Capriccio > Chamber Music

Shih: Crossing the River; Travels; The Separation; A Measure for Nine / Anu Komsi, soprano; Anika Vavic, piano

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-09-25

Works: Shih: Die Überquerung des Flusses (Crossing the River), for orchestra; Ein Takt für Neun (A Measure for Nine), for violin, erhu, viola da gamba, guitar, lute, pipa, clarin; Ein Takt, for pi...
Performers: Komsi, Anu [Soprano Vocal]; Vavic, Anika
Conductors: Fritzsch, Georg; Wen-Pin, Chien
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Die Reihe

Born in Taipei in 1950 Shih moved to Vienna at the age of 24 to study composition and the harp at the University of Music...continue...

Quartet Movements by Schubert, Wolf, Orff, Rihm, Puccini, Ives, Webern / Signum Quartett

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-01-31

Works: Hugo Wolf: Serenade for String Quartet in G major "Italian Serenade"; Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Carl Orff: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 22 (One movement); Charles Iv...
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Ensemble: Signum String Quartett

Von Webern composed at the maximal condensation of expression through small dimensioned designs. Wolf composed the single movement serenade for string quartet within 3 days...continue...
Recording information: Studio Gärtnerstraáe, Berlin (03/13/2011-03/16/2011)....continue...

Horn Quintets: Mozart, Hoffmeister, Hauff, Beethoven / Nury Guarnaschelli, horn

1 CD / Capriccio / 2011-09-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat major, K 407 (386c); Wilhelm Gottlieb Hauff: Concerto (Quintet) for horn & strings no 1 in E flat major; Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Quint...
Performers: Erdei, Peter; Guarnaschelli, Nury

Born in Santa Fee, Argentinia the young Nury Guarnaschelly is one of the most beloved french horn player of our times. She was 1st solo...continue...
Recording information: Köln (04/15/2010)....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...

Flute Fantasies and Flute Trios / Haupt

2 CD / Capriccio / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Adagio, Variations and Rondo in A major, Op. 78 "Schöne Minka"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Trio in G major, H. 15/32; Adalbert Gyrowetz: Divertissement for piano, flute ...
Performers: Bálint, János; Haupt, Eckart; Kovacs, Imre; Teutsch, Götz; Zenziper, Arkadi

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

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

Händel, Dittersdorf, Debussy, Ravel: Harp Concertos / Vigh

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Concerto for harp, 2 oboes, 2 horns & string orchestra in A major; Claude Debussy: Danse ...
Performers: Balogh, Jószef [Clarinet]; Horgas, Eszter; Jakobi, Laszlo; Konrád, György; Vigh, Andrea
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Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Poulenc: Sextuor, Trio; Francaix: Octuor, Dixtuor / Linos-Ensemble

1 CD / Capriccio / 2007-06-26

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43; Jean Françaix: Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings "A huit"; Dixtuor, for wind...

Krenek: Streichquartette no 3 & 5 / Petersen Quartett

1 CD / Capriccio / 2007-01-01

Works: Ernst Krenek: Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 20; Quartet for Strings no 5, Op. 65

20th Century Portraits - Yun: Chamber Music

1 CD / Capriccio / 2005-10-04

Works: Isang Yun: Sonata for Violin and Piano; Novellette for Flute, Harp, Violin and Cello; Duo for Cello and Harp; Trio for Strings
Performers: Graf, Maria; Grimmer, Walter; Groschopp, Holger; Lessing, Kolja; Staege, Roswitha

Musicians Kolya Lessing and Holger Groschopp support Isang Yun whose compositional voice is among the most individual phenomena in the music of the second half...continue...

Petersen Quartett [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2005-06-03

Works: Darius Milhaud: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 5; Guillaume Lekeu: Poems (3) for soprano and piano; Andromède for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, for sopr...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Rieger, Wolfram

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; String Quartets 1 & 4

1 CD / Capriccio / 2005-01-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57; Quartet for Strings no 1 in C major, Op. 49; Quartet for Strings no 4 in D major, Op. 83
Performers: Kupiec, Ewa

Joseph Martin Kraus: Flötenquintett, Streichquartette / Martin Sandhoff, Schuppanzigh Quartett

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-11-28

Works: Joseph Martin Kraus: Quintet for flute & strings in D, Op. 7/Vb. 184 ("Wiener"); Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 1/3; Quartet for Strings no 4 in D major, Op. 1/4

Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht; Bartok, Webern / Vladimir Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-10-02

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Béla Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113

Schönberg, Webern, Bartók / Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-01-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4; Béla Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78
Conductors: Spivakov, Vladimir
Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

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The Moscow players deliver fine performances: beautifully shaped, rhythmically well-pointed, phrasing Schoenberg's long-breathed lines with refinement and keeping his poly...continue...

20th Century Portraits - Müller: Chamber Music for Strings

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-01-01

Works: Fabian Müller: Caper Quartet; Trio for Strings; Quintet for Strings "Rhapsodie"; Duo for Violin and Cello
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Ensemble: Petersen String Quartet

Kraus: Flute Quintet, String Quartets / Sandhoff, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2003-01-01

Works: Joseph Martin Kraus: Quintet for Flute and Strings in D major, VB 184/Op 7; Quartets (6) for Strings
Performers: Sandhoff, Martin
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Ensemble: Schuppanzigh Quartet

Ravel, Milhaud / Petersen Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2003-01-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 5; Guillaume Lekeu: Poèmes (3); Quartet for Piano and Strings [fragment]; Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, for soprano & orchestra, Op. ...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Rieger, Wolfram
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Ensemble: Petersen String Quartet

Petersen Quartet Plays Chausson, Lekeu, Milhaud, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2001-01-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 5; Guillaume Lekeu: Poems (3) for voice and piano; Andromède for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, for sopran...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Rieger, Wolfram
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Ensemble: Petersen Quartet

Schubert: Octet, D.803

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, D 803/Op. 166

Donizetti, Verdi / Neues Berliner Kammerorchester

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Quartet for Strings no 17 in B minor; Allegro for strings in C major; Concerto for Violin, cello & orchestra in D minor; Giuseppe Verdi: Quartet for Strings in E minor
Performers: Erxleben, Michael; Karnarius, Kleif

Barber: Capricorn Concerto; Foote, etc / Budapest Strings

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21; Adagio for Strings; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); Arthur Foote: Air & Gavotte for orche...
Performers: Bálint, János; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Lencsés, Lajos

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

Dvorák: Serenade in D minor, String Quintet / Linos Ensemble

1 CD / Capriccio / 1998-01-01

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44; Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass in G major, Op. 77/B 49
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Ensemble: Linos Ensemble

Schubert: Streichquintett / Sanderling, Petersen Quartett

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956
Performers: Sanderling, Michael
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Ensemble: Petersen String Quartet

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Strauss: Piano Trios no 1 & 2 / Odeon Trio

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in A major, AV 37; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in D major, AV 53
Performers: Guntner, Kurt; Hokanson, Leonard; May, Angelica
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Ensemble: Odéon Trio

Prokofiev: Ouverture sur des Thèmes juifs, Op. 34; Quintett, Op. 39; Janácek: Mladi; Concertino

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano in C minor, Op. 34; Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola & double bass in G minor, Op. 39; Leos Janácek: M...
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Ensemble: Linos-Ensemble

Berg, Janacek, Dutilleux: String Quartets / Petersen Quartet

1 CD / Capriccio / 1994-01-01

Works: Alban Berg: Quartet for Strings Op. 3; Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Listy duverné," "Intimate Letters"), JW 7/13; Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit, for string quartet

Spohr: Nonet; Beethoven: Septet / Linos-Ensemble

1 CD / Capriccio / 1993-01-01

Works: Louis Spohr: Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, Op. 31; Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
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Ensemble: Linos-Ensemble

Mozart-3 Prussian Quartet

1 CD / Capriccio / 1992-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 21 in D major, K 575; Quartet for Strings no 22 in B flat major, K 589; Quartet for Strings no 23 in F major, K 590