Prague Madrigalists

Damiano Binetti is the current (as of 2014) artistic director of the ensemble[1]

The Prague Madrigalists (or Prague Madrigal Singers; in Czech: Pražští madrigalisté) is a Czech chamber music ensemble founded in 1956[2] as Noví pěvci madrigalů a komorní hudby (in English: New Madrigal and Chamber Music Singers) by the organist and composer Miroslav Venhoda. It was renamed to Prague Madrigalists and professionalized in 1967.[3] The ensemble focuses on performing vocal and instrumental music of the 15th - 17th century, however, occasionally they also perform music of contemporary composers. The Prague Madrigalists were a subdivision of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra up to the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.[4] Their recordings were released on labels such as Supraphon.[5]

Selected discography

References

  1. "Pražští madrigalisté - Damiano Binetti". Prague Madrigalists - Official website. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. Wiesnerová, Dana (16 December 2002). "Pražští madrigalisté dnes v Národním muzeu" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. "Miroslav Venhoda" (in Czech). Česká hudba. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. Plachá, Zdena (23 July 2014). "Nevzdávejte se. Nikdy se nevzdávejte!" (in Czech). OperaPlus. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. Šnejdarová, Dina (4 September 2003). "Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic: Missa quinis vocibus super Dolorosi martyr, Maria Kron, Qui confidunt, Crucifixus trium vocumHarmoniae" (in Czech). Harmonie. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

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