VARIOUS COMPOSERS
English Madrigals: From The Oxford University Press Book of English Madrigals Pro Cantione Antiqua, Philip Ledger (director) [ Alto / CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] 22 English madrigals by Wilbye, Tomkins, Weelkes, Farnaby, Gibbons, Byrd, East, Ward, Bennet, Bateson, Kirbye, Farmer & Greaves |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Symphony in C / Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Boris Berman (piano) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi, Choeur de Chambre Romand, Choeur pro Arte de Lausanne [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/1993 ] "(This recording) contains some superb performances by an orchestra with a long Stravinsky tradition, and Järvi's dedication to this composer has produced some of his finest efforts." ClassicsToday |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Weihnachtsgeschichte [The Christmas Story] / Alpine Christmas Songs Tolzer Boys Choir, Die Hammerauer Musikanten, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden / Collegium Pro Musica Innsbruck [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1989 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K 465 - 499 - 80 Pro Arte Quartett Salzburg [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Recorded in October 1989 |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: The Song of Songs Pro Cantione Antiqua / Bruno Turner [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'an excellently balanced and natural-sounding recording' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
PURCELL
Purcell in Court ...and Tavern ! Pro Cantione Antiqua / Collegeum Aureum / Mark Brown [ ALTO / CD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] "Careful listening will teach you much about the essence of early sixteenth century polyphony." |
GRIGORIO ALLEGRI / THOMAS TALLIS / WILLIAM BYRD & Others
Allegri: Miserere / Renaissance Polyphony and Consort Songs Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown (director) [ Alto / CD - released 10/May/2010 ] Allegri's most popular work - a world-class performance |
TRADITIONAL
Medieval Christmas Pro Cantione Antiqua / Mark Brown, with English Medieval Wind Ensemble [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "A spicy Christmas feast, from a time when classic and folk music mixed. There was little difference in the popular music of the church or the tavern! Often more Chaucer than Christian… A lively record to sit back and enjoy! The attraction of the... |
The Pro-Teens
I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Within Melbourne's burgeoning cinematic-soul scene, which includes breakout acts Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo, mysteriously sit The Pro-Teens. Helmed by prolific drummer and percussionist Hudson Whitlock, who also plays in both bands, this... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: 29 String Quartets Pro Arte Quartet [ Warner Classics / 7 CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] 'One has never heard them surpassed, and rarely equalled,' wrote The Times of Belgium's Pro Arte Quartet in 1925. |
JONATHAN WILLCOCKS
A Great and Glorious Victory and other choral music Allan Clayton (tenor) / Portsmouth Choral Union / English Cathedral Singers / Southern Pro Musica Conducted by Jonathan Willcocks [ Priory / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] Recorded on 4th and 8th January 2006 at the Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London |
TELEMANN
Cantatas & chamber music with recorder Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano) & Stefano Bagliano (recorder and concert master) / Collegium Pro Musica [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] Born in Magdeburg in 1681, Georg Philipp Telemann rejected a vocation in law, insisting that music was to be his focus. An organiser of concerts and a publisher of musical scores, he was a highly versatile entrepreneur as well as a throughouly... |
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 / etc. Budapest Festival Orchestra & Pro Musica (women's choir), Iván Fischer [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] "The playing throughout is of the highest quality" BBC Music |
LEOS JANACEK
Janáček: Sinfonietta / 4 Opera Preludes / Taras Bulba (recorded 1960-62) Charles Mackerras, Pro Arte Orchestra / Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra [ Alto / CD - released 10/Feb/2020 ] "Charles Mackerras has shown himself one of the finest Janáček conductors. His readings convey a sense of burning belief in and love of Janáček's music; they are well prepared; yet it is as if the strangeness and beauty of the music were being... |
MONTEVERDI
Vespro della beata vergine (with Allegri - Miserere & Palestrina - Stabat Mater Collegium Aureum, Musica Fiata, Hannover Boys Choir & Pro Cantione Antiqua, Heinz Hennig, Mark Brown & Edgar Fleet [ Alto / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] Founded in 1968, Pro Cantione Antiqua has for over four decades been one of the most popular and acclaimed early music vocal ensembles. Their recording of Monteverdi's Vespers, first released on the Ars Musici label in the 1980s, returns to the... |
JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ
Quantz: Concertos & Trio Sonatas with Recorder Collegium Pro Musica, Stefano Bagliano [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Johann Joachim Quantz (1697‐1773) was a composer, theorist, flutist and flute maker of great name and fame. Despite being of humble origin he quickly rose to great eminence, becoming a personal friend and court composer of Frederick The Great, living... |
TALLIS / LUDFORD / TAVERNER / SHEPPARD ETC
Tudor Music Afterlives Ensemble Pro Victoria, Toby Ward, Magnus Williamson, Toby Carr, Elisabeth Paul, Fiona Fraser [ Delphian / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] Following the freshness and vigour of their quincentenary portrait celebration of Robert Fayrfax, Ensemble Pro Victoria's second Delphian album brings a similar boldness of approach to a wider-ranging collection, charting some rarely explored... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Friedrich Wührer (piano), Stuttgart Pro Musica Orchestra, Walther Davisson [ Vox Classics / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Viennese pianist Friedrich Wuhrer studied piano with Franz Schmidt and composition with Joseph Marx. Admired by Pfitzner and Reger, who dedicated works to him, Wuhrer had a strong interest in contemporary composers but on disc his major recordings... |
J. S. BACH
George Malcolm Plays Bach George Malcolm (harpsichord), with Pro Arte Orchestra, Boris Ord [ Heritage / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] George Malcolm performs the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, the Italian Concerto, Toccata in D major, 5th French Suite and the concertos for three and four harpsichords. He collaborates with Eileen Joyce, Thurston Dart, Denis Vaughan and the Pro Arte... |
PARRY / CLARKE / BYRD / ELGAR / WALTON / HANDEL
Rule Britannia: Stirring songs and patriotic music Harlow Chorus / The Elizabethan Consort / Martin Souter / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Pro Arte Orchestra [ Britannia / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Music chosen for its thrill factor: from trumpets and drums to soaring choral voices, this programme has a 'Last Night of the Proms' feel. It features the great and the good of English music of the past including Handel, Holst, Elgar and Walton. |