Jos Lemos Countertenor Frego, frego

KEES VAN DONGEN - FEMME AUX DEUX COLLIERS, PRIVATE COLLECTION DEDICATED TO SERENALUCE, ARPEGGIO1358, JEWELMARKESS AND CAROLINELEIDEN EXCERPT FROM VOIX DES ARTS BLOGSPOT REVIEW OF SOL Y LUNA ALBUM: “The voice of South American countertenor José Lemos is marvelously ambiguous: both smoky and almost celestially pure, the timbre of Mr. Lemos's voice seems specially-tailored for the troubadour and Sephardic music of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. When expressing fervent piety, the voice glows with radiance. Songs of sadness and loss inspire elements of darkness and heaviness despite the downy lightness of Mr. Lemos's vocal technique. Love songs draw from Mr. Lemos's voice a smoldering, almost scandalous sensuality. Singing in the 'composite' language (influenced by both Spanish and Jewish dialects, with contributions from hosts of other linguistic idioms) Ladino, the crispness of Mr. Lemos's diction is very rewarding in this music...“