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Nov 16, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News 9(!) Nominations for ICMA 2024

9 audite productions have been nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2024. This means that 75% of this year's catalogue is represented in a total of 7 categories, once again demonstrating the quality and breadth of our recordings. Now it's time to keep your fingers crossed:

The finalists will be announced on 11 December 2023 and the winners on 18 January 2024. The Award Ceremony and Gala Concert are scheduled to take place on 12 April 2024 at the Palau de la Musica Valencia (Spain).

Nov 7, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Label portrait on WDR 3 "TonArt"

Mona Sachße visited us in the studio for our audite anniversary and compiled a label portrait for WDR 3 "TonArt". Here you can listen to the full interview!

Nov 6, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Interview on the label anniversary

​On the occasion of audite's 50th anniversary, Ludger Böckenhoff answered NDR Kultur's questions about the label's positioning in an increasingly challenging music market. You can find the full interview here!

Oct 12, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News "Faust Symphony" on new longlist of German Record Critics' Award (PdSK)

155 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen a total of 238 titles (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from the new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 4/2023 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be published on 15 November.


In the category "Orchestral Music" the production Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S. 108 - Mephisto Waltz No. 3, S. 216 with the Staatskapelle Weimar under the baton of Kirill Karabits was nominated.

We are very pleased about this appreciation!

Sep 28, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News CD of the Year

​Our world premiere recording of the Dessau opera Lanzelot has been named CD of the Year by the critics' poll of the specialist magazine Opernwelt. We are very pleased about this appreciation!

Sep 4, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Anniversary campaign "50|50|%"

Join us celebrating audite's 50th label anniversary!

Until 31.10.2023 you will receive 50 of our specially selected recordings via JPC at a special preferential price (only while stocks last!).

Aug 28, 2023 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Nomination for Annual German Record Critics' Award (PdSK)

After our world premiere recording Paul Dessau: Lanzelot was already nominated in two categories and won the Quarterly Prize of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), it now also finds itself on the longlist for the Annual Prize.

We are very pleased about this appreciation and, together with all those involved, are keeping our fingers firmly crossed when the winners are announced on 27 September 2023!

Jul 6, 2023 | Kristina Damiani | News Two audite productions on new longlist of German Record Critics' award (PdSK)

​​156 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen a total of 258 titles (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from the new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 3/2023 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be published on 15 August.

Among them are two current audite releases: In the category "Concertos" the production "Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Introduttioni teatrali" with the Thüringer Bach Collegium was selected and in the category "Early Music" the latest release by Alex Potter and la festa musicale  "ANTONIO: Lotti - Caldara - Vivaldi" was nominated.

We are very pleased about this appreciation!

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Current Reviews

Gramophone | 12/1/23

What directions did post-Wagnerian opera take in the GDR? Pauls Dessau’s 1969 “Lanzelot” offers some dues. The heraldic setting frames music of anarchic humour and a dizzying mix of styles, a surreal satire on the politics and culture of the times. Daunting challenges to the sizeable cast and orchestra are handed expertly in this vibrant live account

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Gramophone

Gramophone | 12/1/23 Box-Set Round-up

[…] Maazel was in general a less consistent recording artist than Herbert von Karajan and yet, having said that, I’ve always been in two minds about some of Karajan’s commercial orchestral recordings. Too often they glare under a […] sheen (or seem to), so when you’re lucky enough to catch one of the best taped Karajan broadcasts, which ditch the

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Gramophone

klassik.com | 11/28/23 Später Kontrapunkt

La festa musicale [...] agiert [...] klangsensibel, farbenreich, dazu flexibel und virtuos, auf technisch bezwingender Basis [...] Die Werner-Reihe schreitet voran – mit hoher Qualität in Komposition wie Interpretation.

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klassik.com

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