It’s time to take a moment and be grateful: It’s been 40 years that the Capriccio label has produced records – through and despite all the upheavals and vast market shifts in the recording industry over the last decades. As a new label producing LPs and tapes in 1982, it was our release of the first digital Beethoven symphony cycle with the Dresden Philharmonic and Herbert Kegel (issued on CD two years later) that first turned heads. Today, Capriccio’s catalogue includes well over 1,000 titles with repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary composers, full of re-discoveries and world premieres, and performed by a steadily growing roster of internationally renowned artists. Time to celebrate? Absolutely. But also time to reflect on the fact that, in the midst of the current digital revolution, it’s no longer a given that labels can continuously produce and publish classical recordings. Therefore, this is also the time to acknowledge both our artists, our support teams operating in the background all over the world, and the encouragement and help we have received from so many people that has fuelled the continuity and success of our label. Happy Birthday to us all!' – Johannes Kernmayer, label director, Capriccio.

Artists

Burkhard Glaetzner, Manfred Friedrich, Christine Schornsheim, Andreas Staier, Reinhold Friedrich, Michael Endres, Tabea Zimmermann, Hartmut Höll, Harriet Krijgh, Claire Huangci, Vladimir Spivakov, Jochen Kowalski, Michael-Christfried Winkler, Mitsuko Shirai, Christine Schäfer, Juliane Banse, Wolfram Rieger, Hermann Prey, Bo Skovhus, Robert Wörle, Anne Schwanewilms, René Pape, Dariusz Niemirowicz, Luciana Mancini

Concerto Köln, Leipzig Bach Collegium, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Berliner Barock-Compagney, Neues Berliner Kammerorchester, Linos Ensemble, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Petersen Quartett, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Rostocker Motettenchor, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Hugo Distler Chor, Wiener Akademie, NDR Choir, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kölner Rundfunkchor, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, RIAS Kammerchor, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Max Pommer, Hartmut Haenchen, Sir Neville Marriner, Sandor Végh, Michael Erxleben, Herbert Kegel, Gerd Albrecht, Gustavo Gimeno, Boris Spassov, Cornelius Meister, James Conlon, Frank Strobel, Hermann Max, Hartwig Eschenburg, Peter Marschik, Martin Flämig, Martin Haselböck, David Shallon, Antony Beaumont, Christoph Eschenbach, Helmuth Froschauer, Klaus Arp, Christoph Perick, Jan Latham-König, Christopher Sprenger