent orchestral arrangement of the opera of the same name. Based on themes such as financial power, corruption, human arrogance and redemption, the suite develops a compelling musical drama without words. In six contrasting movements, conflict, temptation, collapse and the hope for inner transformation come together.

Despite their different starting points, both works are united by their confrontation with the dark sides of the present. War and the financial world appear as different expressions of power and responsibility, whose consequences shape human life. Yet Côrte-Real's music rejects nihilism. It transforms conflict into art, chaos into form, and opens a space where reflection, empathy and hope remain possible.

Music thus becomes more than an aesthetic experience here: it becomes an act of resistance against indifference and an invitation to view the world with greater attention and depth.

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