Active from 1968 | Genre Classical/vocal | |
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Albums A Medieval Christmas Record labels BMG, Hyperion Records, Brilliant Classics Similar Bruno Turner, Ian Partridge, Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
Pro Cantione Antiqua of London (PCA) is a British choral group which was founded in 1968 by tenor James Griffett, counter-tenor Paul Esswood, and conductor and producer Mark Brown. Their first concert was at St Bartholomew's, Smithfield with Brian Brockless conducting but, from an early stage, they were closely associated with conductor and musicologist Bruno Turner. Arguably, they were the leading British performers of a cappella music, especially early music, prior to the founding of the Tallis Scholars.
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Singers have included:

El siglo de oro pro cantione antiqua wmv
Archiv

PCA's 6-LP set 'The Flowering of Renaissance Polyphony' (Geistliche Musik der Renaissance') issued on Archiv in the late 1970s was particularly influential. This was subsequently reissued with other material for Archiv as 7-CD:

DHM

Hyperion

Carlton
Other labels
Songs
LamentationesMusik der Tudor-Zeit · 2010
Never Weather-Beaten Sail1989
Hey Ho - to the GreenwoodPart Songs - Englische Kneipenlieder: Country Pastimes and Citie Conceits · 1986