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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Dvořák: Symphonic Variations & Slavonic Rhapsodies
Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 7 Oct 2016
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Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
Norbert Gembaczka, Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Mar 2014
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Meeting of the Spirits
Matt Haimovitz, Uccello, Dominic Painchaud, John McLaughlin, Matt Wilson, Jan Jarczyk
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 9 Nov 2010
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Schubert, F.: Symphonies No. 4 "Tragic" and No. 5
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolic
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Aug 2009
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Shostakovich, D.: Symphony No. 15 / Hamlet (Excerpts)
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Apr 2009
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Franck & Strauss : Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Arabella Steinbacher, Robert Kulek
Duets - Released by PentaTone on 2 Sep 2014
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Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Live)
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 13 Mar 2020
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Tchaikovsky Selections
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Apr 2016
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MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 1 Jan 2002
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
Russian National Orchestra, Paavo Berglund
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 1 Jan 2006
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Das Rheingold
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 May 2013
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Aspects of America
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Symphonic Music - Released by PentaTone on 7 Sep 2018
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Getty: The Canterville Ghost
Opera - Released by PentaTone on 16 Jun 2017
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Jake Heggie: Unexpected Shadows
Jamie Barton, Jake Heggie, Matt Haimovitz
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 18 Sep 2020
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Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 (Live)
MDR Rundfunkchor - Risto Joost
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 2 Jun 2017
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 - Beintus: Wolf Tracks
Mikhail Gorbachev, Sophia Loren, Bill Clinton, Sergei Markov, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 1 Jan 2003
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Janacek: Msa glagolskaja - Taras Bulba
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 29 Jan 2013
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John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles (Live)
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Apr 2016
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Præter rerum seriem, NJE 24.11 (Arr. M. Haimovitz for Cello Ensemble)
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 15 Apr 2022
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Velázquez: Viento
Johannes Moser, Basque National Orchestra, Kup taldea
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 22 Mar 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo