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.


CD 1
Monteverdi - Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension
- Schütz-Akademie / Howard Arman

CD 2:
Schütz - Kleine geistliche Konzerte, SWV 282–304
- Tölzer Knabenchor / Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

CD 3
JS Bach - Motets, BWV 225–230
- Rostocker Motettenchor / Hartwig Eschenburg

CD 4
Telemann - Danzig Chorale Cantatas
- Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert / Hermann Max

CD 5
CPE Bach - Magnificat
JC Bach - Tantum ergo, Magnificat
- Dresdner Kammerchor, La Stagione / Michael Schneider

CD 6: Sacred Choral Music of the Dresden Baroque
Zelenka - Miserere
Hasse - Miserere
Heinichen - Magnificat
Homilius - Advent Cantata ‘Verwundrung, Mitleid, Furcht und Schrecken’
- Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert / Hermann Max

CD 7
Mozart - Coronation Mass
JS Bach - Cantata, BWV 21
- Wiener Sängerknaben, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker / Peter Marschik

CD 8
Schubert - Hymns
- Peter Schreier (tenor)
- Berliner Rundfunkchor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Dietrich Knothe

CD 9
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
- Mari Anne Häggander (soprano), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone)
- Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig / Herbert Kegel

CD 10
Saint-Saëns - Christmas Oratorio
Mendelssohn - Vom Himmel hoch (Chorale Cantata)
- Dresdner Kreuzchor, Dresdner Philharmonie / Martin Flämig