The ART CHORAL series is a unique and ambitious project surveying the history of choral singing over six centuries, from the Renaissance to the present day. Consisting of 11 volumes, the series will roll out over the next three years and will feature works by 50 composers from the 16th to the 21st centuries, as well as 11 webcast concerts and 110 videos.
Art choral, vol. 5: Romantique
ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, Vol. 5: Romantique with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute. Featuring choral music from the Romantic era by Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Verdi, Brahms, Meyerbeer, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, and Fauré. This album is the fourth release from our ART CHORAL series.
Art choral, vol. 4: Classique
ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, Vol. 4: Classique with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute. Featuring choral music from the Classical era by Mozart, Haydn, Bierey, and Gasparini, this album is the fourth release from our ART CHORAL series. The vocal ensemble is accompanied by Ilya Poletaev at the fortepiano.
Art choral, vol. 3: Baroque II
ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, Vol. 3: Baroque II with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute. Featuring choral music by Johann Sebastian Bach and late baroque composers including Johann Ludwig Bach, Jan Dismas Zelanka, and Antonio Lotti, among many others, this album follows last year’s inaugural release, Noël.
Art Choral, vol. 7: Noël
ATMA Classique is proud to collaborate with Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica on ART CHORAL, a unique and ambitious project surveying the history of choral singing over six centuries, from the Renaissance to the present day.
Messiah
Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble ArtChoral, under the direction of Matthias Maute, present George Frideric Handel’s Messiah featuring Karina Gauvin. Although it is certainly not the first recording of The Messiah, it serves as an opening act to new beginnings; a breath of fresh air after the isolation and empty concert halls caused by the pandemic. These Messiah excerpts feature Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, known especially for her interpretation of Baroque music, and the recipient of the prestigious award of “Soloist of the year” award by the Communauté internationale des radios publique de langue français. The recording also features the flute part from Mozart’s arrangement of The Messiah, honouring the two giants, Handel and Mozart, of the classical compositional world.
Opening the album is composer Jaap Nico Hamburger’s Hope and Belief, which served as the title track for Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble Artchoral for the Mini Concerts Santé, and closes with Matthias Maute’s piece “O magnum mysterium,” which “attempts to grasp something of the elusive mystery of music.”