The Prague Madrigalists (or Prague Madrigal Singers; in

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: Pražští madrigalisté) is a

chamber music ensemble founded in 1956 as ''Noví pěvci madrigalů a komorní hudby'' (in English: New Madrigal and Chamber Music Singers) by the organist and composer

Miroslav Venhoda Miroslav Venhoda (4 August 1915 in Moravské Budějovice – 10 May 1987 in Prague) was a Czech choral conductor who specialized in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music, via his ensemble The Prague Madrigalists (''Pražští mad ...

. It was renamed to Prague Madrigalists and professionalized in 1967. 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

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up to the

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. Their recordings were released on labels such as

Supraphon Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, oriented mainly towards publishing classical music and popular music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers. History The Supraphon name was first registered as a trademark in 1932. Th ...

Selected discography

Guillaume Dufay Guillaume Du Fay ( , ; also Dufay, Du Fayt; 5 August 1397 – 27 November 1474) was a composer and music theorist of early Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered the leading European composer of h ...

: Missae Ave regina caelorum / Ecce ancilla Domini (Supraphon, 11 0637-2) *

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string instrument, string player. A composer of both Secular music, secular and Church music, sacred music, and a pioneer ...

: Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi (Supraphon, SU 3294-2) * Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, Jacob Handl-Gallus: Missa quinis vocibus etc - Harmoniae morales, Missa super (Supraphon, SU 3716-2) * František Ignác Tůma: Lytaniae Lauretanae, Partita c moll, Stabat Mater; Samuel Capricornus: Opus musicum (Matouš, MK 0801 - 2931)

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Official websitePrague Madrigal Singers
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Selected discography

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