blog - audite artists and awards

Dec 20, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | News | Release Three audite productions on new longlist of German Record Critics' award (PdSK)

156 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen 282 productions (CDs, DVDs and audio books) from new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 1/2017 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be issued on February 15th.

Among these are also three audite productions:

The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Mozart Recordings, Vol. 3 and Wolfgang Schneiderhan plays Mozart, Henze & Martin (LUCERNE FESTIVAL, Vol. 10) were nominated in the category historical recordings, Brahms: Complete String Quintets with the Mandelring Quartett and Roland Glassl was chosen in the category chamber music.

We are very happy about this appreciation!

Dec 15, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | News Video: Stravinsky - Violin Concertos & Works for Violin

As a preview, watch the video for our January release with impressions from the recording session and artist interviews. The production Stravinsky - Violin Concerto & Works for Violin and Piano with Liana Gourdjia, Katia Skanavi, the Deutschen Radiophilharmonie and Zolt Nagy will be released on January 6th 2017.

Dec 8, 2016 | News Three audite productions among ICMA finalists

Meanwhile the finalists for the International Classical Music Awards 2017 have been published. audite is listed with three productions:

* Category Chamber Music:
Quartetto di Cremona, Vol. 6 Beethoven String Quartets
* Category Concerto:
Vol. 4 Schumann Complete Symphonic Works -Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ Dénes Várjon/WDR Sinfonieorchester/Heinz Holliger
* Category Historical Recording:
Portrait Mareen Forrester

The winners will be announced on January 19th. So keep ypour fingers crossed! The Gala Concert and Award Ceremony will be hosted on April 1st 2017 by the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig.

Nov 25, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | News DIE ZEIT recommends Amadeus Quartet Vol. 5

DIE ZEIT - one of the important national German newspapers - published its Christmas recommendations on November 24th. In the category "Secret tip" Wolfram Goertz lists today's audite release Amadeus Quartet Vol. 5 "Romanticism". His statement: The Amadeus Quartet was so to speak the "mother soil" in which everything thrived; the artists set standards for the interpretation of Brahms, Schumann and others.
We agree and are thus particularly happy about this recommendation!

Nov 24, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | News It's all in the box: New recording with Franziska Pietsch

Today Franziska Pietsch and Detlev Eisinger finished their next recording: In the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, the duo recorded works for violin and piano Werke by Karol Szymanowski and César Franck. The new CD will be released in 2017. (Photo: Britta Leuerman)

Nov 22, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | Artists Debut album of Cheng² Duo "CD of the week"

Upon this week's North American public release of Cheng² Duo's debut album, Violoncelle francais, CBC Radio has selected the album as its "Disc of the Week". On November 20th the album was featured on CBC Radio 2's In Concert program. We are very pleased that the young duo's album is even so popular in his home country!

Nov 17, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | News 8 audite productions nominated for ICMA 2017

A total of 8 audite productions was nominated for the International Music Awards 2017 (ICMA). Among them new releases with the Quartetto di Cremona, the Duo Pietsch-Eisinger, Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Dénes Várjon, Roland Glassl and Capella Murensis / Les Cornets Noirs. In the field of historical releases, productions from the LUCERNE FESTIVAL series (Paul Kletzki), with Maureen Forrester and with the Zagreb Soloists under Antonio Janigro were nominated.

Oct 14, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | Release Violoncelle français

Watch impressions of the recording session with the Cheng² Duo for their debut album on audite "Violoncelle français".

Oct 1, 2016 | Schweizer Klaviertrio – Swiss Piano Trio | Artists The Swiss Piano Trio with a new cellist

Since 16 years, Sébastien Singer has been the cellist of the Swiss Piano Trio. Because of a long-term ailment of his right wrist, he had unfortunately to leave this position in summer. We are very sorry about this and wish him all the best. We would also like to thank him for the long and nice period together with many successful concerts, many CD recordings and many exciting experiences during our trips! The Swiss Piano Trio found a brilliant successor with cellist Alexander Neustroev who stands for continuity within the change. We welcome Alexander as a new member of the Swiss Piano Trio and we are looking forward to all projects to come!

Sep 28, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | News Video: Salaputia Brass – Sounds of Evolution

Watch the video of Sounds of Evolution, the audite debut album of Salaputia Brass. Seven commissioned works, eight world premieres and first recordings - the new pieces for brass ensemble are worth listening to at every moment, always enjoyable, and never aloof or elitist.
The CD will be presented in a release event in Hamburg on October 13th, release date is October 14th. The second album Signals from Heaven with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet) as a soloist will follow in 2017.

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