Qobuzissime

What is a Qobuzissime? It’s an award presented by Qobuz for a first or second album.
Pop or Reggae, Metal or Classical, Jazz or Blues, no genre is excluded. More often than not the award is presented to a newly discovered artist.
Sometimes it might be a particularly quirky or a crossover album from a discography.
The important aspects are uniqueness, sincerity and quality. We look for these things in the recording, the project and the sound identity.
Albums
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Klaus Mäkelä
Classical - Released March 25, 2022 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Nightscapes
Magdalena Hoffmann
Classical - Released February 11, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Schumann - Brahms - Dvořák
Geister Duo
Classical - Released January 14, 2022 | Mirare
The Four Quarters
Solem Quartet
Chamber Music - Released September 17, 2021 | Orchid Classics
Tancade
Gaspar Claus
Classical - Released September 10, 2021 | InFiné
Ich schlief, da träumte mir
Anne Marie Dragosits
Classical - Released August 27, 2021 | L'Encelade
Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
Caroline Shaw
Classical - Released June 25, 2021 | Nonesuch
El Nour
Fatma Said
Classical - Released October 16, 2020 | Warner Classics
Vienne 1905-1910 - Schoenberg, Webern & Berg: String Quartets
Richter Ensemble
Chamber Music - Released September 25, 2020 | Passacaille
Glassforms
Bruce Brubaker
Classical - Released June 5, 2020 | InFiné
Chopin - Brahms - Schumann
Eric Lu
Classical - Released February 28, 2020 | Warner Classics
All Shall Not Die - Haydn String Quartets
Quatuor Hanson
Classical - Released October 11, 2019 | Aparté
Strauss : Four Last Songs - Wagner : Arias from Tannhäuser
Lise Davidsen
Lieder (German) - Released May 31, 2019 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Duruflé : Complete Choral Works
Houston Chamber Choir
Classical - Released April 5, 2019 | Signum Records
Miroirs
Elsa Dreisig
Opera Extracts - Released October 5, 2018 | Warner Classics
Bernstein : A Quiet Place
Kent Nagano
Full Operas - Released June 1, 2018 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Dans ma main
Jean-Michel Blais
Classical - Released May 11, 2018 | Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.
Nicola Porpora : Opera Arias
Max Emanuel Cencic
Opera Extracts - Released March 2, 2018 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Mendelssohn
Quatuor Arod
Classical - Released September 22, 2017 | Erato - Warner Classics
Handel goes Wild
Christina Pluhar
Classical - Released September 1, 2017 | Warner Classics
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A Light for Attracting Attention The Smile Pitchfork: Best New Music
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Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny Pitchfork: Best New Music
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Boat Songs MJ Lenderman Pitchfork: Best New Music
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GOLD Alabaster DePlume Pitchfork: Best New Music