With the complete recording of the Beethoven symphonies released earlier this year on Sony Classical, Antonello Manacorda and the Kammerakademie Potsdam have been celebrating a coup. The recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th and 6th symphonies, released in October 2023 has now been awarded the Opus Klassik in the category “Best Symphonic Recording” and the complete cycle has been selected as Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice: “Beethoven (…) intended each of his symphonies, at least from the Eroica onwards, to be a dynamic, transformative experience. For me this superbly played and recorded set – fiery, punchily disruptive, yet caring for the long lyrical line – makes his point.”