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In memory of Claudio Abbado, who died on 20 January 2014 and who was closely associated with LUCERNE FESTIVAL for nearly five decades, audite and LUCERNE FESTIVAL are issuing three previously unreleased live recordings, approved by the conductor himself. Release date is March 14th. You can find a preview in the accompanying video.
For the ninth time the local newspapers Neue Westfälische, Haller Kreisblatt and Lippische Landes-Zeitung honoured their selected stars of the year for special cultural activities.
From the 52 protagonists who were decorated in 2013 with a star of the week, twelve winners - including label boss Ludger Böckenhoff - had been selected as stars of the year. The award ceremony takes place on 24th of February in Bielefeld.
On Friday, March 7th Hansjörg Fink (trombone) and Elmar Lehnen (organ) introduce their SACD Requiem with a presentation concert and interviews. Experience the synthesis of traditional requiem chants and improvisation, of age-old tradition and vibrant, jazzy joie de vivre at the original recording location, the Papal Marienbasilika in Kevelaer/Germany with its impressive Seifert organ.
In the first quarter of 2014 audite won a German Critics' Award ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik"). This time the jury awarded the price to the first volume of our new series R. Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln under the direction of Heinz Holliger.
In March audite releases a special production located between the genres: Requiem unites improvisation and traditional Requiem Hymns, age-old tradition and vibrant, jazzy joie de vivre.
Swiss Piano Trio's pianist Martin Lucas Staub will be guest in Parlando on Swiss Radio SRF2. The program will present the ensemble's current CD release with piano trios by Eduard Franck in detail. Two of the recorded works are premier recordings. On Sunday, February 9th you can hear the full program from 16:00 to 18:00 PM, on Friday, February 14th you can listen to the discussion again from 15:00 to 16:00 PM again.
The second volume of the audite-series Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete String Quartets with Quartetto di Cremona recently has been decorated with a SUPERSONIC by the important trade magazine Pizzicato .
We are very happy about this appreciation by competent critics!
In January, Mandelring's cellist Bernhard Schmidt will be guest in two radio programs. Both are devoted to the string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. Over four years the Mandelring Quartett recorded a highly praised complete edition of these works for audite. On Sunday, January 19th, from 15:05 to 17:00 PM Jürgen Liebing will discuss with Bernhard Schmidt "Music as secret message - the string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich" on Deutschlandradio Kultur. On Wednesday, January 22nd, in the program "Werkgespräch" Burkhard Egdorf and Bernhard Schmidt will introduce Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3 extensively from 20.03 to 22.00 PM on SWR 2.
George Szell conducts Dvorák & Brahms was chosen as recording of the month at MusicWeb International.
In memory of Claudio Abbado, who passed away at the beginning of the year and was closely associated with LUCERNE FESTIVAL for almost five decades, a CD is being released in the "Historic Performances" series with three previously unreleased live recordings, which he himself agreed to release.