Discography

Under the inspired direction of Matthias Maute, Ensemble ArtChoral offers a sensitive and deeply evocative immersion into the Jewish choral tradition—a surprisingly recent heritage, yet one of remarkable expressive richness. Before the emancipation of the 18th century, Jewish music relied primarily on oral transmission and monophonic singing; modernity then opened a vast field where Jewish culture and Western classical language meet and transform each other.

The program on this album captures this complex history with finesse, offering a vibrant mosaic of styles—from early sacred polyphony to 20th-century American reinventions—where tradition and innovation, memory and renewal converge to reveal Jewish music as the living, ever-evolving voice of a culture in motion.

With Volume 9 of the ArtChoral series, Canada (ACD2 2428), the ArtChoral Ensemble brings together thirteen exceptional Canadian women composers, each with a unique voice and universe. The album offers a vibrant sound portrait of the country, where cultural diversity, memory, identity, and spirituality intertwine in a rich musical mosaic. The works explore personal and collective themes, addressing nature, history, resilience, social engagement, and creativity. Through this program, the ensemble transforms the richness and complexity of contemporary choral music into an intense and immersive experience, where the human voice becomes a vehicle for emotion, reflection, and celebration. Canada celebrates the strength and diversity of female voices at the heart of Canadian choral creation. The album invites listeners to discover a diverse, deeply human, and resolutely contemporary musical universe, where each note resonates as a tribute to the vitality and audacity of the country’s new generation of female composers.

ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, vol. 6: Moderne with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute. Volume 6 surveys modern choral repertoire from 20th and 21st century composers, including Canadian Andrew Balfour (Præter rerum seriem), Americans Samuel Barber (Agnus Dei), Aaron Copland (Help Us, O Lord), and Morten Lauridsen (O magnum mysterium), and English composer Edward Elgar, among others. The album features outstanding works in the modern choral repertoire, some of which have become a reference point for any choir open to contemporary music.

ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, vol. 2 : Baroque I with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute. Volume 2 surveys choral repertoire by late Renaissance and early Baroque masters such as Claudio Monteverdi (Italy), Carlo Gesulado (Spain), Gaspar Fernandes (Portugal), Heinrich Schütz, Hans Leo Hassler (Germany) and Henry Purcell (England) — composers whose music reflects the flowering of vocal polyphony in pre-baroque Europe.

ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, Vol. 1 : Renaissance with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute.  Volume 1 surveys choral repertoire by Renaissance composers such as  Cristóbal de Morales and Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain), Andrea Gabrieli  and Cipriano de Rore (Italy), Clément Jannequin and Josquin des Prés  (France), and Thomas Tallis and William Byrd (England), in music that  reflects the flowering of vocal polyphony in Renaissance Europe.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”