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Antony Pitts (born 1969, Farnborough, Kent) is a British composer, conductor, and producer. Founder-director of British ensemble TONUS PEREGRINUS and winner of the Prix Italia, Cannes Classical, and Radio Academy BT Awards. Born in 1969 into a family of singers and composers, then Hampton Court Chapel Royal treble, New College Oxford Academic and Honorary Senior Scholar, BBC Radio 3 Senior Producer, and Royal Academy of Music Senior Lecturer in Creative Technology, before emigrating in 2015 to become Artistic Director of Australia’s national vocal ensemble, The Song Company. His music has been performed at London’s Wigmore Hall and Westminster Cathedral, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Berlin’s Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, and for Alexander Litvinenko’s memorial. His scores including The Naxos Book of Carols, and XL, a companion 40-part motet to Tallis’s Spem in alium, are published by 1equalmusic and Faber Music, with recordings on 1equalmusic, Challenge Records, Delphian, Hyperion, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, Novum, Signum, Unknown Public, and many radiophonic works on BBC Radio 3. His double-choir Missa Unitatis was the first mass to be commissioned by the Dutch Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap for half a millennium and recorded under Stephen Layton; his cantata for string quartet and traditional Arab ensemble, Who is my neighbour?, was the focus of an Aldeburgh residency with Aldeburgh Young Musicians and workshops at Al Kamandjâti, Ramallah, and he conducted the première at the opening of a Spitalfields Summer Festival; his oratorio-musical Jerusalem-Yerushalayim received a standing ovation at its premières in Northern Ireland and the U.S.A., with a studio recording remixed with narration by David Suchet; his 50-part motet XLX – Mente cordis sui was premièred in Sydney Opera House in 2019. He is currently completing his monumental Requiem for the Time of the End, and working with Adrian Self on The Process – music theatre inspired by Kafka, starlings, and social media.

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Antony Pitts, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Cappella Pratensis, Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor*
Missa Unitatis
2017, CD, Album, Challenge Classics, ,
Choral/Contemporary/Modern/Renaissance/Romantic
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts
Music From The Eton Choirbook
2012, CD, Album, Naxos,
Antony Pitts / Tonus Peregrinus
Alpha And Omega
2008, ,
Contemporary
Sir Michael Tippett, Ruth Byrchmore, Mark Edgley Smith, Antony Pitts, Francis Pott, Nicholas O'Neill, Eugénio Manuel Rodrigues*, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Jeremy Summerly
Children Of Our Time
2006, CD, Album, Hyperion
Tallis* • Pitts* • Purcell* • Kodály* • Harvey* • Sandström* • Schnebel*, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey
XL Choral Works For 40 Voices
2005, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Modern/Contemporary
Antony Pitts, Tonus Peregrinus
Seven Letters
2005, CD, Album, Hyperion
Tonus Peregrinus / Antony Pitts
Christmas Collection Volume 2
2004, CD, Promo, Sunday Express, Naxos
Tonus Peregrinus / Antony Pitts
Christmas Carols
2004, CD, Promo, Car, Naxos Rights International Ltd.
Arvo Pärt - Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts
Passio
2003, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Contemporary
Arvo Pärt - Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts
Passio
2003, ,
Contemporary
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts
The Naxos Book Of Carols (An Advent Sequence In Music)
2003, ,
Religious/Contemporary/Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Early
Různí
The Early Music Collection
2019, 30xCD, Comp + Box, Naxos, ,
Early/Medieval/Renaissance
Různí
The Choral Collection
2019, 30xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Naxos, ,
Renaissance/Romantic/Classical/Contemporary/Baroque/Modern/Medieval/Choral/Oratorio
Různí
Hyperion New Release Sampler – May 2015
2015, 17xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Jacquet of Mantua, The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
Missa Surge Petre & Motets
2015, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Renaissance
Různí
Hyperion New Release Sampler – November 2014
2014, 20xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Různí
Saints And Sinners (The Music Of Medieval And Renaissance Europe)
2014, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Naxos, ,
Early/Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque
Brumel*, The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
Missa De Beata Virgine, Motets
2014, CD, Hyperion, ,
Renaissance/Choral/Mass
Různí
Hyperion New Release Sampler – April 2013
2013, 6xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Různí
Hyperion New Release Sampler – August 2013
2013, 7xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Palestrina* / The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
Missa Ad Coenam Agni
2013, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Renaissance/Vocal/Religious/Choral
Cipriano de Rore, The Brabant Ensemble
Missa Doulce Mémoire • Missa A Note Negre
2013, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Renaissance
Jean Mouton / The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
Missa Tu Es Petrus
2012, CD, Album, Hyperion
Clemens non Papa - The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
Missa Pro Defunctis / Penitential Motets
2011, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Renaissance
Hildegard Von Bingen - Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
Celestial Harmonies • Responsories And Antiphons
2008
Adam De La Halle / Tonus Peregrinus
Le Jeu De Robin Et De Marion
2006, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Medieval
The Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Live 2: For Ockeghem
1997
Guillaume de Machaut - Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
La Messe De Nostre Dame ・ Songs From Le Voir Dit
1997, CD, ,
Medieval
Tonus Peregrinus
The Mass Of Tournai (France, Early 14th Century) ● St Luke Passion (England, Early 15th Century)
2003, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Medieval/Early

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Arvo Pärt
The Collection
2021, 9xCD + Box, Comp, Brilliant Classics, ,
Contemporary
Různí
My Playlist For The Nativity
2018, CD, Comp, Naxos,
Hollis Taylor
Absolute Bird
2017, 2xCD, Album, ReR Megacorp, ,
Field Recording/Contemporary
Choir Of New College Oxford*, Robert Quinney
Like As The Hart
2017, CD, Album, Novum, ,
Choral/Renaissance/Baroque/Modern/Contemporary
The Choir Of King's College London*, Gareth Wilson
In Memoriam
2016, CD, Album, Delphian, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Contemporary
Arvo Pärt
Serenity - The Beauty Of Arvo Pärt
2012, ,
Contemporary
Robert Saxton
The Wandering Jew
2011, 2xCD, Album, NMC (3), ,
Opera
The Choir Of King's College Cambridge* / Royal Choral Society* / Sir Malcolm Sargent
The World's Favourite Christmas Carols
2010, CD, Comp, Promo, The Communications Practice, Daily Mail, ,
Choral/Holiday
Různí
Dreamland - Contemporary Choral Riches From The Hyperion Catalogue
2009, CD, Comp, Hyperion, ,
Choral/Contemporary
Bach* ~ Handel* ~ Mozart* ~ Fauré*, Various
Pie Jesu
2008, CD, Comp, Naxos
Různí
Rejoice - A Vision Of Christ Through Music
2008, CD, Comp, Naxos, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Choral/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary/Medieval
Různí
Eternal Voice
2008, CD, Comp, Naxos
Arvo Pärt
Fratres - Passio - Berliner Messe
2008,
Contemporary
Různí
Time Of The Templars
2007, ,
Early/Medieval/Religious/Occitan/Andalusian Classical/Sephardic
Gibbons* - Tonus Peregrinus
Hymns And Songs Of The Church
2006, CD, Naxos, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Různí
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2006 Nomination Sampler CD
2006, CD, Promo, Smplr, BBC Music Magazine, ,
Medieval/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Choral/Opera/Contemporary
Různí
Mystiikan Aikakausi
2006
Různí
Christmas Carols
2005, CD, Album, Promo, Sunday Express, ,
Classical/Holiday
Arvo Pärt
A Portrait (His Works • His Life)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Naxos, ,
Modern
Různí
Christmas Carols
2005, CD, Album, Daily Mail
Faber Singers, Simon Halsey, Iain Farrington
Adoro Te
2005, CD, Album, Faber Music, ,
Religious/Choral
Různí
Discover Early Music
2005, ,
Medieval/Renaissance
John Dunstable - Tonus Peregrinus
Sweet Harmony (Masses And Motets)
2005, ,
Medieval/Renaissance
Léonin - Pérotin - Tonus Peregrinus
Sacred Music From Notre-Dame Cathedral
2005, ,
Medieval
Různí
The Essential Xmas Album Vol 2
2004
Různí
20 Classic Christmas Carols
2004, ,
Religious
Různí
The Essential Xmas Album
2004, CD, ,
Classical/Country/Soul/Vocal/Rock & Roll/Holiday
Různí
Gramophone Editor's Choice - April 2003
2003, CD, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine,
Různí
The Ultimate Christmas Album - 10 Festive Favourites
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Car, The People,
Arvo Pärt
Passio
2003
Nancy Shanx
Ready To Fall In Love Again / Music To My Ears
1978, ,
Soul
Různí
50 Greatest Composers
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Classic FM, Naxos
Různí
The Very Best of Naxos Early Music
2008, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, VBR, Naxos, ,
Renaissance/Medieval
Různí
Time Of The Templars
2007, 3x CD, ,
Early/Medieval/Andalusian Classical/Sephardic/Occitan/Religious
Různí
An Easter Album
2006, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Classical/Choral
Různí
Double Christmas Gold Vol.1
2004, CD, Comp, Daily Record
Různí
Double Christmas Gold Volume 2
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Sunday Mail
Různí
20 Christmas Favourites
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label
Různí
Unknown Public 05: Voicebox
1994, CD, Comp, Unknown Public, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Free Improvisation