Oct 5, 2022 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Two audite productions on new longlist of German Record Critics' award (PdSK)

​153 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen 223 productions (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 4/2022 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be issued on November 15th.

May 17, 2022 | Wencke Wallbaum | News German Record Critics’ Award for Kodály production with Marc Coppey

​Our March release Zoltán Kodály: Chamber Music for Cello prevailed in the pre-selection of 242 new CD releases and received the PdSK Quarterly Prize in the catergory "Chamber Music".

Apr 25, 2022 | Wencke Wallbaum | News ICMA Award Ceremony & Gala Concert: Boreas Quartett Bremen

​On 21 April, this year's ICMAs were awarded in Luxembourg and numerous prize winners were presented in a top-class and the most extensive gala concert ever with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL) under the predominant direction of Adam Fischer.

Jan 20, 2022 | Wencke Wallbaum | News | Rezension ICMA for Dorothee Mields & Boreas Quartett Bremen

​Also in 2022 audite is honoured with an International Classical Music Award (ICMA): Of the 9 (!) audite productions nominated, the production Basevi Codex - Music at the Court of Margaret of Austria with Dorothee Mields (soprano) and the Boreas Quartett Bremen (recorder consort) finally prevailed in the category "Early Music".

Jan 6, 2022 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Two audite productions on new longlist of German Record Critics' award (PdSK)

155 jurors from 31 specialist juries have chosen 294 productions (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 1/2022 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be issued on February 15^th.

Among these are also two current audite productions: in the category "Chamber Music" the latest release of the Mandelring Quartett "Debussy & Rivier: String Quartets" was nominated, and in the category "Early Music" la festa musicale's recent production "G. J. Werner: Vol. 1, Salve Reginas | Pastorellas".

We are very happy about this appreciation!

Dec 6, 2021 | Wencke Wallbaum | News | Rezension | Release | Artists La Clef d'Or

​​Our January release Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 with Marc Coppey and the NOSPR under the baton of Lawrence Foster was awarded as best production of the year in the category "Concertos" with a "La Clef d'Or" by the French online magazine ResMusica.

We are very happy about this appreciation!

Nov 17, 2021 | Wencke Wallbaum | News 9 audite productions nominated für ICMA 2022

A total of 9 audite productions was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2022. Among them two new productions with la festa musicale, Dorothee Mields and the Boreas Quartett Bremen, Julia Fritz and ensemble, the Thüringer Bach Collegium, Swiss Piano Trio and Mandelring Quartett. Likewise, Marc Coppey with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) under the baton of Lawrence Foster and in the category of historical releases a production from the LUCERNE FESTIVAL series (Karl Böhm / Vienna Philharmonic) were nominated.

We are very happy about these nominations!

Nov 2, 2021 | Wencke Wallbaum | News "Stern des Monats" for Julia Fritz

​​Our July release Notari & Fontana - Early baroque music from the Basilica Palatina Mantova with Julia Fritz and her ensemble was awarded in the current November issue of FONO FORUM with a STERN DES MONATS. Reviewer Matthias Hengelbrock writes: "Fritz does not display virtuosity, but tells stories without words. [...] Recording-wise, too, this production is a delight." 

We are very happy about this appreciation of expert music critics!

Oct 6, 2021 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Three audite productions on new longlist of German Record Critics' award (PdSK)

157 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen 260 productions (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 4/2021 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be issued on November 15^th.

Among these are also three current audite productions: "Basevi Codex" with Dorothee Mields and the Boreas Quartett Bremen as well as "Notari & Fontana" with Julia Fritz were nominated in the category "Early Music", and the latest release of our LUCERNE FESTIVAL series HISTORIC PERFORMANCES "Karl Böhm conducts Hindemith & Bruckner" was nominated in the category "Historical releases".

We are very happy about this appreciation!

Aug 9, 2021 | Sabine Wiedemann | News audite jubilees in August

​August marks the anniversaries of no less than three important artists:
Soprano Agnes Giebel was born on August 10th 1921, we congratulate on her 100th birthday! In addition, two great conductors passed away 25 years ago: August 11th 1996 is the 25th anniversary of the death of Rafael Kubelík, he died in Lucerne at the age of 82; on August 14th 1996, also 25 years ago, Sergiu Celibidache died near Paris at the age of 84.

Music lovers owe thanks to all three artists for fantastic recordings, a whole series is available at audite:
• Agnes Giebel with Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Bach Cantatas
• Rafael Kubelík e.g. with the legendary live recordings of Gustav Mahler's symphonies with the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk
• Sergiu Celibidache in portrait:
The complete RIAS recordings (3CDs)
The Berlin recordings (13CDs) - momentarily available as download only