Pizzicato Supersonic Award 2018 für Andrea Kauten
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unsere Künstlerin Andrea Kauten!
Diapason d’or March 2018: Marlis Petersen
Diapason d’or for Marlis Petersen’s CD “Welt (World)”
Supersonic Award 2017: Julius Berger
Congratulations to Julius Berger!
ECHO Klassik 2015: Casal Quartett
ECHO Klassik 2015 for
Casal Quartett – Sieben Streichquartette von F. X. Richter – SM 184
“The awarding of the ECHO Klassik is a fantastic endorsement of our quest for unobtrusive treasures in the 18th century string quartet repertoire. Franz Xaver Richter belongs with his phenomenal contribution to the genre in the forefront of the classics. Who would have thought that it is possible to create such dazzling gems of chamber music earlier than Haydn in all colors! He deserves the brilliance of this hour and for us the prize is the best invitation to find further trouvailles and to record on CD. “
ECHO Klassik 2012: Rebekka Hartmann
ECHO Klassik 2012 for
Rebekka Hartmann – Birth Of The Violin – SM 151
Rebekka Hartmann is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions. She gained important experience with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Miguel Gómez Martínez, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and for many years with Enoch zu Guttenberg. Since fall 2009 she works musically with Christoph Schlürenzogether. In 2011 her second current CD “Birth Of The Violin” followed. Rebekka Hartmann plays on an Antonio Stradivari from 1675.Rebekka Hartmann: “It is a great honor for me to receive this award for the recording of this extraordinary repertoire.
How nice that this award recognizes the fantastic works of almost forgotten composers. I dedicate this award to my mother, who died a year ago, and would have been very happy about it. ”
Diapason January 2012: Casal Quartett
Diapason Découverte January 2012 (France)
Casal Quartett – Birth Of The String Quartett Vol. 2 – SM 143
“An overwhelming listening experience: easy to kneel.” Wrote Fono Forum 2010 about Vol. 1 of Birth of the String Quartet. In summer the ECHO Klassik followed for the “Best Recording Chamber Music 17./18. Century”.
Never before had a string quartet made four of the valuable instruments of violin maker Jacobus Stainer available from the 1650s. Never before had a string quartet sounded like this.
With Vol. 2 of the series, the casalQuartett puts the French and German roots of the genus in the center. In addition to works by Guillemain and Telemann, one of Mozart’s early Viennese quartets, Haydn’s first of the masterpieces from op. 76, is thrilling. With these performers and these instruments, the 18th century is thrillingly present. “
Casal Quartett – Birth Of The String Quartett Vol. 2 – SM 143
ECHO Klassik 2011: Ramón Ortega Quero
Ramón Ortega Quero – Shadows – SM 142
“I recorded this particular program because of my love for baroque music, so when I had the opportunity to bring out my ideas, I tried to find out my favorite pieces of French and Italian repertoire – and developed a really wonderful CD, we recorded three Italian sonatas and Three French pieces to show the similarities and differences between the different musical directions, all six pieces are perfect examples of the French and Italian styles, with their peculiarities as well as their common origin. “- so the oboist Ramón Ortega Quero to his current ECHO Prize CD The oboist made an important hurdle when the conductor Daniel Barenboim took him into the “West-Eastern Diwan Orchestra” in 2003. In September 2007 he was named the first prize winner at the ARD Competition in Munich he has the place of solo oboist at the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under chief conductor Mariss Jansons. The season 2010/11 was marked by his appointment as “Rising Star”, which led him to the great concert halls of Europe.
ECHO Klassik 2010: Casal Quartett
Casal Quartett – Birth Of The String Quartett – SM 126
The Casal Quartet will receive an ECHO Klassik 2010 for the “Chamber Music Recording of the Year” for their recording “Birth of the String Quartet” (SM 126), which was released by the label Solo Musica.
For these recordings, the casalQuartett had a complete set of unique instruments by violin maker Jacobus Stainer from the 1650s. Until the early 19th century their sound was considered an absolute ideal.
The string quartet, founded in 1996, is one of the most internationally renowned Swiss ensembles. In more than 1,000 concerts around the world, the quartet impressed primarily through its stylistic diversity and emotional penetration.