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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Mahler Symphony No. 5
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 3 mar. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
J.S. Bach & Pärt: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Música de cámara - Editado por Pentatone el 10 feb. 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Manfred
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 11 ene. 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 1 ene. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Messiaen: Catalogue d’oiseaux, I/42
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 2 mar. 2018
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12 "Il labirinto armonico"
Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chan Yoong Han
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 10 mar. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Metamorphosis Ligeti
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 3 mar. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Martinů: Cello Sonatas
Johannes Moser, Andrei Korobeinikov
Música de cámara - Editado por Pentatone el 18 nov. 2022
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
Robert Dean Smith, Sarah Connolly, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 28 ago. 2020
Gramophone: Recording of the Month24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Four Seasons
Arabella Steinbacher, Munich Chamber Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 19 jun. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner : Overtures, Preludes & Orchestral (Excerpts)
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 1 sept. 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Pentatone the First 10 Years
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 6 sept. 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner: Parsifal
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Ópera - Editado por Pentatone el 1 feb. 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
R. Strauss: Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 2 jun. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart : Concerto pour clarinette K. 622 & Quintette pour Clarinette K. 581
Andrew Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Música de cámara - Editado por Pentatone el 1 nov. 2004
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Broken Branches
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 5 may. 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Visions
Tamara Stefanovich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 23 sept. 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lutosławski & Dutilleux : Cello Concertos
Johannes Moser, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Thomas Søndergård
Conciertos para violonchelo - Editado por Pentatone el 1 nov. 2018
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Stabat Mater
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 17 mar. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
R. Strauss: Salome (Live)
Ópera - Editado por Pentatone el 1 oct. 2017
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Cantata : Yet Can I Hear... (Handel, Bach, Vivaldi...)
Bejun Mehta, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Christoph Huntgeburth, Xenia Löffler
Clásica - Editado por Pentatone el 16 mar. 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo