Margarita Slepakova spoke to Kai Luehrs-Kaiser for the German magazine Oper! about her debut album Semele, recorded with her ensemble Le Sommeil. The Polish-Russian coloratura mezzo-soprano recalls how she began as a soprano,
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November 12, 2026
BBC Music Magazine: Five Stars for Rafael Payare’s Ravel and Stravinsky
We are delighted to share that Rafael Payare and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s recording of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Stravinsky’s The...
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November 12, 2026
Pianist & organist James McVinnie explores the music of Philip Glass
In celebration of Philip Glass’ 90th birthday, organist and pianist James McVinnie presents Glass Diptych, a new album exploring the remarkable breadth of...
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November 11, 2026
Inon Barnatan’s Schubert Piano Sonatas highlighted in K-WAY’s Ski 2026 campaign
Music by pianist Inon Barnatan has been featured in the new K-WAY Ski 2026 collection campaign. The video advertisement, presented by the French outerwear...
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November 11, 2026
Our Pick of the Month for November: Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Our wonderful Operations and A&R Coordinator, Alice Lombardo, has selected Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7, performed by Semyon Bychkov and the...
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November 10, 2026
Rafael Payare & OSM cover Gramophone Magazine’s November issue
Our release of Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé & Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps featuring Rafael Payare and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is Gramophone...
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November 10, 2026
PENTATONE’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations Continue in New York City
This past Tuesday, we celebrated the New York edition of our anniversary celebrations at National Sawdust. The evening was filled with extraordinary music,...
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November 10, 2026
The Classical Source: Five Stars for Signum Quartett’s ‘The Earth Trembled’
Signum Quartett’s The Earth Trembled, with quartets, songs and fragments by Janáček and Vítězslava Kaprálová, has been awarded five stars by The...
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November 10, 2026
The 2027 ICMA nominations have been announced!
We’re delighted to announce that 14 PENTATONE releases have been nominated for the 2027 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). We are grateful for this...
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November 10, 2026
Scherzo on Francesco Piemontesi’s Brahms: “Elegance and a Balance between Drive and Lyricism”
Luis Suñén has reviewed Francesco Piemontesi’s Brahms album with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Manfred Honeck for the Spanish magazine Scherzo, and...
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November 05, 2026
Zhenni Li-Cohen, Marin Alsop and the ORF RSO bring Bortkiewicz to light with world-premiere recording
Per Aspera ad Astra presents the world-premiere commercial recording of Bortkiewicz’s Rhapsody, Op. 45. Originally commissioned by the legendary one-armed...
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November 03, 2026
Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata earns five stars from Ritmo
Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata has been awarded five stars, the magazine’s top rating, by the Spanish magazine Ritmo, in a review by Pedro Coco. The review...
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November 03, 2026
Charlotte Hu’s ‘Goyescas’ receives top rating from Diapason
Charlotte Hu’s Goyescas has earned five diapasons, the magazine’s top rating, in the French magazine Diapason, in a review by Bertrand Boissard....
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