​CD Review is on BBC Radio 3 (90-92 FM and Digital Radio) every Saturday 9:00-12:15 and is presented by Andrew McGregor. As well as the Building a Library feature (which looks at recordings of a specific work,) the programme reviews a wide range of new releases with guest reviewers. According to the latest RAJAR figures 326,000 people listen to the programme each week.

Excerpt from the program for Saturday, November 9th: 
10.50 am New Releases
Ivan Hewett joins Andrew to discuss recent recordings of orchestral music
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G Op. 88*
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Swiss Festival Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)
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​Each week the program Ö1 Klassik-Treffpunkt presents a prominent person in a live conversation, introduces the CD of the Week and plays excerpts from numerous classical recordings.

Please find an overview of the program from Saturday November 2nd here.

​A few reports about this topic you can find here:

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This video provides impressions of the recording session for the CD Vesperae in honorem Sancti Dominici with Dominican Chants and Organ Improvisations.
   
At the organ we hear Prof. Thierry Mechler - one of the great organ virtuosos, famous for his own improvisation style.

The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are the successors of the MIDEM Classical Awards respectively the Cannes Classical Awards. The ICMA jury consists of professional music critics of important magazines, online services and radio stations: Andante (Turkey), Classic Radio (Finland), Crescendo (Belgium), Fono Forum (Germany), Gramofon (Hungary), IMZ (Austria), Kultura (Russia) MDR-Figaro (Germany), Musica (Italy), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), Opera (UK), Orpheus Radio (Russia), Pizzicato (Luxembourg), Radio 100,7 (Luxembourg), Resmusica.com (France), Rondo Classic (Finland), and Scherzo (Spain).

We are particularly happy about these nominations since they document the knowledgeable appreciation of our productions through the jury members!

The productions which were nominated:

R. Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. I (WDR-Sinfonieorchester / Heinz Holliger)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. I (Quartetto di Cremona)

Mendelssohn: Complete Chamber Music for Strings Vol. II (Mandelring Quartett)

Mendelssohn: Complete Chamber Music for Strings Vol. III (Mandelring Quartett / Quartetto di Cremona)

Johannes Brahms: The Complete Chamber Music for Clarinet (Laura Ruiz Ferreres)

Poulenc - Hindemith - Dutilleux - Muczynski - Martin: Works for Flute and Piano (Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann)

Pas de deux - French Music for Piano Duo (Piano Duo ona & Rica Bard)

LUCERNE FESTIVAL Historic Performances, Vol. I: Clara Haskil & Bruno Leonardo Gelber

LUCERNE FESTIVAL Historic Performances, Vol. II: Isaac Stern

LUCERNE FESTIVAL Historic Performances, Vol. III: George Szell

Jaqueline du Pré: Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129
Bruno Leonardo Gelber: Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto, Op. 15

The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Beethoven Recordings Vol. I: Beethoven

Sergiu Celibidache: The Berlin recordings

J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Karl Ristenpart)

The winners of the ICMA 2014 will be announced in early 2014. The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place on April 12th during the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, the participating orchestra will be the Polish Iuventus Orchestra conducted by José Maria Florêncio.

ICMA 2014 Nomination list sorted by categories
ICMA 2014 Nomination list sorted by labels

More information about the ICMA

​The quarterly and annual awards of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK) are sought-after prices in the German music scene. The winners of the quarterly awards are included in the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") of the German Record Critics' Award. The lists recommend new releases which merit special attention for the quality of interpretation and for their value to the repertoire. These lists provide a candid picture of new releases which, in the jury's opinion, are of outstanding importance when judged on purely artistic and audiophile grounds.

We are very happy about these nominations!

​The program En Passant - Klassik à la carte is being broadcast every Saturday from  9.30 AM to 12.30 Uhr PM on SR 2 KulturRadio. Josef Weiland, host of the program, introduces new releases and fulfills music whishes of the listeners. At the end of the program there is a CD drawing, next Saturday with audite's Christmas Oratorio.

​Unlike in the elegiac, lyrical interpretations of his mature period, in the new edition Celibidache also reveals his youthful, boisterous side in these recordings. This edition contains numerous first releases and paints a comprehensive picture of the conductor at that time. But his later development also already becomes perceptible. Celibidache during his early years in Berlin - a sonic compendium of music history during the post-war era.

Save the date: Friday, December 27th, 20:03 to 22:30 PM

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