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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Debussy: La mer, Ibéria, Images & 6 Épigraphes antiques
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Gustavo Gimeno
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Nov 1, 2018
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Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn-Hensel: Works for Cello & Piano
Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
Chamber Music - Released by PENTATONE on Aug 1, 2019
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Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights) [Live]
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Sep 7, 2021
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Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Mahler: Totenfeier
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Tobias Berndt, Vladimir Jurowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Sep 15, 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Reine de coeur
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Juliane Ruf
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Feb 7, 2020
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11-13, 15, 22 & 27
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Nov 1, 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Original Version)
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Apr 1, 2004
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Jan 1, 2007
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Jet Set!
Simon Murphy, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, New Dutch Academy Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Mar 1, 2019
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Grieg: Piano Concerto
Sa Chen, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lawrence Foster
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Nov 1, 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Richard Wagner : Die Walküre
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Jul 1, 2013
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R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233
Hr-sinfonieorchester, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Jul 1, 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sonates n°16-18 Op. 31
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Apr 1, 2006
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Dvořák: Overtures
Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Feb 5, 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1890 Version)
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Nov 16, 2010
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R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, TrV 233
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Jul 1, 2009
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Spirit of the American Range (Live)
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on Feb 3, 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Oct 1, 2019
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Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (Live)
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on Nov 1, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo