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One of the great joys of singing is collaboration — working with great colleagues on exciting projects that matter and make a difference. And though the meat of my career is singing big roles in operas ...

In October, PENTATONE releases three exceptional additions to its catalogue:  B eethoven Complete Symphonies , Bach's Musical Offerings , and Handel: Messiah .   THE ULTIMAT...

As a part of an ongoing series of articles about the state of the classical music recording industry, Lorenzo Bauco reflected on his internship at PENTATONE and how this experience enriched him as a professional an...

We are proud to announce that PENTATONE has been awarded Label of the Year 2020 by the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards). The label also received the ICMA Vocal Music award 2020 for the recording of S...

We are proud to announce that Annelien van Wauwe has won the 2020 OPUS KLASSIK award for Best Young Artist (Clarinet) for the Belle époque album  with the Orchestre National de Lille and condu...

Dutch Magazine Luister reviewed two of our recent releases,  Piotr Beczala  - Vincerò! and Handel - Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - part 2 , and both achieved the maximum score of 10/10! Read a glimps...

“This new version of Mascagni’s one-act wonder is everything that verismo should be: intense, passionate and heart stopping as it reaches its grisly climax.”   Mascag...

In September, PENTATONE releases three exceptional additions to its catalogue:  Jake Heggie - Unexpected Shadows ,  Schubert - Symphonies 2 & 3 , and  Brahms - Symphony No.1 & Tragic Ove...

"At its finest – as it is here – Das Lied von der Erde is a work of profound poignancy; two superb soloists, and a conductor who beautifully shapes this performance, make it an unmissable release...

"Some may prefer a more subjective approach in what is Mahler’s greatest and certainly most personal achievement, but Jurowski’s fine recording with the Berlin Radio Symphony has accuracy, percept...

As part of PENTATONE's digital-only releases, we are thrilled to announce Calder Quartet 's latest album "Eclectic Currents!" Eclectic Currents explores the en...

PENTATONE is delighted to share with you that after more than a decade of acclaimed performances on the world’s leading operatic stages, soprano Lisette Oropesa signs a 5-year deal with the San Francisco Cl...

As a part of an ongoing series of articles about the state of the classical music recording industry, PENTATONE’s head of Marketing, PR and Sales Silvia Pietrosanti interviewed flautist Ana de La Vega. They t...

As a part of an ongoing series of articles about the state of the classical music recording industry, PENTATONE’s managing director Simon Eder talks about the constantly changing music market, and how classic...

"Minkowski conducts a grand, big-boned account, and his two soprano soloists, Ana Maria Labin and Ambroisine Bré, are ideally contrasted with the tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac and bass Norman Patz...

As a part of an ongoing series of articles about the state of the classical music recording industry, PENTATONE’s graphic designer Marjolein Coenrady explains the processes and thoughts of designing an album ...

In August, PENTATONE releases three stunning additions to its catalogue:  Handel - Concerti Grossi, Op.3 , Mazzoli - Proving Up , and Mahler - Das Lied von der Herde .   ...

“The performance is rich in details, compelling and rousing. This score is right up Marc Albrecht’s alley. He beautifully controls the huge orchestral forces; the Netherlands Philharmonic plays thrill...

“ Shibe’s music-making is masterful, beautiful and convincing in every way. ”  The Times, May 2020 “The greatest performers always push the boundaries, and&...

In July, PENTATONE releases two enthralling additions to the catalogue:  M ozart Mass in C Minor  and  Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" .    ...

We are delighted to announce that   award-winning mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton makes her PENTATONE debut, presenting a recital of songs by American composer Jake Heggie, with the composer at the piano. ...

" Beczała sings this delightful selection of arias with an engagingly openhearted spirit of humanity and drama, and most importantly a beautifully weighted, richly coloured voice. "   ...

" This is an absolute feast of great singing from an artist at the height of his powers."   "Vincerò!" , performed by star tenor  Piotr Beczala  with the ...

In June, PENTATONE releases four enthralling additions to the catalogue:  Bruckner & Stravinsky Masses  with  Rundfunkchor Berlin ,  Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin  and&nbs...

" I just want to have a kind of outpouring of music, of thoughts, and everything else. That forces me to be completely direct with it. "   The New York Times  talks to   ...

" This outstanding artist is a great catch for Pentatone. "   ' ' Bach Cello Suites ", performed by   the  Alisa Weilerstein , is The Sunday Times ' Album o...

" David Bates and La Nuova Musica give the score a highly expressive reading. "   ' ' G luck - Orfeo ed Euridice " performed by   I estyn Davies ,   S...

" The exceptional cellist’s music emerges with sunlit clarity in a recording that stands up with the best. "   ' ' Bach Cello Suites ", performed by   the ...

" Bach's six beloved cello suites come alive anew in Alisa Weilerstein’s new recording. "   ' ' Bach Cello Suites ", performed by   the Alisa Weilerstein &...

" With this recording, a new reference for this emblematic opus has finally been accomplished. "   "Handel - Concerti Grossi Op.6 - part 2"  performed by the   Aka...

"Again, there is a lively sense of drive, clarity and structure, not least in the Allegro 's exhilarating race to finish. Highly recommended. "   ' ' Beethoven Symphonies 5...

In May, PENTATONE  releases two more highlights to the catalogue:  Bethov e en Piano Concertos Part 2  and  Telemann Miriways ,  in addition to  Piotr Beczala ...

PENTATONE is delighted to announce that tenor Piotr Beczala, one of the most celebrated vocalists of our time, is releasing his first album with the label.   “Heart-Wrenching Verismo Arias&rd...

"Colourful Haydn: Ana de la Vega adds a touch of brightness. "   ' 'Haydn & Stamitz " performed by   Ana de la Vega ,  Ramón Ortega Quero  ...

THE COMPANY PENTATONE is an international classical music record label working with excellent artists, releasing its albums world-wide on CD, Vinyl, as well digitally on all leading plat...

"Piotr Beczala is one of the finest lyric tenors of our day. "   Star tenor Piotr Beczala is featured on the cover of Opera Now - April 2020 edition! Find out more about his amazing ...

" Francesco Piemontesi frees himself from the traditional interpretation of Schubert's three latest sonatas . "   ' ' S chubert Last Piano Sonatas " with  ...

" These Pulitzer-winning pieces are excursions in an essentially conservative style by established figures. "   ' ' Aspects of America: The Pulitzer Edition " performed by...

"The NDR Radiophilharmonie play superbly for Manze, with characterful woodwind solos, welcome hints of period bite from brass and timpani, and a string tone of substantial body and lustre. [...] Enthusiastic...

"Both soloists and their accompanists [...] play all this undemanding music (for the listener, at least) with ideal pose and balance. "   ' 'Haydn & Stamitz " per...

In April, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to the catalogue:  Bach Cello Suites  with  Alisa Weilerstein ,   Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana  with  Melody Moore ...

" The recording is impressive both from a dramaturgical and an artistic point of view . "   ' ' Reine de cœur " performed by  Hanna-Elisabeth Müller  ...

" Manze manages to reconcile differences without ending up at the middle of the road. "   ' ' Beethoven Symphonies 5 & 7 " performed by   the  NDR Radiophilh...

" The recording is a gem ."   " J.S. Bach - Harpsichord Concertos " performed by Francesco Corti with il pomo d'oro has been reviewed on Opus Klassiek ! Read a ...

"The strings never sound too plush or saturated, giving these performances a feeling of contemporary freshness and interpretative zest. Manze is clearly working wonders in his German outpost." &nb...

"T he resulting set, attractively decorated with splotches and splashes... , should bring exhilaration, solance and satisfaction to many musical ears ."   " Beethoven - Complete Str...

"T he central strength of this first instalment of Inon's Barnatan's piano concertos cycle is that, time and again, it puts you in touch with that feeling of ongoing wonderment."   ...

In March, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to the catalogue:  Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence & Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition  with  Camerata du Léman ,&nbs...

" This excellent  Soirée can be warmly recommended ."   " Soirée " starring   Magdalena Kozena   with her outstanding group of musical friends,...

"With a project as well realised as this, one reflects how Weber and Kind's great 1821 work may still be undervalued as a radical piece of music theatre. "   ' ' Der Freisch...

"Piemontesi's interpretation is surprisingly distinguished for a pianist who is just thirty-six years old. "   ' ' S chubert Last Piano Sonatas " with   F r...

" The   Miró Quartet   bring a distinctive blend of elegance and daring to Beethoven”.   ' ' Beethoven - Complete String Quartets " performed by &nb...

The Jury of the International Classical Awards ( ICMA ) has revealed the Awards for 2020. We are proud to announce that Pentatone has been awarded ICMA's Label of the Year. Furthermore,  Ian Bostr...

" This performance of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, led by David Bates, breathes theatre out of every pore and has energy and joyful music-making in abundance."     &#...

In February, PENTATONE releases two enthralling additions to the catalogue: Reine de cœur with star soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Juliane Ruf and Brahms String Sextets with the WDR Sym...

"T he warm rapport of this Quartet with Telemann's deftly crafted and idiomatic instrumental writing ensures an hour of uninterrupted pleasure."    " Telemann's Garden ...

To start the year, PENTATONE releases four enthralling additions to the catalogue:   Beethoven Symphonies 5 & 7   with the   NDR Radiophilharmonie  conducted by  Andrew Man...

" The orchestra, too, is extremely accomplished. There’s a delightful hint of portamento in the introduction to the first chorus . "   ' ' Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice &q...

"Piemontesi ensure every note counts. "   ' ' S chubert Last Piano Sonatas " with   F rancesco Piemontesi  is  BBC Music Magazine 's Instrumental...

"Benchmark Gluck that does the composer proud. "   ' ' G luck - Orfeo ed Euridice " performed by   I estyn Davies ,   Sophie Bevan , Rebecca Bottone &n...

" A lovely, relaxed musical evening you will cherish."    " Soirée " starring   Magdalena Kozena   and, among others,   Sir Simon Rattle ,  ha...

“Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, a young German soprano, (…) has a bright, beguiling voice and a lovely stage presence..”                    &...

" An exhilarating programme of works for cello and piano captures these composer siblings' high spirits.”    ' ' Fanny & Fanny Mendelssohn - Works for Cello and Pia...

"Marek Janowski keeps a firm hand on proceedings in the new  Der Freischütz,  where he contrasts buoyancy with atmosphere galore, using woodwind and brass to extract maximum effect from We...

" Chamber music at its finest!"   Luister praises our release of " Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn - Works for Cello and Piano " with   Johannes Moser  a...

“Over the last two decades, the Miró Quartet has been lucky enough to perform this complete cycle in many different venues around the world, and it is undeniable that the experience of shari...

"Exquisite beauty on this oft-travelled wintry path. "    ' ' Winterreise " with   Ian Bostridge   and   Thomas  Adès   i...

" With plenty of bucolic bite, Janowski's orchestra conjures a real Brothers Grimm atmosphere in Weber's dark fairy-tale. "    ' ' Der Freischütz " ...

Limelight has revealed the list of the nominees running for the “Recording of the year 2019”.The selection resulted in 25 outstanding new releases spread evenly across five categories. Ian Bos...

" An incredibly reflected but never overly academic Winterreise that shows how deeply Bostridge is familiar with the material."    ' ' Winterreise " wit...

" Moser and Beatson prove that this is the case, and the former’s use of vibrato as a colour rather than a habit greatly illuminates the piece’s inherent beauty”.    &#...

We are proud to announce that PENTATONE has been awarded Label of the Year at the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2019. The ceremony was hosted by Editor-in-Chief James Jolly at the De Vere Gran...

In November, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker  with the  State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetl...

"The sheng, masterfully played by Wu Wei, fits movingly into this Baroque programme . "    ' ' Silk Baroque " with   Wu Wei   and   Hollan...

A Bouquet of Chamber-Musical Jewels  Elephant House Quartet Elephant House Quartet invites the listener for a stroll through the colourful oeuvre of Telemann &...

"There is some highly rewarding music here which does not come round often in the recital hall." The Financial Times features " Soirée " starring    Magdalena Kožen&aac...

PENTATONE is delighted to announce that pianist Inon Barnatan , one of the most admired pianists of his generation, is releasing his first album with the label, marking the start of a long-term collaboration. ...

In September, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to their catalogue: Soirée   with   Magdalena Kožená ,  Andrew Marriner ,  Wolfram Brandl ,  Rahel Rilling ,&nb...

PENTATONE is delighted to announce that pianist Francesco Piemontesi , is releasing his first album with the label. This album features Piemontesi’s interpretation of Schubert’s last three piano s...

Graphic Designer / Desktop Publisher 24h per week Starting Date: Ideally starting mid of August 2019   ABOUT US   PENTATONE is a classical music label specialising in h...

In August, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn - Works for Cello and Piano   with  Johannes Moser  and  Alasdair Beatson ; Be...

“One of the most exciting and original clarinettists of her generation .”  BBC Music Magazine   PENTATONE is delighted to announce that Belgian clarinettist   Anne...

In July, PENTATONE releases two enthralling additions to their catalogue:  An American Song Album   with  Melody Moore  and  Bradley Moore ; and   Handel - Concerti G...

" Richter’s pure, vernal soprano, care for words and supple, expressive phrasing are well-nigh ideal. "   We are proud  to share with you that ' ' Heimweh ...

In June, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to their catalogue: Saint-Saens - Poulenc - Widor - Works for Organ and Orchestra with  Christopher Jacobson ,  Orchestra de la Suis...

In May, we celebrate début releases from two star vocalists:   Il giardino dei sospiri  with Czech star mezzo-soprano  Magdalena Kožená and   Verdi Donizetti  with Americ...

“Why compose violin and orchestra rhapsodies after Tchaikovsky’s  opera and ballet music? It all started because of jealousy... A few  years ago, I was conducting Eugene...

" If Ives, Bartók and Messiaen reveal Stefanovich’s wide-ranging mastery, the Bach reveals her soul as well."   We are proud  to share with you that ' '...

In April, PENTATONE releases four enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Beethoven/Hillborg  with the Calder Quartet,  Tchaikovsky Treasures with Guy Braunstein, Kirill Karabits and t...

" What a surprise! This amazing recording which closely focuses on each instrument glorifies the theatricalness on which reign a very young conductor. "   Diapason praises our rele...

" A vigorous, original and highly inspired performance! "   The Wholenote praises our release of   ' Schubert - Symphonies 1 & 6 "  with conductor ...

"One rarely hears a singer who penetrates into the core of the text as deeply as young German soprano Anna Lucia Richter on her Schubert album."   De Volkskrant  praises our releas...

" Pentatone’s superb recording bays and glows by turn … "   MusicWeb International praises our release of ''Isang Yun - Sunrise Falling "  with ...

In March, PENTATONE   releases three enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Influenced  with Tamara Stefanovich,   Schubert Early Symphonies and Stage Music  with Copenhagen Phil,...

" Anyone coming afresh to these masterly works, however, should now investigate this new release ahead of all others. "   We are proud to share with you that ' ' L...

Holland Baroque will release its new album Silk Baroque in June, together with PENTATONE. On this album, Holland Baroque and Wu Wei combine baroque music with the beautiful sounds of the sheng and show that ol...

In the early 90´s, a piano student with a bachelor’s degree - barely 18 - embarked on a not-yet-ended, semi-voluntary emigration adventure. First stop was Philadelphia, and then the jou...

Mason Bates - The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs  with  The Santa Fe Opera  and Michael Christie has won the Grammy Award for  Best Opera Recording . “Edward Parks gives a terrific cen...

"Indescribably beautiful!"   Luister praises our release of " Richard Strauss - Violin Concerto / Miniatures " with   Arabella Steinbacher ,   Lawre...

" One of the most appreciated conductors of his generation, Michele Mariotti… "   Amadeus praises our release of " Rossini Overtures " with   Miche...

" It's hard not to agree when hearing Johannes Moser, who has made this work (and the Dutilleux) a cornerstone of his repertoire... "   BBC Music Magazine praises our release o...

" The playing is sleek, serious and streamlined, with a core of fire fulfilled in breathtaking dramatic climaxes, enhanced by magnificent recorded sound. "   BBC Music Magazine pra...

" Aspromonte’s diamantine timbre, rich, expressive palette and outstanding care for words... "   The Sunday Times praises our release of " Prologue - Francesca Aspromon...

" Arabella Steinbacher plays it with great conviction and receives powerful support from Lawrence Foster and the WDR Symphony Orchestra . "   BBC Music Magazine praises our releas...

Heimweh. Homesickness. A beautifully bittersweet word, a little old-fashioned yet never outdated. Everyone associates the word with something different. But what is it, exactly? According to the Gr...

In February, PENTATONE   releases two enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Heimweh (Schubert Lieder)/Richter  with Anna Lucia Richter, Matthias Schorn and Gerold Huber and  Mozart Symphon...

We are happy to share with you that our album of  " Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) " , performed by the   Orchestre National de Lille   under the b...

We are happy to share with you that our album of  "Transfigured Night"  performed by  Alisa Weilerstein and  Trondheim Soloists   has been listed in The Times Best ...

2018 – WHAT A YEAR   This year has been one of  wonderful  artistic partnerships, with the launching of many new relationships and the cementing of valued existing ones: &nb...

We are so proud to share with you that a track of  "Messiaen - Catalogue  d' oiseaux" performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard   has been listed in The New York Times 25 Best Class...

We are delighted to share with you that our recordings of   Messiaen - Catalogue d'oiseaux   and   PENTATONE OXINGALE SERIES ''Isang Yun - Sunrise Falling   have been listed...

We are delighted to share with you that our recordings of   Messiaen - Catalogue d'oiseaux ,  Mahler Song Cycles   and   Mason Bates - The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs   ha...

We are thrilled to announce that our release of Mason Bates - The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs , received multiple nominations for the  61st Grammy Awards  that will be held in February 2019! Mason Ba...

"Weilerstein plays with overwhelming power and perfection."   Luister preises our release of " Transfigured Night " with  Alisa Weilerstein   and the  Tro...

Haunting, gentle spirits from far-flung worlds meet in the pulsing sphere of dreams and lullabies that is Angel Heart, a music storybook . With an original tale by best-selling children’s fantasy writer C...

The cello concerti by Lutosławski and Dutilleux are among the most impactful, prominent and precious pieces of the second half of the 20th century, and both works offer truly exceptional artistic stateme...

“The most immediately striking aspect of Julia Fischer’s playing, technically speaking, is its immaculate finish. Her mastery is beyond question, her ability to trace a smooth even line is a source o...

"Surely one of the finest works for cello and orchestra of the last 50 years."   The Guardian praises our release of ''Isang Yun - Sunrise Falling "  with  ...

"One of most tender and sumptuous performances on disc."   International Piano praises our releases of " Ravel and Gershwin - Piano Concertos "  with   Denis K...

" Jurowski’s Swan Lake is up there with the very best . "   We are proud to share with you that '' Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake " with   Vladimi...

Pentatone congratulates Vice President for Artists and Repertoire Renaud Loranger on his additional role as Artistic Director of the Festival de Lanaudière in Joliette, Canada. Loranger has been developing t...

" Early Italian prologues often mention, like trigger warnings, the powerful emotions that may be elicited in the listener. If delight counts, Aspromonte, Onofi and Il Pomo d’Oro have hit the mark.&n...

"For a performance that combines chamber musical intimacy, transparency of detail and urgent human expressiveness, you won’t do better than this."   We are proud to share with you ...

In November, PENTATONE releases five enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Lutoslawski & Dutilleux Cello Concertos  with Johannes Moser and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by ...

Maybe it is because of my name, which my parents gave me as great Strauss lovers, that his music touches me so much. Born into a world full of singing, as a child I used to sit under the grand piano ...

" Delan clearly believes deeply in both the poetry and the music. The album is superbly recorded and engineered; we hear all the orchestral detail, but the voice is never swamped. This is also a tribute to...

“Anna Lucia Richter was a radiant soprano soloist.” Richard Fairman, August 2018, Financial Times (on the BBC Proms)     PENTATONE is delighted to announce the signin...

In October, PENTATONE releases four enthralling additions to their catalogue:  Strauss Violin Concerto  with Arabella Steinbacher, WDR Symphony Orchestra and  Lawrence Foster;  Tchaikovsky S...

" It is a live recording, and while this shows (audience interaction and extraneous noises are neither edited out nor intrusive to one’s enjoyment), it adds to the electricity and excitement at what...

PENTATONE is delighted to announce the launch of a complete cycle of Schubert symphonies with star conductor René Jacobs and the dynamic Belgian period instrument ensemble B’Rock . This ambitious n...

THE COMPANY PENTATONE is a leading classical music record label with outstanding artists, specializing in high quality recordings. The office is located in Baarn, close to Amsterdam and Utrecht. We...

" Alisa Weilerstein’s interpretation of Schoenberg’s pivotal early piece makes Transfigured Night an essential album "   The Times  praises our release of &quo...

I am very gratified to present a collection of arias and songs that illustrate and represent a significant swath of music that defines the bass contribution in the lyrical theater. By virtue of the timbre...

"(...) b eautifully modelated performance (...)"   The Guardian  praises our release of " Stravinsky - Perséphone " with   Esa-Pekka Salon...

In September, PENTATONE releases four enthralling additions to their catalogue: Strauss – Burleske/ Ein Heldenleben with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Denis Kozhukhin and  Marc Albrecht; ...

" This fine recording moves effortlessly between pastoral intimacy and titanic grandeur, with everything in between."   The  BBC Music Magazine  praises our release of ...

" Aspromonte brings an impressive range of vocal colour to the task, on full display at moments such as the highly dramatic reading of the opening strophe of the prologue to Cesti’s L’Argia.&nbs...

Schoenberg fled Vienna in 1934, four years before my grandparents escaped. So, as a young artist, nowhere in my imagination was the possibility of duality and contradiction made more manifest than in the...

" this is a pleasing and stylish introduction to a singer I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot of in the future. "   Opera Magazine praises our release of " Prologue &quo...

"She is a charming, persuasive advocate for these two indelible works. The English Chamber Orchestra, too, offer fine support and, with a range of tone colours match de la Vega’s recreative imagin...

"...the most sophisticated and musically satisfying of today's countertenors, Mehta serves the music with his unfailingly sweet sound and beautifully sculpted phrases."   The Opera ...

“What everyone who attended a concert by the Opera Orchestra of New York at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday night seemed to be thinking when the show was over might have been summarized in a Twitter ...

"... it’s as fine a cast as has been assembled for a recording of Les pêcheurs de perles and immediately claims top spot on my shelves."   We are proud to share ...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, July 2018 PENTATONE releases Stravinsky’s Persephone with Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Orchestra, Chorus and Chilhdren’s Chorus of the Finish...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, July 2018 In August, PENTATONE releases Mephistopheles and other bad guys with Kevin Short, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille under the baton of L...

The Classic FM  praises our release of " Mozart and Myslivecek Flute Concertos " with Ana de la Vega and English Chamber Orchestra !  Read a glimpse of the review below! &...

"The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs paves the way for more operatic exploration of modern stories, electronic instruments, and unique structures. With its dramatic examination of technology, it proves that...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, July 2018 In August, PENTATONE releases an enthralling addition to their catalogue: Beauty Come Dancing, a collection of new choral works by Gordon ...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, July 2018 PENTATONE is delighted to announce that one of the most celebrated cellists of her generation, American cellist Alisa Weilerstein, is releasing ...

"...the disc as a whole is another unmissable addition to the Martinu discography."   The  BBC Music Magazine  praises our release of " Martinu - Double Concerto...

" The American countertenor Bejun Mehta has one of the best voices in the business. Full, free and with real power behind it, it sits unapologetically at the operatic end of the countertenor spectrum, wit...

"... their readings’ greatest beauty is the intimate emotional trinity they intertwine of dignity, fragility and pain. In fact just listen to their ‘Du  bist  die Ruh&rsqu...

PENTATONE is an international classical music record label with outstanding artists specializing in premium quality recordings, which are sold world-wide . The label is located in Baarn, close to Hilversum, in ...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, June 2018 In July, PENTATONE releases two enthralling additions to their catalogue: Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 4 & 10 with the Russian National Or...

" ...the exquisite vocal beauty of  Francesca Aspromonte , backed by the delightful and refined playing of  Il "Pomo d'Oro" orchestra , they reveal themselves to be forgotten little g...

" Aimard possesses the necessary dazzling virtuosity, but also the exceptionally broad palette of colour and timbral precision. In his hands, the opening of the gorgeous nocturne Alouette lulu' is a ...

" The quartet play transparently and eloquently, without a hint of sentimentality, in performances that deal unflinchingly with the music’s latent violence. The slow movement of the A minor Qua...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, May 2018 In June, PENTATONE releases five enthralling additions to their catalogue: Haydn’s The Creation with Houston Symphony, conducted by An...

Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and as a uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age,  Pierre-Laurent Aimard , is our artist of the season ! Born in Lyon ...

Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson   Emily Dickinson has been a presence in my life from the age of 11, when my Uncle Dan gave me the Johnson edition of The Complete Poem...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, April 2018 In May, PENTATONE releases three enthralling additions to their catalogue: “Prologue” with Francesca Aspromonte and il pomo d&rsq...

" His dynamic range is formidable, his voicing of chords scrupulously faithful, his clarity unimpeachable. It’s hard to imagine the textures having greater impact or precision, or the continuity and ...

" Nikolai Schukoff is Austrian, Melody Moore and Lester Lynch are from the United States. Their names might be unfamiliar but greatness is surely around the corner, for among modern interpretation...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, March 2018 Besides the two releases that have already been announced with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Bejun Mehta, March is also the month of Schubert’s A...

Renowned French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard kicks off his collaboration with PENTATONE with Olivier Messiaen’s  Catalogue d’Oiseaux  (1956-1958). Praised by The Guardian as “one of ...

We are thrilled to announce that the performance captured in our upcoming album, part of the American Opera Series , Mason Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with the Santa Fe Opera is nomina...

Humanist Spirituality   In 2015, I stumbled upon the aria 'Yet Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay' and fell madly in love. It is simple, direct, ravishing. I knew immediately that I wanted ...

"Complete devotion of all involved"   We are happy to share with you that SWR2 Radio hailed our opera album, Verdi - Otello performed by  Nikolai Schukoff ,  Melody Moo...

“Revelatory Brahms from another age.”    We are happy to share with you that our recording of  Brahms - Ballades Op. 10 / Variations & Fugue on a theme by Han...

“ Piotr Beczala has the kind of voice you want to hang medals on. ”  Opera News, 2015   PENTATONE is delighted to announce that Polish tenor Piotr Beczala ,&nbs...

“Weilerstein is truly a phenomenon. (...) Weilerstein’s technique was so rock-solid and her tone so magisterial they sounded epic.”  The Telegraph, March 2015   PENTATO...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, January 2018 After two months of break, PENTATONE is back with five incredible additions to their catalogue, set for official release in February 2018: Mendels...

" It offers an unusually persuasive aural drama and a deeply musical account of the score – a compelling listen featuring a fine cast and expertly conducted. It’s a set that can be warmly r...

PENTATONE is delighted to announce that Italian soprano Francesca Aspromonte has signed an exclusive, long-term deal with the label. Her first solo album, titled “Prologue” , is due to be released in M...

After almost 5 years as Marketing Director Simon M. Eder starts his new role as Managing Director at PENTATONE: “We have achieved a lot over the last years and it is my goal to keep on innovating our labe...

We are proud to share with you that our albums of  Carnevale 1729 and Britten & Hindemith Violin Concertos are The Sunday Times Albums of the Year 2017!   Carnevale 1729 with  Ann...

We are thrilled to announce that our release of Marcel Tyberg - Masses, received multiple nominations for the  60th Grammy Awards  that will be held in February 2018! Marcel Tyberg - Masses with&...

I recall my first steps into Brahms’s world as a student at the Moscow Conservatoire, playing the Intermezzi Op 117, the Op 79 Rhapsodies, and the F minor Sonata. The real moment of connection, however, didn...

" Gene Scheer is such an accomplished librettist in his understanding of how words and music collude in the theatre, nailing the narrative concisely but letting the music run with the words towar...

“So, all friends together. You could imagine them playing hausmusik in someone’s living room, in proper German fashion, and this concert felt as if they’d been performing these pieces for ages an...

Music Streaming & Distribution Specialist 40h (also 32h possible) Starting Date: Dec 2017/ January 2018 PENTATONE is an international classical music record label with outstanding artists, speci...

Year 2017 Award We are proud to announce that our release of Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphonies 1 & 3 with Andrew Manze and NDR Radiophilharmonie has won a highly-acclaimed Year 2017 Award (...

"... she shows complete technical mastery ..."   We are proud to share with you that our release of Carnevale 1729 performed by   Ann Hallenberg ,  Stefano Montana...

" All of which might have gone for nothing but for the captivating, open-air freshness Fischer brings to the score's many passages of melodic enchantment. "   We are proud to share w...

"Cellist Matt Haimovitz calls playing the Quator is a spiritual experience and listening to this performance is nothing short of that."   Our release of Akoka with  David Kr...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, October, 2017 In November, PENTATONE releases  five enthralling additions to their catalogue: Verdi's Otello performed by Nikolai Schukoff , ...

" Arabella Steinbacher deserves the highest praise for her commitment to Hindemith's concerto... Steinbacher has not only poured her soul into this recording, she performs this piece at a level tha...

" Thomas Hampson has put together an imaginative programme […] Hampson sings stylishly in clear French "   Financial Times gave a 4 stars review for our relea...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, September, 2017 In October, PENTATONE releases  three important new recordings and one legendary remastered classic. Arabella Steinbacher excels in ...

“ The most immediately striking aspect of Julia Fischer’s playing, technically speaking, is its immaculate finish. Her mastery is beyond question, her ability to trace a smooth even line is a sourc...

Jake Heggie is bringing opera back to the people "All theatrical composers have themes that continually inspire and define their art. For Verdi, it was tension between public duty and private passion. W...

" This performance brings us music never heard before, executed with a rare intensity. "   We are proud to share with you that our release of Carnevale 1729 performed by   Ann Hallen...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, August, 2017 In September, PENTATONE releases three fascinating new recordings and one legendary remastered classic.  Jake Heggie and Gene Sheer’s...

“I’ve enjoyed it so much it’s the Record Review disc of the Week – The orchestral playing’s excellent, the recording warm and airy, Albrecht’s conducting often deliciously under ...

"Gimeno communicates a genuine affection for the piece, culminating in a particularly exciting performance of the finale. "   The  Gramophone  reviews our release of ...

Best Intrumentalist (Cello) We are proud to announce that  Johannes Moser  won the 2017  ECHO KLASSIK  award as Best Instrumentalist (Cello) for the  Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev: Works...

"T he OSR perform both works with great refinement and play with virtuoso understatement throughout. "   The  Gramophone  wrote a fine review about our release of "...

"Mezzo Ann Hallenberg excels in her calm, warm-toned singing of the slower arias , and there are stylish accompaniments from Il Pomo d’Oro under Stefano Montanari."   ...

“Following Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s concert one understands the difference between a good pianist and a great one: the former works from the musical score alone while the latter plays with paradigms of...

" The Tchaikovsky Variations are elegant Mozart pastiche, dashed off with scintillating virtuosity ."   Sunday Times reviewed  our album of  Elgar/ Tchaikovsky &nbs...

Tippet Rise OPUS 2016: Domo is a live recording born from the inaugural season at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail Montana. The center's intimate concert space is set on a 10,260-acre working sheep an...

" Ann Hallenberg dazzles with sensational virtuosity and warm tone that is straight as a die, and Il Pomo d’oro supports brilliantly. "   The Guardian praise...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, July, 2017 In August PENTATONE is releasing  some very exciting albums: Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel sparkle in a...

"Vladimir Jurowski delivers an absolutely stunning account that vividly captures the work’s drama and emotional intensity" BBC Music Magazine on Schnittke’s 3rd Symphony   ...

" I hear the piece a little differently now, and love it a little more, and what more can a recording do? "   The Gramophone wrote a good review about our recording of  AKOKA per...

"...Every time I hear the Calder, the ensemble seems to have reached a new level. That remains true, and now only the stars are the limit, as the Calder takes its place as one of America’s most satisfyi...

" Bach’s music is not a museum piece. Living in modern times, we have full rights to use the full scale of modern means of expression in order to translate to the listener the outstanding grandeur ...

"Those musicians from the WDR Symphony of Cologne find the charm, the abandonment and the poetry that the Mandelring was lacking...They give an infinite sensuality to the abundant lyricism, finding everywhe...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, June, 2017 In July PENTATONE is releasing Bach’s Religious and Secular Works arrangements by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev; a new ‘Remastered Cla...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, May, 2017 In June, PENTATONE releases four very interesting additions to their catalogue: Getty’s The Canterville Ghost, the third opera of the cr...

" Pentatone has given Denis Kozhukhin a beautifully warm acoustic for this Brahms recording, setting his performances in the best possible light. "   Gramophone praised our latest rele...

" Wilde has given us one, in  short  story form, of unique beauty and genius. We laugh and cry, and are enriched. I added music, and some words, with the same intention. " ...

" Moser offers a performance that combines sensitivity, agility and brilliance, while Manze and the Suisse Romande Orchestra are consistently on the ball. "   We are proud to share wit...

PENTATONE is pleased to announce a multiple-release collaboration with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL), and their conductor, rising star Gustavo Gimeno . The first two titles of the series, Bruc...

"Lisa Delan’s steam-whistle howl at the end of hist…whist is highly idiomatic."   Our release of " OUT OF THE SHADOWS: REDISCOVERED AMERICAN ART SONGS " performed ...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, April, 2017 In May, PENTATONE releases include these three new albums: Manuel de Falla’s richly evocative music erupts in a riot of colour in a vibrant...

" In this performance Manze and the NDRP play it brilliantly. Everything’s very lively. Rhythms snap. The lyrical writing sings. Inner voices – whether viola countermelodies or woodwind descants...

" Elgar’s dark Cello Concerto brings a performance from Moser that is mercurial, imaginative and, unsurprisingly, more obviously heart-on-sleeve.. "   The Guardian wrote a...

"Johannes Moser and Andrei Korobeinikov bring both muscle and imagination to these two epic Russian sonatas."   Johannes Moser 's latest album,   Rachmaninoff & P...

" What can be said of Manze’s Mendelssohn? It is excellent. Inspired, spiritual, based on a solid structural foundation, and with plenty of attention to detail without losing sight of the conceptual a...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands,  March, 2017 In April, PENTATONE releases three very diverse albums: Haydn Symphonies played by the Oregon Symphony under the baton of Carlos Kalmar; AKOKA (a ...

One of our upcoming releases in April is PENTATONE Oxingale " AKOKA " performed by the talented cellist,  Matt Haimovitz  together with clarinetist  David Krakauer . AKOKA was inspi...

" The stylish pianist copes with the well-known musical narrations op. 10 with subtle delicacy, clear sketching and sensual dramaturgy. Emotion and form in perfect harmony. " Spiegel Online...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands,  February, 2017 In March the charismatic Colombian Maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Dvorak’s best loved symphony to complete the series of D...

"Both soloist and orchestra play with bright zest. The final Allegro shows the best interplay between virtuosic cello playing and lively orchestral passages. The cello sounds suitably grand as the music tri...

We are honoured to announce that one of our  American Opera Series,  The Ghosts of Versailles  won multiple awards for the  59th Grammy Awards  that were held on February 12th, 2017! J...

"Delan has a light voice... her musicianship and responsiveness to the text are never in question. Kevin Korth provides superb support, full of colour and character. The recorded sound is up to Pentatone'...

"Recorded in glowing sound that feels astonishingly lifelike... this recital is something of a triumph for violinist Arabella Steinbacher."   Arabella Steinbacher 's latest album, &q...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands,  January 19th, 2017 This new year starts with three strong new releases for PENTATONE: autumnal reflections of Brahms’s piano music in the new release of...

"We have become used to the excellence of the discs of this cultivated musician (Johannes Moser), but he finds here a partner on his level, another notoriously gifted individual with a boiling brain: Andrei ...

One of our upcomg releases in february is the " Elgar & Tchaikovsky " performed by the talented cellist, Johannes Moser together with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande , under the baton of Andrew Man...

In February, we will release a new album of Brahms Ballades and Fantasies performed by our exclusive artist, Denis Kozhukhin . Bold, turbulent defiance sit alongside pained introspection and bittersweet reverie ...

"Mari and Momo Kodama grew up hearing The Nutcracker. That deep familiarity gives their performance of the suite... particular sparkle and style."   We are proud to share with you that ou...

In February, the new release of ' On My Journey Now ' by the gifted baritone Lester Lynch will be released. Lester Lynch personally chose and arranged the songs in this release, each with a particular acc...

"An extraordinary collection of releases."   Our re-release of Russian Violin Concerto received another wonderful review from Audiophile Audition . This remarkable album marks the rec...

"She is... making the most of the fund of melodies, playing in high-Romantic style with a rich vibrato and abundant expression."   Arabella Steinbacher 's l...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, December 1st, 2016   PENTATONE is proud to announce that the first two titles of the American Opera Series, The Ghosts of Versailles and Cold Mountain, rec...

We are thrilled to announce that our first two titles of the American Opera Series, The Ghosts of Versailles and Cold Mountain, both received multiple nominations for the 59th Grammy Awards that will be held in F...

We are proud to share with you that our release of Richard Straus - Ein Heldenleben/ Macbeth is chosen to be the Recording of the Month on MusicWeb International. The review praised the brilliant performance of...

Opera News wrote an extensive review on our release of the widely praised and unique box set of Wagner's complete Ring des Nibelungen. The Ring is performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin , and condu...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, October 1st, 2016 The highlighted November albums include unique collaborations with outstanding artists. Sisters Mari Kodama and Momo Kodama release their first al...

Our release of  Dvořák - Slavonic Rhapsodies & Symphonic Variations got a lovely review from HRAudio.net! The album, performed by PKF - Prague Philharmonia and conducted by Jakub Hrůša ...

Today, the brilliantly talented conductor Lawrence Foster turns 75. We can't let this day go by without a few mentions of the rich and colourful oeuvre of this wonderful musician. At age 75, Foster is still ful...

We are very happy to announce that our release of Tyberg - Masses is Recording of the Month at Musicweb International! The album, performed by South Dakota Chorale and Christopher Jacobson and conducted by Bri...

For their release of Tchaikovsky - Ballet Suites Transcribed for Piano Duo sisters Mari Kodama and Momo Kodama have shared some exclusive insights on their album and their unique collaboration!  Workin...

Another loving review from Audiophile Audition! Overtures to Bach, by our Artist of the Season Matt Haimovitz is heartily recommended by the magazine. According to the review ' 'this is a wonderful ...

Renaud Loranger has been appointed Vice President for Artists and Repertoire at PENTATONE. He takes up his new role on November 1st. His mission will be to develop the label’s roster and expand its acti...

Last week, the widely praised conductor Sir Neville Marriner passed away at the age of 92. We are fortunate that he has left us so much beautiful music, so we are able to commemorate him properly. One of these b...

For the release of their album Rachmaninov / Prokofiev - Works for Cello and Piano, cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov have shared some thoughts on this beautiful new album and their un...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, October 1st, 2016 In October, our REMASTERED CLASSICS SERIES gets expanded with a wonderful new bird. The release features the Violin Concertos by Beethoven & B...

For the release of Marcel Tyberg - Masses, conductor Brian A. Schmidt shared some exclusive insights on the recording of the album. Together with South Dakota Chorale and organist Christopher Jacobson, Schmidt mana...

Today is the birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975). To celebrate the birthday of this wonderful composer we give a -20% discount on all his work in our catalog! This includes the Grammy-nominated release o...

''Were someone to ask me to suggest a disc to introduce them to the violin, I might well steer them in the direction of this one.'' Fantasies, Rhapsodies & Daydreams, the new album by t...

Jennifer Higdon has been interviewed by Limilight Magazine on the release of her first opera, Cold Mountain. The Pulitzer price winner can look back on a very succesfull project. As she recalls, she would not hav...

We are very pleased to share another 5 star review for our release of Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques, Poulenc: Les Biches, performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romand...

Today is the birthday of Antonin Dvorak (1841). To celebrate the birthday of this great composer, we have a special discount on all our Dvořák releases! Use voucher code DVORAK2016 to get a -20% disco...

Our release of Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams, performed by Arabella Steinbacher is received very positively by the international press! The album, recorded with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo ...

Our release of Jennifer Higdon 's Cold Mountain was awarded five out of five stars by Audiophile Auditions! As the review stresses: ''Sound is terrific, and the performances superb, especially the di...

We are very proud to share this wonderful review of our release of  Roussel - Bacchus & Ariane / Debussy - Six Épigraphes Antiques / Poulenc - Les Biches , performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Roman...

The well praised release of John Corigliano 's ''Ghosts of Versailles'' has been awarded with another great review! Opera Nederland gave the album a 5 out of 5 star rating. The review mentions...

Upcoming November, the debut album of star violinist Julia Fischer will be re-released in a great new design! The album contains Khachaturian / Prokofiev / Glazunov - Russian Violin Concertos, performed tog...

The latest release by our artist of the week Matt Haimovitz is greatly positive received by musical website Broadwayworld. The album ' Overtures to Bach ', contains different overtures, by six different ...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, August 1st, 2016 September is a month of great diversity, and great talent. Various outstanding releases will mark an important addition to the PENTATONE catalogue....

'Overtures to Bach', by our Artist of the Season Matt Haimovitz is CD of the Week on Dutch classical radio station NPO 4. The SACD, contributing arrangements by Philip Glass , Vijay Iver , Roberto Sier...

At the beginning of September, the new album 'Fantasies Rhapsodies and Daydreams'by the amazingly talented Arabella Steinbacher will be released worldwide, however it is already available for pre-order on...

We are very proud to share that our release of  CORIGLIANO: The Ghosts of Versailles is chosen as Critic's Choice on Opera News! The album was released on April 1st and has since been mainly praised. ...

At the starting day of the Bayreuther Festspiele, the grand festival particularly for Wagner, Dutch national newspaper 'Trouw' comes with a two page article on the Wagner Ring Box Set by PENTATONE. For the ...

''A fabulous instrument, superbly played and recorded; an absolute must for organ fans.'' Christopher Jacobson's release of The Aeolian Organ at Duke University is made release of the...

We proudly present another great review for our release of Cold Mountain, by Pullitzer prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon . The review, by Musicweb International, emphasise that the release  ''is...

Last week, talented cellist  Johannes Moser has finished his succesful tour in New Zealand. During three weeks, Moser has travveled to various cities, performing Dvorak and the LALO Cello Concerto, together w...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, July 1st, 2016 The summer of 2016 will be dedicated to the classics! PENTATONE will present four albums in July and August , including 3 albums in the REMASTERED C...

''In today's challenging market, theirs is an inspiring story'' We are delighted to announce our recent  Label of the Year  award by the Naxos Music Group. The prize wa...

This summer, PENTATONE is offering an exclusive Global Discount of 20% on all products in the PENTATONE webshop!  Buy products such as new release s, remastered classics , PENTATONE Oxingale series and exc...

''Recorded over two and a half days most of the sessions took place late at night after Duke’s Campus had gone to sleep to avoid excessive noise and tourist traffic. Producer Blanton Alspaugh, Engine...

''It is understandable that PENTATONE would wish to mark the signing of their new star maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada with a release to showcase his considerable musical and interpretive talents, s...

''These are quite good and straight performances by Orozco-Estrada and the Houston players. It’s a contrast to some of the Leonard Bernstein performances of Dvorak that are filled with passion (some...

‘’This hugely enjoyable and beautifully recorded programme could easily have been subtitled 'a journey from fantasy to irony'. (...) Kazuki Yamada and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande revel ...

"Much of this comes across on the present recording, in which there is, technically, more than a little to admire. The recorded sound is bright and lively. Balances between voices and orchestra are excelle...

"Corigliano is at his most inspired in lively, spirited music, whether it’s the swift strings depicting Figaro running from his debtors or the energetic rhythms of Samira’s cabaletta." ...

"Listening to Kozhukhin, you’re left with one thing: the music – incontestable, complete.  Sinaisky and the Berliners are fully complicit in this endeavour, providing accompaniments of ext...

“In the hands of Andrés Orozco […] the sound of these two symphonies was energized where necessary, lyrical where possible and compelling. He dispenses rubato with care, pulls the tension nic...

"Lawrence Foster's interpretation... offers all juicy music theater's culinary, an operatic musical treat." Our latest release of Johann Strauss Jr - Der Zigeunerbaron performed by N...

"With Yamada, there is no roughness and the 'clumsiness' is adorably elegant."   We are proud to share with you that our release of " RUSSIAN DANCES Tchaikovsky Suite from S...

"To have that performance preserved in a recording of this quality is, for this composer, a dream come true."   One of our albums of American Operas Series , " The Ghosts of Versail...

"Helped by the responsiveness of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and PENTATONE's awesomely precise recording, the conductor unearths an astonishing amount of detail at relatively spacious tempi." ...

"The latest addition to PENTATONE offers an extremely colorful and yet kaleidoscopic picture of Tchaikovsky's melodic and instrumental inventiveness."   Our upcoming release of &q...

Press release:  Baarn, The Netherlands, 1 March 2016 IN MARCH 2016  PENTATONE, the classical music label specialising in high-end surround sound recordings, will present four albums with repe...

"What brings this bewildering diversity of music together is Haimovitz’s unstoppably committed, enthusiastic playing, superbly controlled in tone, attack, vibrato and more..." We are proud t...

Our release of Vivaldi - 6 Bassoon Concertos with  Gustavo Núñez  and  Academy of St Martin in the Fields received a charming review from De Volkskrant ! This album combines s...

"Jakub Hrůša's performances of all five works are splendidly vital, stylish and beautifully shaped."   PENTATONE latest release of  Dvořák: Overtures with  P...

Press release: Baarn, The Netherlands, 1 February 2016 IN FEBRUARY 2016 PENTATONE, the classical music label specialising in high-end surround sound recordings, will present four albums with repertoire rang...

"This is a lovely performance-sensitive, very well played, shapely and effortless."   We received a great review about our release of " Gustav Mahler Symphony No.4 " with Ne...

"Haimovitz gives thoughtful and well-considered performances of these seminal works in resonant sound that captures his baroque cello and cello piccolo in terrific sonics." We received another...

"These Russian musicians seem to have the edge on Scriabin and are truly inspired thruout. The work is full of luscious sensuality and big climaxes."   We are proud to share with yo...

PENTATONE Recordings are nominated for The 58th Grammys Award We are thrilled to share with you that our releases are nominated for the 58th Grammys Award that will be held in February 2016! The nomin...

"The cellist....plays exceptionally beautiful." We are honored that our PENTATONE OXINGALE series release of  Orbit – Music for Solo Cello”(1945 – 2014)  with&n...

We are thrilled to announce that Johannes Moser 's " Dvorak and Lalo Cello Concertos " Music Video is nominated in the International Music Video Festival of Paris! International Music Video Fes...

Press release: Baarn, The Netherlands, 5 November 2015 PENTATONE, the classical music label specialising in high-end surround sound recordings, unveils its plans for the year 2016, including an American O...

"This is the most exciting Tchaikovsky cycle out there, and it beats the earlier DG set both for thrills and for the quality of the recorded sound." We are thrilled to share with you that our...

WIN a signed copy of  Johannes Moser  new album " Dvorak & Lalo Cello Concerto " with  Jakub Hrůša Conductor  and  PKF - Prague Philharmonia ! ...

" The new PENTATONE recording (this company is knocking it out of the park, audiophile-wise) is beautifully natural. Just the right amount of resonance to enhance the cello tone and not to drown it. "...

"Moser captures the essence of the piece as well as can be imagined and Hrůša’s accompaniment is all one could ask with the orchestra incisive and jubilant. Pentatone’s engineering is not...

"It is an outstanding tribute to Skryabin in his centenary year."   We are thrilled to share with you that our release of " Scriabin Symphony No.1 and the Poem of Ecstasy " w...

This month, we want to celebrate the "Label of the month" award from primephonic with a 20% discoun t on all our physical products on our webshop. We believe that some of our recent releases would look&n...

“ The recording always was praised for its sonic quality but now, in this first release of the multi-channel original, we can enjoy it in stunning audio. ” One of PENTATONE’s REMASTERE...

Press release: Baarn, The Netherlands, 6 October 2015 PENTATONE, the classical music label specialising in high-end surround sound recordings, adds four valuable recordings to its catalogue in October. ...

"Orbits" develops as a grand melodic statement that takes advantage of all of Haimovitz's tonal wares. Glass builds his piece around a potent descending figure that is muscular and complete with a ...

We are delighted to share with you that PENTATONE is chosen as the "Label of the Month" on the online platform for premium classical music,  primephonic ! primephonic is a classical music digi...

Press release: Baarn, The Netherlands, 30 September 2015   PENTATONE is delighted to announce the launch of its collaboration with rising star, pianist Denis Kozhukhin .   "...

“It is enough to know, in my opinion, that this amazing – and sometimes exhausting to listen to – collection is musically impressive and challenging and displays an immense variety of music.&rd...

"... this new version is up there with the best of them and could happily serve as a credible first choice"   Johannes Moser's debut album at PENTATONE - 'Dvořák & Lalo - ...

“In this fascinating three-disc survey of music for solo cello written since the end of World War II, this ferociously talented cellist bring his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast varie...

“Marc Albrecht’s account is joyful and refreshing, rich in dynamics with fast and brisk tempos that turn the famous final Rondo alla zingarese in a breath taking orchestral firework.” &nbs...

“Imperious, broad of line, and intentionally flexible..” The latest PENTATONE release of " Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky – Violin Concertos " with Arabella Steinbacher , Cha...

"Male voices – here the superlative men of the Berlin Radio Choir – begin a capella and, in the second number, manage supreme pianissimos. Janowski's Domestica is up there among the best...yo...

Our "Beethoven, Period" was selected by Gramophone in the top 10 recordings of most highly-regarded new Beethoven releases.   We are very proud that our "Beethoven, Period" ...

"Haimovitz takes the listener on a musical odyssey through time and space, from minimalism to maximalism, tonal to atonal, folk to avant-garde, abstract to narrative, and everything in between." &...

Press release: Baarn, The Netherlands, 27 August 2015 AUGUST RECAP. In August PENTATONE, the classical music label that specialises in high-end surround sound recordings, presented an eclectic collection of...

"Pletnev's pace and grasp of the sonic landscape are bang on the money, and the members of the orchestra give it all they've got, and project a moment of expressive elation like no other." ...

"But it's this idea that if you're passionate about something, you stick with it and share it. You find a way to share it" - Matt Haimovitz We have the pleasure to share with you an amaizi...

“Beguiling: he ( Mikhail Pletnev ) doesn’t push the music, rather he lets it unfold.”  - Len Mullenger Over the last couple of months, since the release of the album " Sc...

"Haimovitz delivers the bill-paying skills throughout in this considerable, and impressive, retrospective"   Our latest PENTATONE OXINGALE release "Orbit " with Matt Hai...

"The perfect combination of immaculate performance with impeccable PENTATONE sound quality can only result in a magical musical experience ." A great review about our ‘ Mahler – S...

"The performance sounds just as one might hope, never lagging, never sentimentalized, never hurried (...) It has a timeless beauty about it that is hard to resist." An emotional and charmin...

"Is it worth purchasing? Most definitely yes. Nothing here will seriously disappoint and much of it is absolutely top class."   A great and meticulous review of our 'Bruckner -...

"Marc Albrecht's taut performance of this fascinating piece is delivered with great sensitivity and careful attention to dynamics, while the luminous recording is tinglingly atmospheric." &nbs...

Baarn, The Netherlands, 20 July 2015 . PENTATONE, the classical music label specializing in high-end surround sound recordings, is proud to release two outstanding albums. PENTATONE is excited to present a rec...

"...this performance is both fluid and taut, the music’s colours gleaming and shimmering… an outstanding tribute to Skryabin in his centenary year." An wonderful review about ...

Collector Box Set with the RNO and Mikhail Pletnev      Between February 2011 and March 2014, we released a highly acclaimed cycle of recordings of the complete symphonies by Peter Il...

"Do we need another Shostakovich symphony? Yes we do, and especially this one! As for the third element, we owe, once again, much to the Pentatone engineers for transmitting the wide dynamics without th...

"It is very much to be hoped that this superb recording is a fore-runner of a complete SACD cycle of the Scriabin Symphonies for PENTATONE." An authentic and honest review of the ' Scria...

  "By the end of the evening, the audience was thoroughly blown away and their hands were throbbing with pain after multiple curtain calls" We are extremely proud that the  Russian N...

"Heavens, what an experience. In fact I’m certain you won’t hear a more powerful or persuasive account of this piece any time soon."  We are delighted that our Alexander Scria...

"...this performance brilliantly transmits with sharp characterisation of the thematic material, dramatic momentum and a luminous orchestral sound. There is luminosity, too, in the singing and playing of Di...

"No grandstanding, no exaggeration. This is just refined, instinctive playing." Our latest release 'Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky - Violin Concertos'   with Arabella Steinbac...

“This year she has found her stride and she’s fast become one of the most interesting violinists of today.” Baarn, The Netherlands, 26 June 2015 . Arabella Steinbacher , exclusively reco...

"The men of the Rundfunkchor Berlin are magnificent, with such a wide range of tone and dynamics, from the ringing splendour of the very opening of the piece to their hushed, tender sound in the work’s...

Gramophone Magazine has published the longwaited list of the nominees running for the "Artist of the year 2015". The tough selection resulted in 10 talented musicians who particularly shined in the ...

"She captures that protean work’s playful classicism and its mournful ruminative side, while compellingly demonstrating its masterly construction and making one realise – like the Khachaturian...

"The music remains as fresh and charming as ever in this lively performance." An exceptional review about our latest release ' Spirit of the American Range ' with Carlos Kalmar and Oregon S...

"This is an excellent performance of the Khachaturian that can stand with the finest competition, which includes versions by Antonín Jemelik, Mindru Katz, Dickran Atamian and Constantine Orbelian."...

"This new recording with Paavo Järvi and the same orchestra has keen competition, but it holds up well." We are very happy to receive many positive reactions towards our latest release of '...

"That neglect is remedied with this overwhelming performance, as orgiastic as the composer might have wished." A very brief yet incredible review of our latest release ' Scriabin-Symphony No.1 &am...

"There need be no reservations as to the quality of the performance and interpretation; this is now a leading choice for the ‘Leningrad’." Our latest Shostakovich release ' Shostakovic...

"Beautifully played with total technical comment" Good week for PENTATONE as we received many praises for our new releases. This is a short review from Classical CD Review about our remastered cl...

Baarn, The Netherlands, 3 June 2015. PENTATONE, the classical music label specialising in high-end surround sound recordings, releases two albums featuring outstanding artists and captivating repertoire. J...

"Fascinating music that will doubtless be new to most" A short praise from Classical CD Review for our new release ' De Profundis: Compositions for Orchestra and Choir ' with Metropolitan H...

"Järvi takes exactly what many listeners now consider to be the right approach in current perceptions of the work: that is to say, lean, sinewy and free of bombast" Another incredible short revie...

"In fact, this performance is more nuanced than some, with larger dynamic contrasts than many players allow themselves." The latest review of our release 'PENTATONE OXINGALE SERIES Beethoven, Per...

"A most enthusiastic recommendation is warranted for this release." We would like to share a wonderful review of our latest release ' Richard Strauss - Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten Fo...

"I particularly like Fischer and Helmchen in the finale, playful but utterly focused." We have received our first review of the month of June and we are happy to see our release have made another good...

"The dreamy slow movement was equally fine, and demonstrated the maturity of Moser as an interpretive musician: the nuances of his tone beautifully expressed the inner emotions of the music." On the 8...

"The sound quality on these SACDs is wonderful and, by all accounts, this was one of Ozawa’s finest moments with his orchestra that, at the time, was correctly considered one of the “top five.&rdqu...

This year, the  Russian National Orchestra  celebrates 25 years as one of Russia’s leading ensembles and one of the world’s top orchestras. Since its 1990 Moscow première, the orch...

" This is as worthwhile a Wagnerian offering as you are going to see in 20 Years ." A Short outstanding review of our complete set of ' Richard Wagner-The Operas ' with maestro Marek Janows...

"Järvi and his engineers offer ruthless clarity and precision, exposing a rogue E flat clarinet with a flash of the theme at one point (never heard that before) and lacerating flutter-tongued trumpets as ...

"The cantata disc is counterbalanced by a PENTATONE one of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, done purposely with the Russian National Orchestra because it is an ensemble that 'k...

"Steinbacher gives each passage, each phrase, its individuality. A top-class recording enhances the sensation of keen participation. " Gramophone nominated their Top 10 recent Mozart recordings an...

"its huge surges of sound brilliantly handled by Pentatone's engineers who provide a much clearer focus that the comparatively muffled acoustics on the rival BIS recording" The first review for th...

Baarn, The Netherlands, 29 April, 2015. PENTATONE, the classical music label that specialises in high-end surround sound recordings, announces the release of three impressive new recordings, produced as always wi...