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Aug 1, 2025 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Another award for current Mandelring Quartett release

Our current July release Dvořák: String Quartet, Op. 96, String Quintet, Op. 97 & Humoresques, Op. 101 with the Mandelring Quartett has been awarded a KLANG TIPP by Audio / Stereoplay.

Reviewer Andreas Fritz writes: "With irrepressible joy in playing and a marvellous richness of colour, the American stylistic elements are brought brilliantly to life. This warmly and clearly recorded CD also offers a fantastic premiere: the eight Piano Humoresques, Op. 101, in an arrangement for string quartet. Chamber music at its best."

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

Jul 7, 2025 | Wencke Wallbaum | News SUPERSONIC for Mandelring Quartett

Our current July release Dvořák: String Quartet, Op. 96, String Quintet, Op. 97 & Humoresques, Op. 101 with the Mandelring Quartett has been awarded a SUPERSONIC by the Luxembourg trade magazine Pizzicato.

Reviewer Uwe Krusch writes: "[...] the music is performed with noble affection and a refined approach. In this way, the works gain in refinement and elegance compared to the interpretations that also emphasize hearty or dance-like aspects. This gives the pieces an emphatic, less intrusive narrative line that is extremely beneficial to them."

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

Apr 7, 2025 | Wencke Wallbaum | News audite production on new long list of German Record Critics’ Award (PdSK)

155 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen a total of 256 titles (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from the new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") II/2025 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be published on 15 May.

Among them is another audite release: the album J. S. Bach: The Toccatas, in a recording by Jonathan Ferrucci, was nominated in the category 'Keyboard Instruments I'.

We are very delighted about this honour!

Apr 1, 2025 | Wencke Wallbaum | News New Distribution Channels

As of 1 April 2025, we have realigned our distribution structures and are delighted to welcome Naxos as a new member of our distributor team. Going forward, Naxos will handle the distribution of our physical releases in Germany, the USA, Japan, and other regions in the Far East.

You can find a complete overview of our current distribution partners here!

Jan 7, 2025 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Three audite productions on new long list of German Record Critic's Award (PdSK)

153 jurors from 32 specialist juries have chosen a total of 290 titles (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from the new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critic's Choice ("Bestenliste") I/2025 of the German Record Critic's Award (PdSK), which will be published on 14 February.

Among them are three audite releases: in the category "Early Music" the 4th part of our Gregor Joseph Werner series Werner & Caldara and in the category "Historical Recordings" the two archive recordings from Lucerne Festival Václav Neumann conducts Dvořák & Smetana and Rafael Kubelík conducts Haydn, Schoenberg & Tchaikovsky were nominated.

We are very pleased about this appreciation!

Dec 2, 2024 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Lucerne Festival production once again among the ICMA 2025 finalists

Of our six nominated productions, once again, a recording from the category "Historical Recordings" has made it to the finals of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2025. Now we are keeping our fingers crossed for the production Václav Neumann conducts Dvořák & Smetana from the Lucerne Festival series as we await the announcement of the winners on 14 January 2025!!!

Nov 27, 2024 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Black Friday weeks at audite: up to 50% discount !!!

Start the Christmas season with us and give yourself and / or your loved ones a treat with selected audite CDs at unbeatable prices. From 29/11/2024 to 24/12/2024 you will receive a large selection of our CDs at a discount of 20-50%, including our outstanding CD boxes for the 50th anniversary of audite and the 40th stage anniversary of the Mandelring Quartett as well as the 10th anniversary of our cooperation with Lucerne Festival:

Nov 18, 2024 | Wencke Wallbaum | News 6(!) Nominations for ICMA 2025

https://audite.de/en/product/5CD/21461-beethoven_complete_piano_works_vol_1.html6 audite productions have been nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2025. This means that half of this year's catalogue is represented in a total of 3 categories, once again demonstrating the quality and breadth of our recordings. Now it's time to keep your fingers crossed for the announcement of the finalists in December!

Nov 15, 2024 | Wencke Wallbaum | News | Rezension German Record Critics' Award (PdSK) for Martin Neu's Trio Sonatas by Bach

Martin Neu's interpretation of Bach's Trio Sonatas on the Ahrend organ in Herzogenaurach won the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK) in the preselection of 229 new CD releases and received the PdSK Quarterly Award in the category "Keyboard Instruments".

We are delighted with this honour!

Oct 7, 2024 | Wencke Wallbaum | News Two audite productions on new long list of German Record Critics' Award (PdSK)

156 jurors from 31 specialist juries have chosen a total of 229 titles (CDs, DVDs and audiobooks) from the new releases of the last quarter and nominated them for the Quarterly Critics' Choice ("Bestenliste") IV/2024 of the German Record Critics' Award (PdSK), which will be published on 15 November.

Among them are two current audite releases: in the category "Keyboard Instruments I + II" the productions Beethoven: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 with Alfredo Perl as well as Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ, BWV 525-530 by Martin Neu were nominated.