Our production E. Grieg: Lyric Pieces won a Supersonic.

The Supersonic is awarded by the music magazine “Pizzicato”. The pianist Hideyo Harada and we are happy about this recognition!

The SACD was recognised by other critics as well. E.g. Felix Stephan from klassik.com wrote:
“A blessing for the Grieg-year; a marvellous CD which leaves nothing to be desired. There is only one disadvantage: Harada’s Grieg is addictive.”

So you can already look forward to the next production with Hideyo Harada: In May 2008 she will record Tchaikovsky’s “Seasons” and the Corelli-Variations by Rachmaninov for audite.

In February and March the Mandelring Quartet tours in the USA and Canada.

After the successful concert tour through South America last fall the string quartet will now visit North America.

Here the concert dates:

February 24th 2008
Neskowin Chamber Music, Inc
Camp Winema Chapel
Neskowin, OR

February 26th 2008
Vancouver Friends of Chamber Music
Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver, BC Canada

February 27th 2008
Chamber Music Corvallis
Oregon State University
LaSells Stewart Center
Corvallis, OR

February 28th 2008
Friends of Music
Calvary Assembly of God Church
Brookings, OR

February 29th 2008 and March 1st 2008 (two different programs)
Chamber Music Concerts
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR

March 2nd 2008
Mill Valley Chamber Music Society
Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church
Mill Valley, CA

March 7th 2008
Ace Gallery
Beverly Hills, CA

March 9th 2008
Maine Center for the Arts –
University of Maine
Orono, MA

Two our productions were awarded the highest rating 10/10 from Classics Today.

The productions „Grieg: Lyrique Pieces“ with the pianist Hideyo Harada and „Harp Recital“ with works by Caplet, Tailleferre, C.P.E. Bach, Holliger, & Britten played by Sarah O'Brien convinced the critics.

Review „Grieg: Lyrique Pieces“
Review „Harp Recital“

The production „Mahler: Song of the Earth“ from our series „Legendary Recordings“ won the Cannes Classical Award 2004 in the category „Archival/Historical Recording“!

The impressive live-recording was produced in February 1970 with the soloists Janet Baker (Alto) and Waldemar Kmentt (Tenor) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik. Many other music prizes were already awarded to it but the Cannes Classical Award is very special since it is one of the most sought-after prizes of the international music-scene. The CCA-ceremony took place at the MIDEM on the 26th January 2004.

This Cannes Classical Award is already the second one for Audite after the live recording of Mahler's Third Symphony with Rafael Kubelik and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra received this price in the same category („Archival/Historical Recording“) in 2003 already.

Our first Surround-SACD „Touching Colours“ will carry you off directly into the acoustics of the Gothic church St. Arnual. Orchestra and organ are powerfully built up before you, velvety carpets of string sound and dazzling sound mixtures surround you. The precision and power of the full orchestra are close enough to grasp, with the organ's tone colours present in every detail.

The sonic fascination and superiority of the SACD-Surround recording becomes obvious in this production. This SACD release is also playable on any normal CD player, in that case with the usual CD quality. But whoever wants to experience the entire dimension of the sound and listen into the depths of the cathedral's space should play this recording on a SACD player.

The soloist Christian Schmitt has been a prize winner at numerous international organ competitions. As a special honour, he was awarded the European Soloists' Prize of the foundation "Pro Europa" at the Lucerne Festival in September 2003. Together with Johannes Wildner, Music Director of the Westphalian New Philharmonic and international guest conductor, and the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, playing with great commitment and precision, the recording turnes into a unique voyage of sound and interpretation. You should not miss out on this special experience for your ears!

Please find an overview of all audite-SACDs here!

Our production D. Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets Vol. II with the Mandelring Quartett won a Supersonic!

The Supersonic is awarded by the music magazine Pizzicato. The Mandelring Quartett and we are happy about this recognition for the second part of the complete edition.

Also The Strad recognised the production as outstanding and awarded the Strad Selection; they wrote:
”In this second volume of Shostakovich‘s quartets, the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one of the outstanding cycles in today‘s catalogue.”

All reviews for this production can be found here.

Vol. III will be released soon, Vol. IV will be produced in spring 2008.

Now Schubert’s "Great" C major Symphony No. 8 continous our Kubelik cycle on 180g vinyl. The live-recording from the Herkules-Hall in Munich is from 27 March 1969.

Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 is not a farewell work in which the composer’s approaching end is announced; on the contrary, it is a symphony full of youthful freshness and determination pointing ahead into the future. It is Schubert’s breakthrough to an independent symphonic concept beyond Beethoven’s charged drama and monumentality.

The five prize-winning recordings from our Kubelik series with Mahler Symphonies are also live-recordings from the 70s and 80s:
No. 1, No. 3, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7.

All recordings are available as double LPs in 180g virgin vinyl.

More and more the SACD gains acceptance as THE audiophile soundcarrier. The SACD convinces through high-resolution surround sound and CD-player compatibility. Now audite offers a new service: our own authoring for SACDs. Authoring is the last step before the actual production of a SACD. We use soft- and hardware–tools from Philips, the inventor of the SACD. We now offer this service for our customers in our company.

There are five steps in the process of authoring:

1) Checking the studio data for mistakes.

2) Possible conversion from PCM to DSD format for commissioned works.

3) Lossless compression of DSD-audio-data to maximise the capacity of the SACD.

4) The actual authoring in which all data including audio data and text information about tracks, works, composers, artists etc. is brought together in one file.

5) Checking of that file and production of a so called “cutting master” from which the actual SACD can be manufactured.

For more information please refer to the Philips website.

Our productions of Anton Bruckner’s 7th and 8th Symphony with Karl Böhm and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1977 and 1971 have been awarded several prizes.

Besides a Diapason d’or, the rating 10/10 at Classics Today and a Supersonic there are several other awards; for detailed information please click here:
Bruckner 7th Symphony
Bruckner 8th Symphony

The latest success is the nomination of the 8th Symphony for the prestigious MIDEM Classical Award!

Through the release of the Böhm-recordings new insights about Böhm’s role in the Nazi era came up. You can find more information here.