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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina; Orfeo / Regina Klepper, Martina Borst

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-04-24

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina; Orfeo ("Nel chiuso centro"), chamber cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, Op. 2/4
Performers: Adelmann, Stefan; Borst, Martina; Hops, Berthold; Klepper, Regina
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bamberger String Quartet

No one has described Pergolesi's vocal works more splendidly and with more understanding than the philosopher and pedagogue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, author of the Dictionnaire de...continue...
Recording information: Pfarrheim Litzendorf (bei Bamberg)....continue...

Franz Schrecker, The woman of Intaphernes; The Birthday of the Infanta (Suite), Symphony no. 1

3 CD / Capriccio / 2012-01-31

Works: Franz Schreker: Symphony in A minor, Op. 1; Das Weib des Intaphernes, for speaker & orchestra; Psalm 116, for women's chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 6; Festwalzer und Walzerintermezzo, for orchestra;...
Performers: Dicke, Peter; Georg, Mechthild; Lessing, Kolja
Conductors: Gulke, Peter
Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

Schreker's last completed dramatic composition is the melodrama Das Weib des Intaphernes, composed on a ballad by Stucken in the early 1930's in Estoril, near...continue...

Christmas Concert: / Corelli, Manfredini, Handel, Locatelli

1 CD / Capriccio / 2011-10-25

Works: Johann Melchior Molter: Concerto pastorale for strings & harpsichord in G major; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Gregor Joseph Werner: Pastorella for concertante organ and strings in D major; Arcan...
Performers: Erxleben, Michael; Kirchberg, Hans-Peter; Zimmermann, Knut
Conductors: Erxleben, Michael
Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Fatto per la notte di Natale (made for Christmas Eve) is how numerous Italian composers of the Baroque period headed those orchestral concertos in which...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus Berlin (04/30/1992-05/03/1992)....continue...

Johann Schein: The Fountain of Israel, complete / Rheinische Kantorei

2 CD / Capriccio / 2011-08-30

Works: Johann Hermann Schein: Israelis Brünlein, motets (26) for 5 voices & continuo ("Fontana d'Israel")
Performers: Groth, Hartwig; Junghanel, Konrad; Kyprianides, Christine; Lehmann, Christoph; McCraw, Michael; Sommer, Peter
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Rheinische Kantorei

In the only one of Johann Schein's religious works to be reissued as long as twenty-two years after his death, Fontana D'Israel (Fountain of Israel)...continue...
Recording information: Mandelsloh, St. Osdag (1989-01-27_1989-01-29&1989-)....continue...

Sacred Music of the Bach family

5 CD / Capriccio / 2011-05-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Jesu, meines Herzens Freud', chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 361 (BC F117.1); Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden...
Performers: Angerhofer, Gunther; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Burkhardt, Gisela; Eichler, Josephine; Ginzel, Reinhart; Karasiak, Andreas; Krumbiegel, Cornelia; Kunzel, Johannes; Lepetit, Albrecht; Lind...
Conductors: Eschenburg, Hartwig; Max, Hermann; Schneider, Michael; Gruss, Hans
Ensemble: ; Capella Fidicinia Leipzig; Das kleine Konzert; Members of Capella Fidicinia Leipzig

In addition to Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded by many as the greatest composer of all times, other members of this widely ramified family took up...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...

Motets of the Bach Family

1 CD / Capriccio / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Bach: Sei nun wieder zufrieden meine Seele, motet (poss. by Jonas de Fletin); Johann Christoph Bach: Lieber Herr Gott, motet for 8 voices; Fürchte dich nicht, motet for 5 voices; Der Gere...
Performers: Nordstrand, Mark; Trustedt, Niklas
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard

American Record Guide - William J Gatens
The T÷lz Choir produces the quintessential German men-and-boys sound. ... the technical standard is generally high.

To read the complet...continue...

Haydn: Eight Concerti / Schornsheim, Utiger, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik

2 CD / Capriccio / 2009-08-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Organ no 1 in C major, H 18 no 1; Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 2; Concerto for Organ no 3 in C major, H 18 no 5; Concerto for Keyboard in G major, H 18 n...
Performers: Schornsheim, Christine
Conductors:
Ensemble: Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik

Performed on period instruments with the "Neue Dusseldorfer Hofmusik" under the direction of Mary Utiger who also accompanies on the piano. A rare musical experience....continue...

Vivaldi: The Oboe Sonatas / Burkhard Glaetzner

1 CD / Capriccio / 2009-04-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin/Oboe and Basso Continuo in B flat major, RV 34; Trio Sonata for 2 Oboes and Basso Continuo in G minor, F 15 no 8/RV 81; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G mi...
Performers: Beyer, Achim; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Goritzki, Ingo; Pank, Siegfried; Reinhardt, Thomas; Schornsheim, Christine; Suske, Karl

Many of Vivaldi’s sonatas are relatively early works, but this does not diminish their musical qualities. He was such a prolific composer that it is...continue...

Händel & Bach: Sacred Arias / Jochen Kowalski, Marriner

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Belshazzar, HWV 61; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed...
Performers: Birch, John; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Kowalski, Jochen; Nicklin, Celia; Orton, Stephen; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

O Jesulein Zart - Weihnachts & Krippenlieder / Rotzsch

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Traditional: Auf, Tochter Zion; Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging; Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her; Kindelein zart; Schlaf, mein Kindelein; Gegrüsset seist du, Maria; O du fröhliche; Hort En...
Performers: Friedrich, Felix; Kästner, Hannes; Vogel, Holm
Conductors: Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: St. Thomas Church Choir, Leipzig

Bruckner: Symphonie no 1, Orgelwerke / Martin Haselböck

1 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 1 in C minor, WAB 101; Prelude & fugue, for organ in C minor, WAB 131; Prelude (Preg Prelude), for organ in C major, WAB 129
Performers: Haselbock, Martin
Conductors: Haselböck, Martin

Mozart: Church Sonatas / Martin Haselböck

1 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2006-10-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 16 in C major, K 329 (317a); Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 8 in A major, K 225 (241b); Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no ...
Performers: Dienz, Alexandra; Fheodoroff, Thomas; Haselbock, Martin; Matyas, Istvan; Schroder, Regine
Conductors: Haselböck, Martin

Gramophone Magazine
In this enthusiastic booklet-note, Haselböck observes that 'Mozart's church sonatas currently quite undeservedly lead a life in the shadows'. The Vienna Academy's ra...continue...

J.L. Bach: Motets / Max, Rheinische Kantorei

1 CD / Capriccio / 2006-04-25

Works: Johann Ludwig Bach: Uns ist ein Kind geboren, motet for 8 voices; Wir wissen, so unser irdisches Haus, motet for double chorus, strings & continuo; Das Blut Jesu Christi, motet for 8 voices, strings ...
Performers: Groth, Hartwig; Lehmann, Christoph; Persson, Love; Scheifes, Lidewy
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Rheinische Kantorei

"All aspects of choral discipline are exemplary; intonation and control are superb. Max maintains a high level of energy and favors brisk tempos. All in...continue...

Schubert: Masses Nos. 1-6; German Mass [Box Set]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2006-02-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 1 in F major, D 105; Mass no 2 in G major, D 167; Mass for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in B flat major, D. 324 (Op. posth. 141); Mass no 4 in C major, D 452/Op. 48; Ma...
Performers: Bareva, Roumyana; Barumova, Yulia; Besparova, Antoaneta; Fetting, Gisela; Gronroos, Walton; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Hristova, Valentina; Ivanova, Pavin...
Conductors: Robev, Georgi; Knothe, Dietrich; Creed, Marcus

Schubert: Sacred Music [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2006-02-17

Works: Franz Schubert: Offertory in B flat major, D 963 "Intende voci"; Salve Regina, for chorus in B flat major, D. 386; Magnificat in C major, D 486; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Salve Regina, for tenor, orga...
Performers: Casper, Bernd; Domhardt, Brigitte; Fetting, Gisela; Gronroos, Walton; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Lindsley, Celina; Pohl, Karin; Schmieder, Karl-Heinz; Sch...
Conductors: Knothe, Dietrich; Creed, Marcus

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

Weihnachtslieder [Capriccio]

1 CD / Capriccio / 1998-01-01

Works: Johann Heinrich Lützel: Machet die Tore weit; Johann Pachelbel: Der Herr is König, darum toben die Völker, motet for double chorus, T. 351; Jacobus Handl: Veni Domine; Ecce virgo conci...
Performers: Buchner, Roland; Geitner, Markus
Conductors: Buchner, Roland

Sacred Cantatas / Klepper, Borst, Bamberger String Quartet

1 CD / Capriccio / 1998-01-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Parafrasi del Christus; Giovanni Pergolesi: Salve Regina; Francesco A Bonporti: Mittite Dulces; Ite molles; Georg Philipp Telemann: Am sechsten Sonntage nach dem Feste..., TV 1 no ...
Performers: Adelmann, Stefan; Borst, Martina; Hops, Berthold; Klepper, Regina
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bamberg String Quartet

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

Telemann: Harmonischer Gottesdienst / Frimmer, Kötz-Geitner

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Du bist verflucht, TV 1 no 385; Gott will Mensch und sterblich werden, sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo (HGD), TWV 1; Weg mit Sodoms gift'gen Früchten, sacred ...
Performers: Affourtit, Pieter; Bernardini, Alfredo; Beuse, Christian; Darmstadt, Gerhart; Eichberger, Myriam; Frimmer, Monika; Geitner, Petra; Hammer, Christoph; Hirtreiter, Bernhard; Schwarz, Gotthold

Ludwig Güttler - Highlights

1 CD / Capriccio / 1995-04-16

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Johann Sebastian Bach: Kommst du nun, Jesu, BWV 650; Cantata no 6, "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden," BWV 6; Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D m...
Performers: Guttler, Ludwig; Kaltofen, Gunar; Kircheis, Christoph; Kircheis, Friedrich; Mannel, Armin; Sandau, Kurt; Stiefel, Heinz
Conductors: Pommer, Max
Ensemble: Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum; Leipzig University Choir

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Orfeo / Borst, Klepper, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1995-01-01

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Orfeo, Op. 2 no 4 "Nel chiuso centro"
Performers: Adelmann, Stefan; Borst, Martina; Burmeister, Klaus; Busch, Karlheinz; Hops, Berthold; Klepper, Regina; Rehn, Rudiger; Waschneck, Roland
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bamberg String Quartet

Krevese Gansen-Orgel / Dietrich Kollmannsperger

1 CD / Capriccio / 1994-01-01

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in F major, BuxWV 145; Franz Tunder: Canzona for organ in G major; Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst: Prelude and Fugue for...
Performers: Kollmannsperger, Dietrich

Mozart: Coronation Mass; Bach / Marschik, Stangelberger, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1994-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 317 "Coronation"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21
Performers: Jankowitsch, Ernst; Knapp, Michael; Lenzer, Albin; Preyer, Stefan; Schmidinger, Benjamin; Stangelberger, George
Conductors: Marschik, Peter
Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir

Reinhold Friedrich

1 CD / Capriccio / 1993-01-01

Works: Anonymous, English: Greensleeves to a Ground; John Hingeston: Fantasia for trumpet, trombone & continuo; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary Suite no 1, for 1 or 2 trumpets & organ in D major; Antonio Vi...
Performers: Friedrich, Hartmut; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Lucker, Martin

The Organ At Adlington Hall / Ton Koopman

1 CD / Capriccio / 1991-01-01

Works: Anonymous: Me Lady Careys Dompe; John Bull: Laet ons met herten reijne; Coranto "Battle"; In nomine; Den lustelijcken mey; Thomas Tomkins: A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times; Orlando Gibbons: Alm...
Performers: Koopman, Ton

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

Beethoven Masterpieces

5 CD / Capriccio / 1989-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Coburn, Pamela; Dikov, Anton [Piano]; Dubourg, Evelyne; Goldberg, Reiner; Henneberg, Matthias; Hokanson, Leonard; Jando, Jeno; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Puschkarova, Elvira; Rosel, ...
Conductors: Tabakov, Emil; Kegel, Herbert; Gyoriványi-Ráth, György; Scholz, Alfred; Pal, Tamas; Robev, Georgi; Kurz, Siegfried; Blomstedt, Herbert