Sacred music has always enjoyed a very special place in Capriccio’s catalogue, right from the label’s founding. Initially, there were recordings of the most famous boys’ choirs in the former GDR (the Dresden Boys’ Choir and the Thomanerchor Leipzig), followed by those to the west (the Vienna Boys’ Choir, the Tölz Boys’ Choir and the Regensburger Domspatzen) and proceeding to artists such as the Rheinische Kantorei directed by Hermann Max. These choral ensembles filled gaps in the catalogue with highly interesting performances of cantatas and oratorios by composers such as Zelenka, Hasse, Telemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
This first of four Capriccio 10-CD Anniversary Boxes includes many remastered recordings which had become unavailable, as well as a representative selection of recordings of both niche and standard repertoire.
Disc 1
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension
Schütz-Akademie · Howard Arman
Disc 2
Heinrich Schütz: Kleine Geistliche Konzerte SWV 282–304
Tölzer Knabenchor · Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Disc 3
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets BWV 225–230
Rostocker Motettenchor · Hartwig Eschenburg
Disc 4
Georg Philipp Telemann: Danziger Choralkantaten
Rheinische Kantorei · Das Kleine Konzert · Hermann Max
Disc 5
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat
Johann Christian Bach: Tantum ergo · Magnificat
Dresdner Kammerchor · La Stagione · Michael Schneider
Disc 6
Sacred Choral Music of the Dresden Baroque
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Miserere
Johann Adolph Hasse: Miserere
Johann David Heinichen: Magnificat
Gottfried August Homilius: Cantata
Rheinische Kantorei · Das Kleine Konzert · Hermann Max
Disc 7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Krönungsmesse
Johann Christian Bach: Cantata BWV 21
Wiener Sängerknaben · Stuttgarter Philharmoniker · Peter Marschik
Disc 8
Franz Schubert: Hymnen
Peter Schreier · Berliner Rundfunkchor · Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra · Dietrich Knothe
Disc 9
Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Häggander · Lorenz · Rundfunkchor Leipzig · Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig · Herbert Kegel
Disc 10
Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
Felix Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch (Choral Cantata)
Dresdner Kreuzchor · Dresdner Philharmonie · Martin Flämig