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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Wagner : Der fliegende Hollander (Le Vaisseau fantôme)
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Sep 1, 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Franz Liszt : The 2 Piano Concertos
Nareh Arghamanyan, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Alain Altinoglu
Classical - Released by PentaTone on Oct 2, 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1 Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance
Arabella Steinbacher, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Violin Concertos - Released by PENTATONE on Jan 1, 2009
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Alice Coote, Burkhard Fritz, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PentaTone on Apr 24, 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Igor Stravinsky : Monumentum - Mass - Symphonie de Psaumes
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Apr 1, 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bartok : The Two Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Aug 24, 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Isang Yun : Sunrise Falling
Matt Haimovitz, Maki Namekawa, Christoph Bielefeld, Yumi Hwang-Williams, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies
Concertos - Released by PentaTone on Sep 18, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Love at Last
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Apr 21, 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brabant 1653: Baroque Vocal Music from Brabant
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on May 28, 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bruch & Korngold: Violin Concertos - Chausson: Poème
Arabella Steinbacher, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lawrence Foster
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Mar 1, 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España, El sombrero de tres picos
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada, Mari Kodama, Sophie Harmsen
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on May 1, 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26 & The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Jul 1, 2015
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini & Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Jul 10, 2022
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Johannes Brahms : Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Arabella Steinbacher, Robert Kulek
Duets - Released by PentaTone on Apr 5, 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 23 and 26
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on May 1, 2003
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - Le roi Lear
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Jun 1, 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms : Ein deutsches Requiem (Un Requiem allemand)
Camilla Tilling, Detlef Roth, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Sep 28, 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Oct 30, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 (Live)
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Feb 1, 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dvořák: String Quintets
Berlin Philharmonic String Quintet
Chamber Music - Released by PENTATONE on Dec 1, 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms : String Quintets
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players
Chamber Music - Released by PentaTone on Apr 21, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo