Audite

audite Musikproduktion is an independent classical music record label run by recording engineer Ludger Böckenhoff. Founded in Stuttgart in 1973, AUDITE merged with the Fermate label in 2000,[1] relocating to Detmold in the process, where it is still based today. AUDITE („Listen!“, imperative plural of the Latin verb audire = to listen) Musikproduktion is an international provider of classical music sound carriers.

History

The AUDITE label was founded by Friedrich Mauermann in Stuttgart in 1973. Brother of the former manager of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erich Mauermann, he established his reputation primarily by releasing archive recordings of the Mahler Symphonies under the chief conductor of the time, Rafael Kubelík. In 2000, Mauermann transferred the AUDITE label to Ludger Böckenhoff, who had owned his own music production company, Fermate, since 1991. As a result of the merger, the label was renamed AUDITE Musikproduktion.

Repertoire and Awards

Starting from the live recordings of the Mahler Symphonies with Rafael Kubelík and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra which originally represented AUDITE’s core repertoire, the label has gradually developed two focal points whilst maintaining its objective of making available to the public noteworthy repertoire in outstanding interpretations.

Historical archive recordings, issued in close collaboration with the respective broadcasting corporations, remain one of AUDITE’s cornerstones. New releases are the other core area, including complete editions (such as Shostakovich String Quartets, Beethoven String Quartets, Edvard Grieg’s and Robert Schumann's Complete Symphonic Works, Louis Vierne’s Organ Symphonies or Felix Mendelssohn’s Complete Chamber Music for Strings) as well as new discoveries such as the works of Mendelssohn’s pupil Eduard Franck and his son, Richard Franck.

AUDITE’s current catalogue comprises more than 350 titles in CD, SACD and LP formats, available across the globe via respective distributors; in addition, AUDITE releases are available on download and streaming platforms.

AUDITE’s recordings have won many awards, including the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik,[2] the Cannes Classical Award, the Midem Classical Award,[3] the International Classical Music Award,[4] the Diapason d’Or and Gramophone Editor’s Choice. In 2013, AUDITE was voted Label of the Year by the jury of the International Classical Music Awards.[5]

Artists and Ensembles

Artists and ensembles/orchestras who have recorded for AUDITE include:[6]

Artists of archive recordings

Conductors, singers, instrumentalists and ensembles re-released as part of AUDITE’s archive recordings include:[7]

Links

References

  1. ↑ Concerto: Das Magazin für Alte Musik -2000 - Volume 17 - p44 "(Ostfildern) Nach über 25 Jahren zieht sich Friedrich Mauermann mit seinem Label »audite« vom Schallplattenmarkt zurück. Die Programmatik von »audite« versprechen aber seine Nachfolger Agnes und Ludger Böckenhoff mit vergleichbar imperativen Impetus fortzusetzen - sind sie doch die Inhaber des Labels »Fermate«."
  2. ↑ Alm. "Bestenliste Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik".
  3. ↑ Midem Classical Award für "Edition Friedrich Gulda – The early RIAS recordings" (PDF; 4,0 MB)
  4. ↑ "Gewinner des International Classical Music Awards". ICMA.
  5. ↑ Urkunde
  6. ↑ "AUDITE-Künstler".
  7. ↑ "AUDITE-Künstler".