PentaTone
One of the leading classical music labels in the world, Pentatone presents a diverse range of world-class artists, and is dedicated to premium quality productions captured in exceptional sound. The label works together with today and tomorrow’s leading artists to provide timeless recordings of core, fringe, and lesser-known repertoire, with Pentatone’s uncompromising attention to the best possible quality in artistry, design and recording technology.
The label was founded in the Netherlands in 2001 by three former Philips Classics executives, with the ambition to offer classical music in the highest quality including surround sound.
In its first years, Pentatone engaged Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton and Sophia Loren, in a Grammy-winning recording of Prokofiev’s Peter & the Wolf (released in Spanish with Antonio Banderas), with Kent Nagano conducting the Russian National Orchestra. Another early success was a recording of the official music performed during the wedding ceremony of the then Dutch crown prince (now king) Willem-Alexander to Máxima Zorreguieta. The Music from the Royal Wedding, sold more than 75,000 copies, thereby attaining the unique “triple platinum” status in the Netherlands.
During its first decade, the label released several award-winning recordings with violinist Julia Fischer and several complete cycles: Beethoven’s symphonies conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Beethoven’s piano sonatas performed by Mari Kodama, and Bruckner’s symphonies under the baton of Marek Janowski. Violinist Arabella Steinbacher left her mark on these years and continues with several acclaimed recordings. Later, Pentatone recorded Wagner’s ten mature operas, the only such label to take on this task in the 21st century.
From 2013, with a new management team, the label focused on embracing the digital era and expanding its repertoire. New artists and ensembles defined the label’s second decade, including conductors Vladimir Jurowski, René Jacobs and Esa-Pekka Salonen, singers Piotr Beczala, Lisette Oropesa, Javier Camarena, Ian Bostridge and Magdalena Kožená, pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Francesco Piemontesi, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, as well as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Czech Philharmonic.
In recent years, Pentatone has won multiple awards. In 2017, John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles won Best Opera Recording and Best Engineered Album at the 59th Grammy Awards. Two years later, the premiere recording of the Mason Bates opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, won a Grammy for Best Opera Recording. Pentatone was awarded Label of the Year in 2019 by Gramophone Magazine and in 2020 by the International Classical Music Awards. Pentatone's third decade promises to be even more exciting and innovative as we expand our growing and diverse roster of artists, producing the most thrilling recordings in the world.
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Everybody Knows (Arr. L.P. Woolf)
Luna Pearl Woolf, Matt Haimovitz, Devon Guthrie, Nancy Anderson, Elise Quagliata
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 8 Nov 2019
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TANEYEV: At the Reading of a Psalm, Op. 36, "Cantata No. 2"
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Jan 2004
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Bellido: Violin Concerto "Aurora" & Symphony No. 2 "Ad Astra" (Live)
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Leticia Moreno, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 22 Jan 2022
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Bruckner, A.: Symphony No. 6
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 29 Sep 2009
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Gordon Getty: The Little Match Girl
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 4 Sep 2015
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Tippet Rise Opus 2016 (Live)
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 4 Aug 2017
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Getty: The White Election
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Jun 2005
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Jake Heggie: Songs for Murdered Sisters
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 5 Mar 2021
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On My Journey Now: Spirituals & Hymns
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 3 Feb 2017
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GETTY: Joan and the Bells / PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 9 Jun 2003
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BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 / Tragic Overture
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Jan 2004
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PROKOFIEV: Pedro y el lobo (Peter and the Wolf) / BEINTUS: Wolf Tracks
Antonio Banderas, Sophia Loren, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Jan 2006
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Higdon: Cold Mountain
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Apr 2016
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Kashmir (Arr. M. Haimovitz & L.P. Woolf for Cello Ensemble)
Matt Haimovitz, Luna Pearl Woolf, Uccello
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 12 Jul 2019
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Even This Laughter; Even Your Tears
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 21 Apr 2023
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6 Gesänge, Op. 107: No. 1, Herzeleid
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Juliane Ruf
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 6 Dec 2019
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Schumann, R.: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2
Česká filharmonie, Lawrence Foster
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 26 Feb 2008
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Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier": I. Allegro
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 14 May 2021
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Getty: Plump Jack
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 May 2012
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Getty: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Excerpts]
Film Soundtracks - Released by PENTATONE on 23 Sep 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo