Capriccio is a formerly German, now Austrian, classical music record label.
The original Capriccio label was founded in the 1980s and was until 2010 part of
Delta-Music GmbH a German record company located in Großkönigsdorf,
Frechen near Cologne, which was
founded in 1970 by Philippe Sautot and Jürgen Moll.
Following the bankruptcy of the Delta Music GMBH, the artistic director of Capriccio, Johannes Kernmayer, decided to carry on with several ongoing, but unfunded, recording projects from the profitable classical section of Delta as "Phoenix Edition." The releases on Phoenix Edition were commercially successful and enabled Kernmayer to rescue the classical back-catalogue of Capriccio and reestablish the Capriccio label as a new independent company in Vienna. Capriccio was acquired by
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Artists
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Jörg Schneider
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Roman Trekel
Roman Trekel (born Pirna near Dresden in 1963) is a German operatic baritone and Lied-singer. He was awarded the title of Kammersänger in 2000.
References
German operatic baritones
1963 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Hoch ...
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Hartmut Höll
* Werner Erhardt
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Renate Behle (soprano) and son
Daniel Behle (tenor)
References
External links
Capriccio new websitePhoenix edition website
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Classical music record labels