Browse: Capriccio (label)

A too-easy consensus remains that the gold is suffused with corn, but while one is listening to these operas and songs, one is carried away by the gorgeous, dramatic music. Upon opening this... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2020 More…

Like a good chorus, the members of the orchestra seem to be listening to each other and matching each other’s sound, but not at the expense of clarity of line. If you have yet to discover Uncle... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2021 More…

Kapustin’s joyful, American swing was as defiant an expression of individuality as Schnittke’s coruscating late Romanticism...Leaving aside moments of cliché, the intimate interplay between rhythm... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

These are truly great symphonies: here they reveal their treasures. — MusicWeb International, January 2018 More…

I very much expect that this excellent disc will contribute to the ongoing re-evaluation of Schmidt’s musical reputation — MusicWeb International, 21st September 2016 More…

This is the first recording of the whole score, and the overwhelming mood is of lush, twilit angst lightened by occasional flashes of comedy….Ariane Matiakh conducts a broad, no-nonsense account;... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…

A superb programme of orchestral and vocal Zemlinsky, often revealing the composer in fraught mood. The playing combines passion with richness. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…