November 23, 2021

Beethoven Fidelio receives the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

The German Record Critics’ Prize has published the fourth quarterly list of the year 2021. The PdSK’s 158 critics of the PdSK, divided into 32 specialist juries, have surveyed all new releases of audio recordings on the market from the last quarter and put 260 titles on the long-list. From this pool of nominees, 26 winning titles have now made it onto the critic’s choice list.

Beethoven Fidelio has been awarded the prestigious “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” prize in the category of Opera Music from Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.

“…The result, created in the concert hall of the house, is a flawlessly well-rounded interpretation with leading German and German-speaking representatives from all roles, which Janowski, using his unique stringency and clarity, endows with a gripping dramatic breath.”

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