Recordings
To celebrate its100th anniversary, the Pro Arte Quartet commissioned works from four distinguished American composers (Walter Mays, Paul Schoenfield, William Bolcom, and John Harbison), which were given their world premiere performances in 2011-2012 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Pro Arte Quartet was founded in 1911-12 by teenage prodigies who were students at the Brussels Conservatory. Stranded in the USA in 1940 by the outbreak of World War II, the Quartet became established at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where it became the first professional string quartet in residence at an American university. Over it’s century-long existence the Quartet has commissioned or premiered more than 100 new works so it appropriate that the centerpiece of the Pro Arte’s centennial anniversary celebration include commissions, performances, and recordings of these new works.
- Albany Records, Release date: December 10, 2013, 2 CDs
Available from the UW School of Music on-line CD store
and wherever fine records are sold.
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COMING SOON
• CD (Fall 2015): The Pro Arte Quartet Centennial Anniversary Commissions, Volume 2 Mernier - String Quartet No. 3 & Jalbert - Howl, for Clarinet and String Quartet • Book: The Pro Arte Quartet of Brussels and Madison: A Century of History and Legacy, by John Barker |
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A new program about the Pro Arte Quartet debuted on Wisconsin Public Television in April 2015. This 60-minute documentary weaves together the quartet’s storied history—in images, interviews, and narration—with a special concert performance. A DVD of the program, which includes a bonus feature of the entire concert, is available from WPT.
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Albany Records (December 2013)
A double CD release of the first four centennial commissions: piano quintets of William Bolcom and Paul Schoenfield, and string quartets of John Harbison and Walter Mays. Produced by multiple Grammy award-winner Judith Sherman. Available wherever fine records are sold. “All of these works . . . are challenging and serious, a credit to Pro Arte’s continuing commitment towards pushing the boundaries in chamber music . . . this is a fascinating set.” (Fanfare) |
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LIVE STREAMING AUDIO To hear high-bandwidth live streaming audio of this season’s Pro Arte Quartet concerts, please visit www.music.wisc.edu/calendar |
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Pro Arte Quartet: The American Premiers |
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Dvorak: Two String Quartets |
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String Quartets of Mendelssohn |
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Pro Arte Quartet with Samuel Rhodes |
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Diesendruck: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 |
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Music for Oboe and Strings |
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Diesendruck: Theater of the Ear |
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Norman Paulu, violin Jae Kim, voilin Richard Blum, viola Parry Karp, 'Cello |
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Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1 / String Quartet No. 5 |
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Bloch: String Quartet No. 1 / Piano Quartet No. 2 |
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Norman Paulu, violin Martha Francis Blum, Violin Richard Blum, Viola Parry Karp, 'Cello |
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Rózsa: String Quartets, Rhapsody for Cello |
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Bloch: String Quartet No. 2 (2006) |
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Bloch: String Quartets No. 3 & 4 |
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Boykan: Echoes Of Petrarch, Piano Trio, City Of Gold |
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Beethoven, Bartók, Borodin, Mozart, Et Al / Quatuor Pro Arte |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 64 |
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Icon - Artur Schnabel - Scholar Of The Piano |
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Haydn: 27 String Quartets, Vol. I |
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Haydn: 27 String Quartets, Vol. II |
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Schnabel Plays Schubert, Vol. 2 |
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Schumann, Dvorak: Piano Quintets |
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Haydn: Quartets (I) |
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Haydn: Quartets (II) |
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Haydn: Quartets (III) |
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