Audite  10.012

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Demos/Samplers

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major Op. 29, Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Op. 103

Anna Malikova (piano)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Thomas Sanderling (conductor)


The basic issues concerning the recording of classical music remained unchanged for several decades. The first problem to be considered and solved was the inadequate quality of sound reproduction, but soon those involved ceased to be hampered by the limitations of recording techniques and were fully able to realize their own conceptions of how they wanted the music to sound.

The leap from CD stereo to SACD Surround Sound represented another significant step forward. These newly emerging media will, however, be unable to effect any further relevant improvements. Their advantages are only seen to the full in the context of video productions. Those of us who prefer not to be distracted by pictures do not profit from these technical progress.

So don’t let yourself to be confused by the daily advertisements for new formats! The basic issues concerning the presentation and recording of music are no longer determined by the medium, but only by the way performers and producers want the music to sound.

audite does not intend to join the race for new formats; it will continue to work with SACD.

Our new catalogue invites you to discover a variety of approaches to interpretation and tonal presentation – on mp3 download as well as on SACD. Haydn under the baton of Fricsay, or forgotten composers such as Richard Franck; Fischer-Dieskau’s first recording of Die schöne Magelone or a Rathgeber mass in an authentic period performance… the choice is yours.

Ludger Böckenhoff