Recordings

PAQ recording 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

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The Pro Arte Quartet 1995 - present David Perry, violin Suzanne Beia, violin Sally Chisholm, violin Parry Karp, ‘cello
	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
	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. Link to program DVD
	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)
Live Streaming Audio	LIVE STREAMING AUDIO Live concert recordings To hear high-bandwidth live streaming audio of this season’s Pro Arte Quartet concerts, please visit www.music.wisc.edu/calendar Locate concert date on the calendar, and click on the speaker icon to play the recording.
	Pro Arte Quartet: The American Premiers Quartet for Strings no 2 "Dreaming Butterfly" by Walter Mays Rhapsodies (3) for Piano Quintet by Paul Schoenfield, Brian Hsu (Piano) Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 by William Bolcom, Christopher Taylor (Piano) Quartet for Strings no 5 by John Harbison To Purchase
	Dvorak: Two String Quartets Quartet in D minor, Op. 34 Quartet in Eb, Op. 51 To Purchase
	String Quartets of Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 Quartet in D, Op. 44/1, Pieces, Op. 81/4 To Purchase
	Pro Arte Quartet with Samuel Rhodes Perry, Beia, Chisholm, Karp (with Mark Fink) Works of Sessions, Mays, Rhodes To Purchase
	Diesendruck: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 Quartet for Strings, No. 2 To Purchase
	Music for Oboe and Strings Perry, Beia, Chisholm, Karp (with Mark Fink) Works of Mozart, Britten, Harbison, Crusell To Purchase
	Diesendruck: Theater of the Ear Quartet for Strings, No. 2 To Purchase
	Centennial Commissions: UW-Madison School of Music Shapey: String Quartet No. 9 To Purchase
The Pro Arte Quartet 1988 -1991 Norman Paulu, violin Jae Kim, voilin Richard Blum, viola Parry Karp, 'Cello
	Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1 / String Quartet No. 5 Paulu, Kim, Blum, Karp (with Howard Karp) To Purchase
	Bloch: String Quartet No. 1 / Piano Quartet No. 2 Paulu, Kim, Blum, Karp (with Howard Karp) To Purchase
The Pro Arte Quartet 1976-1988 Norman Paulu, violin Martha Francis Blum, Violin Richard Blum, Viola Parry Karp, 'Cello
	Rózsa: String Quartets, Rhapsody for Cello Quartet No. 1, Op. 22; Quartet No. 2, Op. 38 To Purchase
	Bloch: String Quartet No. 2 (2006) To Purchase
	Bloch: String Quartets No. 3 & 4 To Purchase
	Boykan: Echoes Of Petrarch, Piano Trio, City Of Gold String Quartet No. 2 To Purchase
The Pro Arte Quartet 1921-1940 Alphonse Onnou, Violin Laurent Halleux, Violin Germain Prévost, Viola Robert Maas, 'Cello
	Beethoven, Bartók, Borodin, Mozart, Et Al / Quatuor Pro Arte Onnou, Halleux, Prévost, Maas (with Hobday and Schnabel) Works of Beethoven, Bartók, Borodin, Glazunov, Bloch, Mozart, Schumann, Franck, Ravel, and Schubert. “This essential 4-disc set restores fine 78rpm performances [1933-1938] -- five of which have never appeared on LP -- by one of the key chamber groups of the interwar period." -- Classic Record Collector (UK) To Purchase
	Haydn: String Quartets Op. 64 Op 64 no. 3; Op. 64 no. 4; Op. 74 no. 3; Op. 74 no.2 Recorded 1931 -1937 To Purchase
	Icon - Artur Schnabel - Scholar Of The Piano Onnou, Prévost, Maas (with C. Hobday and Artur Schnabel) Schubert: Trout Quintet; Mozart: Piano Quartet K. 478 To Purchase
	Haydn: 27 String Quartets, Vol. I 3-disc set To Purchase
	Haydn: 27 String Quartets, Vol. II 4-disc set To Purchase
	Schnabel Plays Schubert, Vol. 2 Onnou, Prévost, Maas (with C. Hobday and Artur Schnabel) Schubert: Trout Quintet To Purchase
	Schumann, Dvorak: Piano Quintets Onnou, Halleux, Prévost, Maas (with Artur Schnabel) Schumann Piano Quintet Op. 44; Dvorák Piano Quintet Op. 81 Originally recorded in 1934. To Purchase
	Haydn: Quartets (I) Op. 1 no.1; Op. 54 no.1; Op. 54 no. 2; Op. 54 no. 3 Originally recorded 1932-38 To Purchase
	Haydn: Quartets (II) Op. 20 no. 2; Op. 20 no. 5; Op. 76 no. 3; Op. 76 no.4 To Purchase
	Haydn: Quartets (III) Op. 64 no. 3; Op. 64 no. 4; Op. 74 no. 3; Op. 77 np. 2 Originally recorded 1931-1937 To Purchase