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Biography
Pro Cantione Antiqua of London are a British choral group who were founded in 1968 by Tenor James Griffett , Counter-tenor Paul Esswood , and conductor and producer Mark Brown (conductor)|Mark Brown . Their first concert was at St Bartholomew's, Smithfield with Brian Brockless conducting, but from an early stage they were closely associated with conductor and musicologist Bruno Turner .Knighton - Early Music Arguably, they were the leading British performers of a cappella music, especially early music, prior to the founding of the Tallis Scholars .
Singers have included:
countertenors: Paul Esswood , Tom Sutcliffe , Geoffrey Mitchell, James Bowman (countertenor)|James Bowman , Timothy Penrose, Kevin Smith, Michael Chance , Ashley Stafford, Richard Hill and Charles Brett.
tenors: James Griffett, James Lewington, Ian Partridge , Ian Thompson and Andrew Carwood .
basses: David Beavan, Brian Etheridge, Michael George, Christopher Keyte, Christopher Underwood, Stephen Roberts, David Thomas (singer)|David Thomas and Adrian Peacock.
Though principally an all-male group they have supplemented with female voices where appropriate (eg for the 1978 recordings OUP 151/2 under Philip Ledger , to accompany The Oxford Book of English Madrigals )
Discography
Archiv
Their 6-LP set 'The Flowering of Renaissance Polyphony' (Geistliche Musik der Renaissance') issued on Archiv in the late 1970s was particularly influential. This was subsequently reissued with other material for Archiv as 7-CD:
CD3: Ockeghem Missa "Pro defunctis" - Desprez Two motets - Jacob Obrecht
CD4: Pierre de la Rue|La Rue , Heinrich Isaac|Isaac , Antoine Brumel|Brumel , Jean Mouton|Mouton , Loyset Compère|Compère Motets
CD5: Nicolas Gombert|Gombert , Jacob Arcadelt|Arcadelt , Adrian Willaert|Willaert , Jacob Clemens non Papa|Clemens non Papa , Cipriano de Rore|Rore , Jacobus Gallus|Handl-Gallus , Philippe de Monte|De Monte , Jheronimus Vinders|Vinders : Motets.
CD7: Cristóbal de Morales|Morales Motets, Palestrina Missa "Aeterna Christi munera"
The Triumphs of Oriana Pro Cantione Antiqua directed by Ian Partridge DC Archiv 2533 237 35 Madrigals Derrick Henry - The listener's guide to medieval & Renaissance music? 1983 Page 132
DHM
Musik der Tudor Zeit. DHM
Ockeghem Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini DHM
William Byrd Mass for 4 voices.
Josquin des Prez (1440–1521) Motets. Benedicta es coelorum regina; Tu solus qui facis mirabilia; ominus regnavit; Ave Maria, virgo serena; Miserere mei Deus; Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria. Tölzer Knabenchor, Pro Cantione Antiqua, Collegium Aureum, DHM
Weihnachtsgesänge des 15.Jahrhunderts . Christmas songs of the 15th Century. Pro Cantione Antiqua. Turner. DHM
Lassus Missa Puisque J'Ay Perdu. Musica Dei Donum. Lauda Sion Salvatorem Pro Cantione Antiqua, Turner DHM
Francisco de Peñalosa (1470–1537) Complete motets. Bruno Turner. Hyperion. reissued Helios 2009
Music of the Portuguese renaissance. Diogo Dias Melgás , Esteban López Morago . Pro Cantione Antiqua, Brown. Hyperion.
Carlton
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli Stabat Mater;Missa l'Homme Arme. Alma Redemptoris Mater. Peccantem Me Quotidie Pro Cantione Antiqua, Lamentations. Bruno Turner, Mark Brown. Carlton. Reissued Alto 1CD. Reissued Brilliant 5CD.
Gregorian chant.
Sing we pleasure . Madrigals Wilbye, Weelkes, Gibbons, Farnaby, Byrd, Morley, Tomkins, Greaves, Farmer, Kirbye, Ward, Bennet, East, Bateson Pro Cantione Antiqua. reissue Alto.
''The Edwardian gentleman's songbook . Ballads & Glees von Bishop, Stevenson, Hatton, Smart, Stanfort, Paxton, Somerville, Bridge, Foster, Sullivan. James Griffett, Pro Cantione Antiqua. Carlton. Reissue Alto.
Other labels
El Siglo de oro - Spanische Kirchenmusik der Renaissance. Tomás Luis de Victoria|Victoria , Francisco Guerrero (composer)|Guerrero , Alonso Lobo|Lobo , Juan Esquivel Barahona|Esquivel , Rodrigo de Ceballos|Ceballos , Pro Cantione Antiqua, Turner 2 CDs Das Alte Werk, Teldec.
Purcell in the Ale House . Part-Songs by Purcell, Ravenscroft, Bennet, Pearce, Browne, Isham, Dowland, Campion, Pilkington, Coleman Brown, Partridge, Wilson. Pro Cantione Antiqua Teldec. reissue Apex.
Monteverdi Vespers. 2CD Pro Cantione Antiqua, Knabenchor Hannover , Collegium Aureum , Musica Fiata , dir Hennig. Ars Musici.
Pietro Allori (1925–1985), Sacred works. Mark Brown
The Gregorian Lent and Easter, dir. James O'Donnell, Musica di Angeli (99182)
A Gregorian Advent and Chritmas, dir. James O'Donnell, The United Recording Company (CD-88007), 1993
Gregorian Feast, dir. Mark Brown, recorded 1990-2, Regis Records Ltd (RRC 1217), 2005
References
External links
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Sep05/gregorian_feast_RRC1217.htm Gregorian Feast musicweb-international.com 2005
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