Ars Musicae de Barcelona explained

thumb|1941, Ars Musicae, Biblioteca de Catalunya.Ars Musicae de Barcelona was a Catalan ensemble for the performance of medieval music active between 1935 and 1979.

The directors were:

• Josep María Lamaña (1935–1957); industrial engineer and amateur musician.^[1]
• Enric Gispert (1957–1972); a choral conductor.
• Romà Escalas Llimona (1972–1979); director of the Museu de la Música de Barcelonafrom 1981 to 2011.

Victoria de Los Angeles had a long association with the group, and her earliest surviving recording (from 1942) is with Lamaña.^[2] Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras both performed early in their careers with Ars Musicae of Barcelona while it was directed by Gispert.

Selected discography

for a more complete discography click the original Spanish Wikipedia article

• Victoria de Los Angeles Songs of Spain with Barcelona Ars Musicae - Enrique Gispert, Rec.: 04/1967. HMV "Angel Series" SAN 194 [LP]
• Le Moyen Age Catalan de l'art Romain a la Renaissance LP 1970, Harmonia Mundi, CD Musique d'abord HMA 190051 36'14
• La música en la corte española de Carlos V, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Book and LP MEC-1004

Notes and References

1. article in Catalan Wikipedia Josep Maria Lamaña i Coll
2. Victoria De Los Angeles: The Early Recordings, 1942-1953 issued 1996, Testament 1087