Browse: Capriccio (label)

the performance of the Eighth has a sense of power and depth that makes itself felt from the very start. Tempos are on the swift side compared with the majority of recordings made in recent decades,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 More…

One can hear the influence of Mahler in the orchestral style of Weigl, his compatriot and near-contemporary. The performances here are lively, but finer details can struggle to emerge. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Labor’s E-Minor Piano Quintet is a magnificent work cast in a tragic mold. His C-Major Piano Quartet is magnificent too, but in a different way, its cast expansive, all-encompassing, benevolent,... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…

a heady 68 minutes of music giving the impression – if you were listening blind – of a well-drilled jazz trio improvising on some favourite numbers of their own. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022 More…

The band throws itself into the proceedings with gusto and Cornelius Meister’s direction, aided by a vivid, well-balanced recording, is always convincing. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

both scores are remarkably well played and recorded. The symphony had not been aired prior to these sessions yet Ariane Matiakh secures much more than a dutiful run-through — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

A welcome disc of works by the German Romantic composer. The performances are robust; the symphony a discovery. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ward’s performances convey the drama and colour of Schreker’s earlier scores with tremendous panache, while Valda Wilson brings a refinement and inwardness to her performance of Vom ewigen Leben... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2019 More…