Capriccio > Mendelssohn, Felix

Generation / Songs & Duets by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Liszt, Wagner / Renate and Daniel Behle

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-11-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Andres Maienlied ("Hexenlied"), Op. 8/8; Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98; Robert Schumann: Belsazar ("Die Mitternacht zog näher schon"), ballad for voice &...
Performers: Behle, Daniel; Behle, Renate; Schnyder, Oliver

On Generation, mother and son Renate Behle and Daniel Behle perform various operatic excerpts. For more than fifteen years Renate Behle has been one of...continue...
Recording information: Radiostudio, Zürich (10/04/2011-10/06/2011)....continue...

150 German Folksongs / Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier [5 CDs]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2011-08-30

Works: Anonymous, German: Wohlauf in Gottes schöne welt, aus der Mark Brandenburg; Friedrich Silcher: Wohin mit der Freud? ("Ach du klarblauer Himmel") for chorus, Op. 58/2; Ännchen von Tharau (An...
Performers: Coburn, Pamela; Habermann, Peter; Parsons, Geoffrey; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Ragossnig, Konrad; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Buchner, Roland; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

A festive Concert of great Voices: this Volkslied-Edition offers on 5CDs the most famous and most beloved German Folksongs, performed by well known singers like...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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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...

Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum / Malton, Gedeck, Lohmeyer, Froschauer, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2001-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, play

Mendelssohn: Incidental Music

4 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Antigone, incidental music, Op. 55; Oedipus in Kolonos, incidental music, Op. 93; Athalie, incidental music, Op. 74; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26...

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

Ich Bete An Die Macht Der Liebe - Geistliche Chöre

1 CD / Capriccio / 1998-01-01

Works: Dimitri Bortniansky: I pray to the power of love; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618; Friedrich Silcher: Son nimm denn ...
Performers: Casper, Bernd; Eschrig, Ralph; Ribbe, Hans Joachim; Winkler, Michael-Christfried
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg Peter; Max, Hermann; Marschik, Peter; Flämig, Martin;
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus members; Das Kleine Konzert; Dresden Kreuz Choir; Leipzig Radio Chorus Male Voices; Rheinische Kantorei; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Jochen Kowalski - Plaisir d'Amour

1 CD / Capriccio / 1991-01-01

Works: E. Brandt: Vor liebchens tür; Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Richard Eilenberg: Die Mühle im Schwarzwald, idyll for orchestra, Op. 52; Osmá...
Performers: Kowalski, Jochen

Mendelssohn: Veni Domine, etc / Flämig, Dresdner Kreuzchor

1 CD / Capriccio / 1991-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Hear my prayer; Psalm 43 ("Richte mich, Gott"), for double chorus in D minor, Op. 78/2; Mein Gott, Warum Hastdu Mich Verlassen?; Denn er hat seinen Engel...
Performers: Dittmann, Friedwart-Christian; Eschrig, Ralph; Haubold, Bernd; Junghanns, Egbert; Lepetit, Albrecht; Madry, Vincent; Mainka, Stefan; Schwarz, Gotthold; Selbig, Ute; Winkler, Michael-Christfried
Conductors: Flämig, Martin
Ensemble: Dresden Kreuz Choir