Band
Ars Antiqua Austria
Albums
20
Members
1
Active
1995–present
Origin
Austria
Biography
Ars Antiqua Austria is an early music ensembled founded in Linz in 1995 to perform Austrian baroque music on period instruments. The group was established by Gunar Letzbor and Michael Oman and consists of eight musicians. They research and perform neglected works. During the Baroque period, Austrian music had many influences: Italian, French, Spanish, Slavic, and Hungarian. These blended with Austrian folk music and dance music. Aside from its native Austria, the group has toured France, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the U.S. It received a Cannes Classical Award in 2002 for Viviani's "Capricci Armonici"
Discography
Four Orchestral Suites
Biber, Schmelzer: Seventeenth Century Music and Dance from the Viennese Court
Grabmusik KV. 42 / Gallimathias Musicum KV. 32
Armonico Tributo, 1682
Seventeenth Century Music and Dance from the Viennese Court
Gloria In Excelsis Deo (La Grande Messa Barocca Nel Monastero Di Lambach)
Cantate in soprano
Prothimia Suavissima, parte seconda
XII sinfonie a quattro
Biber: Violin Sonatas (1681)
Fux: Partite a 3
Concertos, Ouvertures & Sonatas
Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Jiránek: Violin Concerto in D minor
Missa Alleluja / Nisi Dominus
Rosenkranzsonaten
Cantate per Contralto con Violini
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-8, C. 138-145
Battaglia
Concerts at the Abbey of Schlägl