​The Diapason d'or (literally "Golden Tuning Fork" in French) is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British Gramophone magazine.
The Diapason d'or is considered one of the most important independent European record awards for classical music.

A total of 9 audite productions was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2020. Among them new releases with Kirill Karabits and the Staatskapelle Weimar, (Joyce El-Khoury /Airam Hernandez / Oleksandr Pushniak), Franziska Pietsch / Josu de Solaun, Andrea Lucchesini, Thüringer Bach Collegium and Trio Lirico. In the field of historical releases productions from the LUCERNE FESTIVAL series (Edith Mathis / Karl Engel) and from the RIAS archive (Moshe Atzmon, Jorge Bolet Vol. III) were nominated.

​Until 18.12.2019 we are offering on all orders via audite.de a discount of 25% on all physical products. The discount applies to physical releases such as CDs, SACDs and LPs.
In addition, you will find in our section "Special Offer" a variety of sound carriers, which are even more discounted.
Audio downloads via audite.de are available during our winter sale at a 20% discount in MP3, WAVE and FLAC format, in stereo as well as in surround, including HD downloads.

With audite's winter sale you will receive both our historical recordings (with legendary artists such as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Jacqueline du Pré and Jorge Bolet), special discoveries of our label (such as the award-winning Premiere Recording of Franz Liszt's Opera Sardanapalo or the First Recording of György Kurtág's 'Scrapbooks' ('Sudelbücher') with Viktoriia Vitrenko and Niek de Groot) as well as recent large editions (eg the Quartetto di Cremona's Beethoven Cycle or the Recording of the Complete Symphonic Works of Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann) at a bargain price.

We wish you good moments of intense listening and with lots of pleasure!

​Uwe Schweikert writes: "For the unprepared listener it [the live recording] seems like a revelation. The first impression that arises is amazement - amazement at the glamour of the voice as well as at the perfection of the singing." He continues: "... excellently accompanied by Karl Engel, who knows how to put his stamp on this recital at the piano. A jewel!"

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​The Diapason d'or (literally "Golden Tuning Fork" in French) is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British Gramophone magazine.

​153 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen 280 productions (CDs, DVDs and audio books) from new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") 1/2020 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be issued on February 15th.

Among these are also three audite productions:

Johann Bernhard Bach: Orchestral Suites was nominated in the category Early Music, String Trios by Weinberg - Penderecki - Schnittke was chosen in the category chamber music and in the category historical recording Edith Mathis sings Mozart, Bartók, Brahms, Schumann and Strauss: Selected Lieder.

​The quarterly and annual awards of the German Record Critics' Award 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.

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