Grieg, Edvard > Capriccio

Angel Voices: The Boys' Choir Christmas Celebration / Vienna Boys' Choir; Dresden Boys' Choir, et al.

3 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch (Choralkantate); Laudate pueri ("O praise the Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in E flat major, Op. 39/2; Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Veni Domine ("Hear my p...
Performers: Buchner, Roland; Engelhardt, Kent; Humphries, Charles; Schicha, Ulrich; Winkler, Michael-Christfried
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Marschik, Peter; Hrncirik, Peter; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: ; Bläserensemble

American Record Guide
Here's a very nice set of three CDs devoted mostly to German music and performed by the cream of German and Austrian boychoirs...continue...

Christmas Meditation / Concertos, Airs and Sacred Works from Baroque & Classical times [5 CDs]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Heil'ge Nacht auf...
Performers: Achim, Erzsébet; Bálint, János; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Buchner, Roland; Cordier, David; Dicke, Peter; Eisenberg, Matthias; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Glaetzner, Burkhard; H...
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Erxleben, Michael; Bohme, Frank; Marschik, Peter; Tarr, Edward H. [Trumpet]; ; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Rolla, János [Violin]; Winschermann, Helmut; Eschenburg, Hartwig; B...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Capella Savaria; Cappella Coloniensis; Concerto Köln ; Das kleine Konzert; Dresden Baroque Soloists; German Bach Soloists; Hr-Brass; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Phil...

American Record Guide
The selections are well chosen... and nicely sequenced; most of the performances are quite competent and appealing. Sound, while variable, is generally good...
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Grieg, Schumann: String Quartets / Petersen Quartett

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Edvard Grieg: Quartet for Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 27; Quartet for Strings no 2 in F major, EG 117 (incomplete); Robert Schumann: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 41/1

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Since Grieg owed much to Schumann, coupling their quartets seems a good idea. These G minor and A minor Quartets were written...continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt / Helmuth Froschauer

2 CD / Capriccio / 2004-09-23

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt

Grieg: Peer Gynt / Heesters, Helling, Engelskamp, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2004-01-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Engelskamp, Josephine; Frohlich, Peter; Heesters, Nicole; Helling, Hilke; Pfeffer, Anneli; Pietschmann, Andreas
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Meditation - Classic & Nature

2 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Lyric Pieces (7), Book 4, Op. 47; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "Fro...

Still Wie Die Nacht

1 CD / Capriccio / 1999-01-01

Works: Carl Böhm: Still wie die Nacht, for voice & orchestra, Op. 326/27; Karl Zöllner: Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust, song; Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die Nachthelle, D 89...
Performers: Casper, Bernd; Erber, Gerhard; Fokel, Dieter; Mayer, Gerhard; Ribbe, Hans-Joachim; Schopper, Michael; Stahl, Wolfgang; Wagner, Eckhard
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Knothe, Dietrich

Miniatures for Flute and Harp / János Bálint, Deborah Sipkai

1 CD / Capriccio / 1998-01-01

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for violin & piano; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin; Johann ...
Performers: Bálint, János; Sipkai, Deborah