Ensemble Caprice
Ensemble Caprice, based in Montreal, has proven a durable presence on the Baroque music scene in Canada and beyond. The group's interpretations have sometimes been controversial, but that has perhaps been a draw leading to the growth of its large recording catalog.
Ensemble Caprice was founded in Germany in 1989 by recorder virtuoso, flutist, and conductor Matthias Maute. The group has always had a small core membership (currently five musicians), to which it adds according to the requirements of the music being performed. At first, the other players in the group were German associates of Maute's, but as he settled in Montreal and began performing and teaching there, he drew new members and collaborators from the region. Primary among these was flutist and recorder player Sophie Larivière, who became a member and co-director of Ensemble Caprice in 1997. She and Maute are married. The year 1997 also saw the recording debut of Ensemble Caprice on the Antes Edition/Zebralution label, with an album of music by Corelli and Johann Kuhnau. Two years later, the group moved to the ATMA Classique label for the album Sweet Follia, and since then, it has recorded mostly for that label and for Analekta.
Ensemble Caprice has toured widely, appearing not only across North America, Europe, and Asia but also Israel and several African countries. It has appeared at major European early music festivals, including those in Bruges, Belgium, Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht in the Netherlands, as well as giving concerts in the U.S. at the Frick Collection in New York, the Library of Congress in Washington, and the Boston Early Music Festival. Ensemble Caprice's home concert base is Bourgie Hall at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The ensemble's high-powered interpretations have not always found favor with critics (one Montreal daily compared an Ensemble Caprice performance to Baroque speed metal), but the group has consistently drawn audiences not only among live music listeners but among consumers of recorded music. By 2021, the group's recording catalog numbered well over 15 items, the latest of which was a performance of Handel's Messiah, HWV 56, conducted by Maute and featuring the Ensemble Vocal Arts-Québec. The group's scheduled concerts for 2022 included several devoted to Bach cantatas and oratorios.
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Don Quichotte chez la duchesse
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, Dominique Côté, Catherine St-Arnaud, Geoffroy Salvas
Classique - Paru chez Les Disques ATMA Inc. le 19 janv. 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels
Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice
Classique - Paru chez Analekta le 30 oct. 2008
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Jaap Nico Hamburger: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Live)
Ensemble Caprice, Orchestre Metropolitain, Matthias Maute, Vincent de Kort
Classique - Paru chez Leaf Music le 6 nov. 2020
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Don Quichotte chez la duchesse
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, Dominique Côté, Catherine St-Arnaud, Geoffroy Salvas
Classique - Paru chez Les Disques ATMA Inc. le 19 janv. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: The Return of the Angels
Classique - Paru chez Analekta le 25 oct. 2011
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Québec, Matthias Maute, Karina Gauvin
Classique - Paru chez Leaf Music le 5 nov. 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Salsa Baroque
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute
Classique - Paru chez Analekta le 7 sept. 2010
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Schütz & Bach: Motets
Ottawa Bach Choir, Lisette Canton, Ensemble Caprice
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 févr. 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sweet Follia Works for Recorder Ensemble
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 sept. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sammartini, G. / Maute: Sonate e Concerti per flauti
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 avr. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi and The Baroque Gypsies (Collection Uhrovska 1730 - Antonio Vivaldi)
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice & Matthias Maute
Classique - Paru chez Analekta le 1 janv. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alla Turca: Instrumental and Vocal Works for the Court of Charles Vi in Vienna
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Monika Mauch
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 juin 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don Quichotte chez la duchesse, op. 97 : Acte I, Scène 4 : Marche et choeur des pâtres (chœur)
Classique - Paru chez Les Disques ATMA Inc. le 5 janv. 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Arlecchino Sonate e Balletti
Classique - Paru chez Antes Edition le 2 mai 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Kuhnau
Classique - Paru chez Antes Edition le 1 janv. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Les Sept Sauts: Baroque Chamber Music At The Stuttgart Court
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 juil. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mit Freude - Telemann: Cantatas and Chamber Music
Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Monika Mauch, Marion Verbruggen
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 févr. 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Telemann: Sonatas and Duets for Recorder and Flute / Maute: 5 Fantasies
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 avr. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Schütz & Bach: Motets
Ottawa Bach Choir, Lisette Canton, Ensemble Caprice
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 févr. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jaap Nico Hamburger: Concerto Antico: à travers un miroir fumé
Orchestre classique de Montréal, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice
Classique - Paru chez Leaf Music le 7 avr. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Don Quichotte chez la duchesse, op. 97 : Acte I, Scène 4 : Marche et choeur des pâtres (chœur)
Classique - Paru chez Les Disques ATMA Inc. le 5 janv. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo