The German Record Critics’ Prize has published the first quarterly list of 2025. This ‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik’ e.V.is an independent association of160 music critics and journalists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The currently 160 critic-judges of the PdSK, divided into 32 specialist juries, have selected the following winning titles for the best list from the new releases on the sound carrier market in the last quarter 2024:
Classical Song and Vocal Recital
‘Sacro furore’ – Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus, In furore, Concerti RV 129, 157 & 169. Carlo Vistoli, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit. harmonia mundi HMM 902383 (harmonia mundi/Bertus)
Early Music
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli: Violin Sonatas Op. 3 & 4. Il Rosario: Daniel Sepec, Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Michael Behringer. 2 CDs, Coviello Classics COV 92421 (rated 1)
Opera
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide. Judith van Wanroij, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Cyrille Dubois, Tassis Christoyannis, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin. 2 CDs, Alpha Classics 1073 (Naxos)
Keyboard instruments
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530. Aart Bergwerff. 2 SACDs, Challenge Classics CC72992 (Bertus)
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