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".
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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.
Sep 27, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | News | Artists | Release Heinz Holliger awarded with Zwickau Schumann Prize
audite has recently completed the six-part series of the complete symphonic works of Schumann with the WDR Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Heinz Holliger. Now the 77-year-old Swiss conductor, composer and oboist was honored for his decades of confrontation with the Schumann works with the 10.000, - Euro doped Zwickau Schumann Prize.
Holliger is the first wind player, this price is awarded. Among the previous winners were celebrities like Daniel Barenboim, Elliot Gardiner, András Schiff and Mitsuko Shirai. The award ceremony will take place on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 19.30 at the Robert-Schumann-Haus Zwickau.
Sep 27, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | News | Rezension | Award | Release | Artists Another SUPERSONIC for Quartetto di Cremona
After the second, third and fifth part of the series Beethoven: Complete String Quartets with the Quartetto di Cremona now also the sixth part, published in July, has been awarded with a SUPERSONIC by the prestigious music magazine Pizzicato. We are very happy about this appreciation!
Sep 26, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Schumann series in focus of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The fourth and fifth part of the series Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works with the WDR Sinfonieorchester under the direction of Heinz Holliger were recently reviewed by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and put to the test. The audite productions did not have to shy a direct comparison with current Harmonia Mundi publications in any way, as Jan Brachmann says: "Here comes the human side to light, from which art gains its own urgency".
Here you can read the full article!
Sep 23, 2016 | Agnes Böckenhoff | Release Video: Allusions and beyond / PianoDuo Takahashi|Lehmann
The video of the latest CD release with the PianoDuo Takahashi|Lehmann gives impressions from the recording session and interviews with the two musicians: The third audite recording of the duo presents transcriptions of pre-existing works as well as new compositions permeated with musical quotes and allusions. Drawing on musical history, existing works are approached in diverse ways, from using almost original material through to dissolving the classical concept of time and epochs.
Sep 1, 2016 | Sabine Wiedemann | Release Video: Quartetto di Cremona / Andrea Lucchesini & Saint-Saëns
The next audite release with the Quartetto di Cremona presents the ensemble parallel to their top-class Beethoven edition with new repertoire: Saint-Saëns Piano Quintet with Andrea Lucchesini, one of the leading contemporary Italian pianists, in the rare version with double bass in the third movement, and his String Quartet No. 1.
Watch and hear impressions of the recording session for the new CD in the video. The production will be released in September 2016.
Aug 29, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Selected audite tracks available as free download
In cooperation with audite and highresaudio.com the trade magazine Stereoplay provides until 5 September 2016 eleven selected tracks of current and legendary high resolution recordings as a free download. For background and which tracks are included in the free sampler read the full article in the current issue of Stereoplay.
Aug 18, 2016 | Wencke Wallbaum | Rezension | Artists | Release | Award SUPERSONIC for Muri production "Missa in labore requies"
The recordings with Johannes Strobl, the Cappella Murensis and Les Cornets Noirs from the Abbey Church of Muri seem a guarantee of success. Now the recent production of this series Muffat: Missa in labore requies was awarded by pizzicato with a Supersonic. We are very pleased about this award!