Artists: José Peixoto & Nuno Cintrão
Album: VISITA: Diálogos com Carlos Paredes (VISITA: Dialogues with Carlos Paredes)
Total playing time: 36:44
Release date: October 10, 2025
Label: Galileo Music
Genre: Instrumental / Classical and electric
Double single: “Verdes Anos” and “Canto de Alcipe” (September 5, 2025)

In the year marking the centenary of acclaimed Portuguese composer Carlos Paredes, guitarists and composers José Peixoto and Nuno Cintrão pay tribute to the immortal legacy of his music. Building on the references, inspirations, and complicity of their work as the duo Combinatorium, with whom they released the album Fragmentos Imaginários (2023), the musicians now set out to explore and reinvent the sound universe of the master of the Portuguese guitar on the album VISITA: Diálogos com Carlos Paredes (VISITA: Dialogues with Carlos Paredes), released today, October 10, by Galileo Music.Divided into two sections: VISITAS (VISITS) and DIÁLOGOS (DIALOGUES) – each with five songs -, this album has a first set of original songs by Carlos Paredes – like “Verdes Anos” and “Canto de Embalar” – with creative arrangements that show off the duo’s identity. The second section features pieces composed based on the music of Carlos Paredes or popularized by the composer, such as the theme “Canto de Alcipe”.

VISITA is an encounter with Carlos Paredes – in all that the very act of visiting holds: to be with someone, and to carry the imprint of that moment as both greeting and rememberance. This VISITA strengthens the desire for tribute through a dialogue that unfolds in new musical readings, born from the fusion of voices brought he classsical and electric guitars. In doing so, it extends the challenge already contained in Paredes’s works – deeply innovative in their tim, and ever open to rediscovery.
“The creative process was quite simple and comes from our routine as a duo. We distributed the pieces and each of us structured our arrangements, leaving free space for each other’s creativity. In rehearsals, we brought all the ideas together and developed them step by step. This allowed us to combine more structured ideas with spontaneous creative processes and improvisation until we reached the final point”, says José Peixoto.

José Peixoto: Classic and electric guitar

Nuno Cintrão: Classic and electric guitar

Recorded at Sons Portáteis Invisible Studios in Monte do Cabeço, Alentejo (Portugal), from June 29 to July 2, 2025

Mixing and mastering by Luís Delgado

Photography: Rafael Gonçalves

Graphic Design: João Nuno Represas

Production: José Peixoto e Nuno Cintrão