Quarterly Critic’s Choice
The best and most interesting new releases of the previous three months are awarded a place on the Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Evaluation criteria are artistic quality, repertoire value, presentation, and sound quality. From 2014 onward, the Long Lists are stored directly with each Quarterly Critic’s Choice.
Historical Recordings
475 years of the Staatskapelle Dresden
»100 years of recordings« – works by R. Strauss, Wagner, Brahms, Borodin, Tschaikowsky and others. Fritz Busch, Rudolf Kempe, Karl Böhm, Kurt Sanderling, Joseph Keilberth, Herbert Blomstedt, Bernard Haitink, Christian Thielemann and others. 10 CDs, Profil PH23007 (Profil Medien)
The considerable success of the »Edition Staatskapelle Dresden« is thanks not least to project manager Steffen Lieberwirth and sound engineer Holger Siedler. With their meticulous attention to detail, both have demonstrated, in exemplary fashion, just how attractive and creative the preparation of historical material can be for today’s listeners. This journey through 100 years of recording history is not only a pleasure because of the Staatskapelle and its great conductors (from Fritz Busch to Rudolf Kempe and Franz Konwitschny to Christian Thielemann), but also because of the lovingly-designed booklet. For the jury: Thomas Voigt