Art choral vol. 2: Baroque I Ensemble ArtChoral & Matthias Maute

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Il Lamento d’Arianna, SV 107, No. 1:
• 1 Monteverdi: Il Lamento d’Arianna, SV 107, No. 1: Lasciatemi morire 01:46
• Io mi son giovinetta, SV 86:
• 2 Monteverdi: Io mi son giovinetta, SV 86 02:05
• Zefiro torna, SV 108:
• 3 Monteverdi: Zefiro torna, SV 108 02:50
• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672): Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494:
• 4 Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494 05:30
• Henry Purcell (unkown - 1695): Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58:
• 5 Purcell: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58 02:31
• O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out, Z. 36:
• 6 Purcell: O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out, Z. 36 02:46
• Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27:
• 7 Purcell: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27 03:46
• Hans Leo Hassler (1564 - 1612): Ach weh des Leiden:
• 8 Hassler: Ach weh des Leiden 04:30
• Heinrich Schütz: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet, SWV 380:
• 9 Schütz: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet, SWV 380 02:28
• Mit dem Amphion zwar (Arr. for Choir by Matthias Maute):
• 10 Schütz: Mit dem Amphion zwar (Arr. for Choir by Matthias Maute) 02:49
• Gaspar Fernandes (1566 - 1629): Xicochi conetzintle:
• 11 Fernandes: Xicochi conetzintle 01:45
• Carlo Gesualdo (1566 - 1613): O vos omnes:
• 12 Gesualdo: O vos omnes 02:06
• Tristis est anima mea:
• 13 Gesualdo: Tristis est anima mea 03:59
• Io pur respiro in cosi gran dolore:
• 14 Gesualdo: Io pur respiro in cosi gran dolore 02:25
• Total Runtime 41:16

Info for Art choral vol. 2: Baroque I

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.

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 15 volumes, the series will roll out over seven years and will feature works by 70 composers from the 16th to the 21st centuries, as well as 15 webcast concerts and 150 videos.

Ensemble ArtChoral (formerly Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec) is a professional choir whose mission is to present the great tradition of choral singing in Quebec, Canada, and abroad. Following almost 40 years of leadership by founder Yves Courville, in 2019 the choir appointed two-time Juno Award winner Matthias Maute as its artistic director. The Ensemble received the Opus Award for Musical Event of the Year in 2020.

Matthias Maute has achieved international renown as a conductor, recorder and flute player, and composer. Maute is appreciated for his artistic direction of Ensemble Caprice, with whom he creates ingenious programs and large-scale projects. In 2016, he was appointed Artistic Director of the Bach Society of Minnesota and, in 2019, of the professional choir of Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec, now Ensemble ArtChoral.

Ensemble ArtChoral
Matthias Maute, conductor

Ensemble ArtChoral
(formerly Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec) is a professional choir whose mission is to present the great tradition of choral singing in Quebec, Canada, and abroad. Following almost 40 years of leadership by founder Yves Courville, in 2018 the choir appointed two-time JUNO Award winner Matthias Maute as its artistic director. The Ensemble received the Opus Award for Musical Event of the Year in 2020.

Since Matthias Maute’s nomination as its artistic director in 2019, the choir has increased the number of its concerts from three to a dozen per year in Québec and Canada, making a stellar impression in performances in the Maison symphonique with soprano Karina Gauvin (including an album recorded with ATMA Classique) and concerts at the Montréal Baroque Festival and Ottawa’s Music and Beyond festival.

From its inception, Ensemble ArtChoral has chosen to perform works from the great masterpieces of the repertoire for the choir. Following upon the success of its performances of Handel’s oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth, the choir was chosen to take part in Ensemble Caprice’s 30th-anniversary celebration performances of Bach’s B Minor Mass in Bourgie Hall. Since 2018, the choir has been touring widely in Québec and Canada.

In 2019, Ensemble ArtChoral celebrated 40 years of musical excellence.

In 2020, Ensemble ArtChoral cofounded the initiative Mini-Concerts Santé. 4,900 free Mini-Concerts Santé were delivered from door-to-door to 36,000 children, adolescents, seniors, adults, and families suffering impacts from the pandemic (isolation, loneliness, psychological distress) in 648 disadvantaged streets in 97 regions, cities and neighbourhoods of Québec and Ontario.

From 2021 to 2023 Ensemble ArtChoral, is undertaking project like no other in the world: Art Choral, the history of choral singing through six centuries. Works by 50 composers from the 16th to the 21st century, with 12 albums, 12 streaming concerts and 120 videoclips distributed in 170 countries, in partnership with ATMA Classique and Mécénat Musica.

Booklet for Art choral vol. 2: Baroque I