The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden

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classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British '' Gramophone'' magazine. The Diapason d'Or de l'Année (; en, "Golden Tuning Fork of the Year") is a more prestigious award, decided by a jury comprising critics from ''Diapason'' and broadcasters from

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, and is comparable to the United Kingdom's

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Diapason d'Or de l'année 2007

Philippe Jaroussky Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing. Unusually for a countertenor ...

: Vivaldi Opera Arias.

Jean-Christophe Spinosi Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born 2 September 1964) is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of French orchestra Ensemble Matheus. Life and career In 1991 he created the Ensemble Matheus in Brest, an orchestra which accompanies him through ...

, Ensemble Matheus. Virgin Classics

Diapason d'Or de l'année 2008

Marc-André Hamelin Marc-André Hamelin, OC, CQ (born September 5, 1961), is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer. Hamelin is recognized worldwide for the originality and technical proficiency of his performances of the classic repertoire. He has received 11 Gr ...

Charles-Valentin Alkan Charles-Valentin Alkan (; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Lisz ...

, Concerto for solo piano; Troisième recueil de chants.

Hyperion Records Hyperion Records is an independent British classical record label. History Hyperion is an independent British classical label that was established in 1980 with the goal of showcasing recordings of music in all genres and from all time period ...

Jean-Guihen Queyras Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 11 March 1967, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule F ...

J. S. Bach, Cello Suites. Harmonia Mundi *

Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan. With this ensemble he is recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Swedish label BIS Records, for wh ...

: J. S. Bach,

Mass in B minor The Mass in B minor (), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach. The composition was completed in 1749, the year before the composer's death, and was to a large extent based on earlier work, such as a Sanctu ...

Peter Kooy Peter Kooij (or, internationally Kooy, born 1954, in Soest) is a Dutch bass singer who specializes in baroque music. Biography Kooij started his musical career at 6 years as a choir boy. However he started his musical studies as a violin stud ...

, Carolyn Sampson, BIS * Ensemble Pygmalion: J. S. Bach, Missae Breves, BWV 234 & 235. Alpha *

Rafał Blechacz Rafał Blechacz (; born 30 June 1985) is a Polish classical pianist who rose to fame after decisively winning the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2005. Biography Blechacz began piano lessons at the age of five, and enrolled in the ...

: Chopin, Préludes. DG *

Pierre Hantaï Pierre Hantaï (born 28 February 1964, Paris) is a French harpsichordist and conductor. Career The son of painter Simon Hantaï, he discovered the music of Johann Sebastian Bach when he was ten and first heard Gustav Leonhardt's recordings wh ...

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...

, ''Pièces de clavecin''. Mirare *

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (born 17 October 1962) is a French classical pianist. Education Bavouzet was born in Lannion, France and grew up in Metz. He started his music studies there, encountering successful composers including Iannis Xenakis, Oliv ...

Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2. Chandos *

and

Alexandre Tharaud Alexandre Tharaud (born 9 December 1968) is a French pianist. He is active on the concert stage and has released a large and diverse discography. Life and career Born in Paris, Tharaud discovered the music scene through his mother who was a danc ...

: Debussy & Poulenc – Cello Sonatas. Harmonia Mundi * Pierre-André Valade (conductor),

Hugues Dufourt Hugues Dufourt () is a French composer and philosopher associated with the spectral school of composition. Born in Lyon on September 28, 1943, Dufourt studied piano and composition at the Geneva Conservatory. Dufourt became co-director of the E ...

''Le Cyprès Blanc''

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra ( lb, Lëtzebuerger philharmoneschen Orchester, french: Orchestre philharmonique du Luxembourg), abbreviated to OPL, is a symphony orchestra based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The orchestra formerly perfor ...

Gérard Caussé Gérard Caussé (born 26 June 1948, Toulouse, France) is a French violist. He gave the first performance of the celebrated '' Ainsi la nuit'' quartet by Henri Dutilleux. The first movement of Gérard Grisey's celebrated work, ''Les Espaces Acous ...

(viola). Timpani *

Bruno Cocset Bruno Cocset (born in 1963 in France) is one of the most influential baroque cello players of this century. After studying in National Conservatory of Tours, he received classes from Anner Bylsma, Jaap Schröder and Christophe Coin. He has worked ...

, Luca Pianca, and Les Basses Réunies: Francesco Geminiani, Sonatas for violoncello with

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

. Alpha *

Jiří Bělohlávek Jiří Bělohlávek, (; 24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor. He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasio ...

: Janáček, '' The Excursions of Mr. Brouček'',

BBC Symphony Orchestra The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and is the only one of the city's five major symphony orchestras not to be self-governing. T ...

, DG * Jerusalem Quartet:

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

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Der Tod und das Mädchen "" (, "Death and the Maiden"), 531; Op. 7, No. 3, is a lied composed by Franz Schubert in February 1817. It was published by Cappi Diabelli in Vienna in November 1821. The text is derived from a poem written by German poet Matthias Claudius ...

''. Harmonia Mundi *

Leif Segerstam Leif Selim Segerstam ( , ; born 2 March 1944) is a Finnish conductor, composer, violinist, violist and pianist, especially known for writing 350 symphonies as of August 2022, along with other works in his extensive oeuvre. Segerstam has condu ...

Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...

, ''

Kullervo Kullervo () is an ill-fated character in the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the aftermath of the massacre of his entire tribe, he comes to realise that the same people who had brought him up, t ...

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Soile Isokoski Soile Marja Isokoski (born 14 February 1957) is a Finnish lyric soprano. She is an opera singer as well as a concert and lieder singer. Career Isokoski was born in Posio, Finland. She graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (a cantor ...

Tommi Hakala Tommi Hakala (born 9 August 1970) is a Finnish operatic baritone and winner of the 2003 BBC Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff. He was born in Riihimäki, Finland. Sources *BBC News BBC News is an operational business division o ...

YL Male Voice Choir YL Male Voice Choir (formerly: Helsinki University Chorus; fi, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat) was founded by P. J. Hannikainen in 1883 to become the choir of the Helsinki University. It is also the oldest Finnish-language choir. Nowadays the choir is ...

. Ondine. *

Mala Punica Mala Punica is an early music ensemble led by Pedro Memelsdorff.Lute Society of America Quarterly - Volumes 33-34 - Page 61 1998 In addition he performs with other groups specializing in many other eras, such as Pedro Memmelsdorf s Mala Punica. I ...

. ''Faventina: The liturgical music of Codex Faenza 117. Ambroisie * Historical Marcelle Meyer: Complete EMI recordings 1925–1957, EMI Classics (France) *

Measha Brueggergosman Measha Brueggergosman (née Gosman; June 28, 1977) is a Canadian soprano who performs both as an opera singer and concert artist. She has performed internationally and won numerous awards. Her recordings of both classical and popular music ha ...

: ''Surprise'' Cabaret Songs, DG * DVD

Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau (; 2 November 1944 – 7 October 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films '' La Reine Margot'' and ...

(director) Janáček, ''

From the House of the Dead ''From the House of the Dead'' () is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček. The libretto was translated and adapted by the composer from the 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was the composer's last opera, premiered on 12 April 1930 at ...

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Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mont ...

. DG

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2009

* Concerto Award –

Thomas Zehetmair Thomas Zehetmair (born 23 November 1961) is an Austrian violinist and conductor. Biography Zehetmair was born in Salzburg, and studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where both of his parents taught. His festival debut was at age 16. He was in mas ...

Bernd Alois Zimmermann Bernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera ''Die Soldaten'', which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. As a ...

''Canto Di Speranza''

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (German: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln) is a German radio orchestra based in Cologne, where the orchestra mainly performs at two concert halls: the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz and the Kölner Philharmonie. Histo ...

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Jonas Kaufmann Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recitalTommasini, Anthony (21 February 2014)"A Tenor Finds Energy ...

; "Romantic Arias"

Prague Philharmonic Orchestra The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1995, under the German conductor Friedemann Riehle. The orchestra has since produced many classical and film music recordings, working with labels such as Decca, EMI, Sony BMG and various in ...

Marco Armiliato Marco Armiliato (born 1967) is an Italian opera conductor. Born in Genoa, Italy, he graduated in piano from the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory in Genoa. After working for a few years as a piano master in several opera houses, he debuted as a c ...

Decca Decca may refer to: Music * Decca Records or Decca Music Group, a record label * Decca Gold, a classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group * Decca Broadway, a musical theater record label * Decca Studios, a recording facility in W ...

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Magdalena Kožená Magdalena Kožená (also Lady Rattle; ; born 26 May 1973) is a Czech mezzo-soprano. Early life Kožená was born in Brno in Czechoslovakia. Both her parents had come originally from Bohemia, to the west. She was born one of the two daughters o ...

; Martinů : ''

Julietta ''Juliette'' is an opera by Bohuslav Martinů, who also wrote the libretto, in French, based on the play ''Juliette, ou La clé des songes'' (''Juliette, or The Key of Dreams)'' by the French author Georges Neveux. A libretto in Czech was later pre ...

'', Czech Philharmonic,

Charles Mackerras Mackerras in 2005 Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; 1925 2010) was an Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with the Eng ...

Supraphon Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, oriented mainly towards publishing classical music and popular music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers. History The Supraphon name was first registered as a trademark in 1932. T ...

SU3994 * Jerusalem Quartet; Haydn: Quartets op. 20 n°5, op. 33 n°3 "L'Oiseau" op. 76 n°5

Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi is an independent record label which specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group. Its Latin name ''ha ...

Bernard Haitink Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to Lon ...

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Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

: Symphony No.8.

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

: Symphonie N.38

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden The Staatskapelle Dresden (known formally as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden) is a German orchestra based in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Founded in 1548 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it is one of the world's oldest and most highly re ...

. Profil PH07057 *

Philippe Herreweghe Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster. Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from Rena ...

;

Lassus Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Pales ...

: ''Cantiones sacrae.''

Collegium Vocale Gent Collegium Vocale Gent is a Belgian musical ensemble of vocalists and supporting instrumentalists, founded by Philippe Herreweghe. The group is dedicated to historically informed performance. Founding and program Collegium Vocale Gent was founded ...

. Harmonia Mundi *

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

;

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

: '' The Seasons''. DHM *

, piano;

Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conse ...

: "Avant Dernières Pensées". Harmonia Mundi *

Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Yurievna Mullova ( rus, Виктория Юрьевна Муллова, , vʲɪˈktorʲɪɪ̯ə ˈmuɫəvə; born 27 November 1959) is a Russian-born British violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number ...

and

Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola (born 7 July 1951, in Treviso) is an Italian violinist. Born in Treviso, he studied with his father, then with Luigi Ferro at the Venice Conservatory and afterwards with Nathan Milstein and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Chigia ...

;

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

: Concertos pour deux violons.

Archiv Produktion Archiv Produktion is a classical music record label of German origin. It originated in 1949 as a classical label for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (DGG), and in 1958 Archiv was established as a subsidiary of DGG, specialising in recording ...

. * Opera Award –

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La fida ninfa ''La fida ninfa'' (''The Faithful Nymph'', RV 714) is an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Scipione Maffei. The opera was first performed for the opening of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona on 6 January 1732.Michael Talbot The Vivaldi Co ...

''. soloists, Ensemble Matheus. Naïve OP30410 *

Mark Padmore Mark Padmore (born 8 March 1961) is a British tenor appearing in concerts, recitals, and opera. He was born in London on 8 March 1961, and raised in Canterbury, Kent, England. Padmore studied clarinet and piano prior to his gaining a choral ...

, tenor;

Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

: Songs.

Roger Vignoles Roger Vignoles (born 12 July 1945), is a British pianist and accompanist. He regularly performs with the world's leading singers, including Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Hampson, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Sarah Walk ...

(piano). Harmonia Mundi *

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of ...

; "Jerusalem". Hesperion XXI,

La Capella Reial de Catalunya ''La Capella Reial de Catalunya'' is a group of soloist singers with the aim of making the repertoire of Catalan historical music and, by extension, that of Spanish and other music widely known throughout the world. The group was formed in Barc ...

. Alia Vox AVSA9865 *

Iván Fischer Iván Fischer (born 20 January 1951) is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a musical family of Jewish heritage, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest. His older brother, Ádám Fisc ...

;

Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

: Symphonie n° 4. Miah Persson (soprano),

Budapest Festival Orchestra The Budapest Festival Orchestra ( Hungarian: ''Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar'') was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players", as ''The Times'' put it. Its aim was to mak ...

Channel Classics Channel Classics Records is a record label from the Netherlands, specializing in classical music. The managing director and producer is C. Jared Sacks, who grew up in Boston. Sacks was schooled as a professional horn player at the Oberlin Conserva ...

CCSSA26109 *

Rachel Podger Rachel Podger (born 1968 in England) is a British violinist and conductor specialising in the performance of Baroque music. Career Podger was born to a British father and a German mother. She was educated at a German Rudolf Steiner school then ...

; Mozart: Sonates pour violon et clavier, Vol. VII et VIII.

Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, a ...

(pianoforte and clavecin).

CCSSA28109 *

Cecilia Bartoli Cecilia Bartoli, Cavaliere OMRI (; born 4 June 1966) is an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist. She is best known for her interpretations of the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi, as well as for her ...

; "Sacrificium".

Il Giardino Armonico Il Giardino Armonico ("The Garden of Harmony") is an Italian ensemble well noted for its practice of Historically Informed Performance and founded in Milan in 1985 by Luca Pianca and Giovanni Antonini, primarily to play 17th- and 18th-century mus ...

Giovanni Antonini Giovanni Antonini (born 1965) is an Italian conductor and soloist on the recorder and baroque transverse flute. He studied in his native Milan, and attended the Civica Scuola di Musica in that city and the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva. In 1 ...

47815221 * Project Award – Villa-Lobos;

Chôros ''Chôros'' is the title of a series of compositions by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, composed between 1920 and 1929. Origin and conception The word ''chôro'' (; nowadays spelled simply ''choro'') is Portuguese for "weeping", "cry", ...

cycle.

John Neschling John Neschling is a Brazilian orchestral and operatic conductor. He was the musical director and the chief conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Symphony) from 1997 to 2008. He was the Artistic Director o ...

, BIS

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2010

* Artist of the year

;

Die schöne Müllerin ' (,"The Fair Maid of the Mill", Op. 25, D. 795), is a song cycle by Franz Schubert from 1823 based on 20 poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the first of Schubert's two seminal cycles (preceding ''Winterreise'')'','' and a pinnacle of ''Lied'' re ...

Helmut Deutsch Helmut Erich Deutsch (born 24 December 1945) is an Austrian classical pianist, specialising in chamber music and lieder accompaniment. Deutsch was born in Vienna, where he studied piano, composition and musicology at the Vienna Music Academy f ...

, Decca * Marc Minkowski;

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led ...

London Symphonies The London symphonies, sometimes called the Salomon symphonies after Johann Peter Salomon who introduced London to Joseph Haydn, were composed by Joseph Haydn between 1791 and 1795. They can be categorized into two groups: Symphonies Nos. 93–98, ...

Les Musiciens du Louvre Les Musiciens du Louvre (literally ''The Musicians of the Louvre'') is a French period instrument ensemble, formed in 1982. Originally based in Paris, since 1996 it has been based in the Couvent des Minimes in Grenoble. ''The Guardian'' considers ...

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

, Naïve *

Isabelle Faust Isabelle Faust (born 19 March 1972) is a German violinist who has worked internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She received multiple awards. Life and career Faust was born in Esslingen on 12 March 1972. She received her first vio ...

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J. S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, Violin sonatas and partitas,

Simon Trpčeski Simon Trpcheski (Simon Trpčeski), OMM ( mk, Симон Трпчески, ) (born September 18, 1979, in Skopje, Yugoslavia), is a Macedonian classical pianist. Trpčeski is the youngest of three children; his father was a judge and his mother a ...

Rachmaninov Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...

, Piano Concertos No.2 and 3,

Vasily Petrenko Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko (russian: Васи́лий Эдуа́рдович Петре́нко; born 7 July 1976) is a Russian-British conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra, music director of the Roy ...

, Avie *

Nelson Freire Nelson José Pinto Freire (; 18 October 19441 November 2021) was a Brazilian classical pianist. Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of his generation, he was noted for his "decorous piano playing" and "interpretive depth". His extensive di ...

, Chopin,

Nocturnes A nocturne is a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. History The term ''nocturne'' (from French ''nocturne'' 'of the night') was first applied to musical pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensembl ...

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech Republic, Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Pavel Haas, Haas and Leoš Janáček, Janáček won the 2007 Gramophone Award, ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamb ...

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

Quartets In music, a quartet or quartette (, , , , ) is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers; or a musical composition for four voices and instruments. Classical String quartet In classical music, one of the most common combinations o ...

* Pražák Quartet,

Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...

Evgeni Koroliov Evgeni Alexandrovich Koroliov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Королёв; born 1 October 1949, in Moscow) is a Russian classical pianist. Koroliov studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Since 1978 he has been a teacher at ...

, Praga *

, J. C. Bach, Arias ''La dolce fiamma,''

Virgin Classics Virgin Classics was a record label founded in 1988 as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Records. The unit, along with EMI Classics, was acquired by Universal Music in 2012 as part of the takeover of the EMI Group, however the terms of the Europea ...

Sergio Azzolini Sergio Azzolini (born 1967, in Bolzano) is an Italian bassoonist and music conductor. Early life Azzolini was born in Bolzano, Italy in 1967 and learned bassoon after his mother suggested being a musician would provide a long term job for him. ...

, Concertos for bassoon, L'aura soave, Naïve *

Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18 ...

Louis Couperin Louis Couperin (; – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the C ...

, ''Pièces de clavecin,'' Aparté *

Motets In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Marga ...

Bach Collegium Japan Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) is composed of an orchestra and a chorus specializing in Baroque music, playing on period instruments. It was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki with the purpose of introducing Japanese audiences to European Baroque music ...

, BIS * Contemporary –

Thierry Pécou Thierry Pécou (born 1965 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a modern French composer. Works *''L'homme armé'' *''Le Tombeau de Marc-Antoine Charpentier'' pour 3 chœurs à voix égales, orgue baroque, basse de viole, positif et cloches (1995) *''A Ci ...

, Jaguar symphony, Ensemble Zellig, Harmonia Mundi * Historical – Olivier Greif, ''Le rêve du monde'', INA mémoire vive * Debut –

Vittorio Grigolo Vittorio Grigolo (correctly Vittorio Grigòlo, born 19 February 1977) is an Italian operatic tenor. Early life Grigolo was born in Arezzo and raised in Rome. He began singing by the age of four. When he was nine years old he accompanied his mot ...

, ''The Italian Tenor'',

Sony Classics Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produc ...

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2011

I Fagiolini I Fagiolini is a British vocal ensemble specialising in early music and contemporary music. Founded by Robert Hollingworth at Oxford in 1986, the group won the UK Early Music Network’s Young Artists’ Competition in 1988 and a Royal Philharmon ...

, Robert Hollingworth: ''Striggio, Ecce beatam lucem''. Missa Ecco si beato Giorno, Decca (CD). *

Christian Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff (born 29 April 1966) is a German violinist. Biography Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. His parents were amateur musicians and met in a church choir. He began playing the violin and piano at the age of 6, and made his concert debu ...

(violin), Wiener Philharmoniker,

: ''Szymanowski, Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 3''. Deutsche Grammophon (CD). *

Monteverdi Choir The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the ''Vespro della Beata Vergine'' in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. A specialist Baroque ensemble, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic convic ...

, English Baroque Soloists,

John Eliot Gardiner Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Life and career Born in Fontmell Magna, Dorset, son of Rolf Gardiner and Marabel Hodgkin, Ga ...

: ''Bach, Cantates, vol. II et XIII''. Soli Deo Gloria (CD). *

Café Zimmermann The Café Zimmermann, or was the coffeehouse of Gottfried Zimmermann in Leipzig which formed the backdrop to the first performances of many of Bach's secular cantatas, e.g. the ''Coffee Cantata'' (''Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht''), and inst ...

: ''Bach, Concerts pour plusieurs instruments, vol. V et VI''. Alpha (CD). * Amandine Beyer (violin): ''Bach, Sonates et Partitas''. Zig Zag Territoires (CD). *

Lahti Symphony Orchestra The Lahti Symphony Orchestra (''Sinfonia Lahti'') is a Finnish orchestra, based in the city of Lahti. The orchestra is resident at the Sibelius Hall. The orchestra was founded in 1910, and placed under the control of the Lahti municipality in 194 ...

Okko Kamu Okko Tapani Kamu (born 7 March 1946, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and violinist. Kamu was born into a family of musicians. His father played double bass in the Helsinki Philharmonic. He began violin studies at age two a ...

: ''Sibelius, La Tempête, Le Barde, Tapiola''. BIS (CD). *

Vadim Gluzman Vadim Gluzman (Вадим Михайлович Глузман, born 1973) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli classical violinist. Born in the former Soviet Union, Vadim Gluzman spent most of his childhood in Riga, Latvia. His father is a conductor and cl ...

(violin),

Andrew Litton Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. Litton is a graduate of The Fieldston School. He studied piano with Nadia Reisenberg and conducting with Sixten Ehrling at the Juilliard School of Music in New Y ...

: ''Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, String Quintet''. BIS (CD). *

Joyce DiDonato Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano. She is notable for her interpretations of operas and concert works in the 19th-century romantic era in addition to works by Handel and Mozart. ...

(mezzo-soprano): ''Diva-Divo''. EMI (CD). *

Stephen Hough Sir Stephen Andrew Gill Hough (; born 22 November 1961) is a British-born classical pianist, composer and writer. He became an Australian citizen in 2005 and thus has dual nationality (his father was born in Australia in 1926). Biography Houg ...

(piano): ''Chopin, Valses''. Hyperion (CD). * Quatuor Diotima: ''Reich, Barber, Crumb, String Quartets''. Naïve (CD). *

Ivry Gitlis Ivry Gitlis ( he, עברי גיטליס;‎ 25 August 1922 – 24 December 2020) was an Israeli virtuoso violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He performed with the world's top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New York Philh ...

(violin): ''Live Performances, Vol. 1''. Doremi (CD). * Young Talent: Julia Lezhneva (soprano): ''Rossini Airs d'opéras''. Naïve. * Diapason reader's choice and France Musique listeners: Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello): ''Le violoncelle parle''. Harmonia Mundi. *

(Werther);

Michel Plasson Michel Plasson (born 2 October 1933, Paris, France) is a French conductor. Plasson was a student of Lazare Lévy at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1962, he was a prize-winner at the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors. ...

/Benoît Jacquot: ''Massenet, Werther''. Decca (DVD). *

(mezzo-soprano); Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado: ''Mahler, Symphonie no 4, Rückert-Lieder''. EuroArts (DVD). * Karita Mattila (Katia); Jiri Belohlavek/Robert Carsen: ''Janáček, Katia Kabanova''. Framusica (DVD).

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2014

* Musique symphonique: Schmitt: Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil, Introït, récit et congé, Aline Martin (mezzo-soprano), Henri Demarquette (cello), Orchestre national de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier. Timpani (CD). Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 and 41. Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen. Glossa (CD). * Lied: Eisler: Ernste Gesänge, Lieder with piano, Sonata for piano op. 1, Matthias Goerne (baritone), Thomas Larcher (piano), Ensemble Resonanz. Harmonia Mundi (CD). * Opéra: R. Strauss: Elektra, Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Mikhail Petrenko, Tom Randle, Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Bel Air (DVD ou Blu-ray). * Piano: Busoni: Late Piano Music,

(piano). Hyperion (3 CD). * Récital lyrique: "Stella di Napoli", Pacini, Bellini, Rossini, Mercadante, Carafa, Donizetti, Valentini,

(mezzo-soprano), Opéra National de Lyon Orchestra and Choir, Riccardo Minasi. Erato (CD). * Opéra: Adams: ''Nixon in China'', James Maddalena, Janis Kelly (soprano), Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker (tenor), Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, Russell Braun, Richard Paul Fink, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, John Adams (composer), John Adams. Nonesuch (DVD + Blu-ray). * Oratorio: Bach: St Matthew Passion,

, Christian Gerhaher, Camilla Tilling,

, Topi Lehtipuu, Thomas Quasthoff, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey. BPHR (2 DVD ou 1 Blu-ray). * Soliste instrumental: Ysaye: The Complete Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op 27; Sonata for Two Violins, Tedi Papavrami, Svetlin Roussev (violins). Zig-Zag Territoires (2 CD). * Opéra: Wagner: Parsifal,

, Peter Mattei, René Pape, Katarina Dalayman, Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone), Evgeny Nikitin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Daniele Gatti. Sony (2 DVD ou 1 Blu-ray). * Piano: "Dances", Benjamin Grosvenor (piano). Decca (CD). * Musique baroque vocale: Rameau: "Le Grand Théâtre de l'amour", Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Aimery Lefèvre (baritone), Le Jeune Choeur de Paris, Les Ambassadeurs (ensemble), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko. Erato (CD). * Musique contemporaine: Benjamin: Written on Skin, Barbara Hannigan, Christopher Purves, Bejun Mehta, Victoria Simmonds, Allan Clayton, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra, George Benjamin (composer), George Benjamin. Opus Arte (DVD ou Blu-ray). * Musique symphonique : "Universe of Sound" Holst: The Planets, Talbot: Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Signum Vision (DVD). * Musique ancienne: "Les Trésors de Claude le Jeune", Extraits du Livre de mélanges (1585), Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel. DHM (CD). * Musique baroque instrumentale: C.P.E. Bach: Concertos for cello and orchestra Wq 170 et 172. Sinfonia Wq 182. Trio Sonata Wq 161 "Sanguineus & Melancholicus", Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Pulcinella Orchestra. Aparté (CD). * Projet artistique: "Refuge In Music, Terezin-Theresienstadt", Svenk, I. Weber, Dauber, Taube, Ullmann, Schulhoff, Roman, Haas, Berman and Bach. Documentaire de Dorothee Binding et Benedict Mirow. Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Hope (violinist), Daniel Hope (violin), Bepe Risenfors (accordion, contrabass, guitar), Bengt Forsberg (piano). DG (DVD). * Rééditions: Maria Callas Remastered Edition. Warner (69 CD + 1 CD-rom).

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2015

* Artiste de l'année/Artist of the Year: Paavo Järvi, Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Version), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi. RCA (CD). Dutilleux: Métaboles, Sur le même accord, Symphony No. 1,

(violin), Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi. Erato (CD). Beethoven: Overtures, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi. RCA (CD). Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad", Russian National Orchestra, Paavo Järvi. Pentatone (SACD). * Baroque Instrumental: Boccherini: Cello Concerto, Quintet for guitar, Sextet with flute, Quintet with flute, Manuel Granatiero (flute), Marco Ceccato (cello), Francesco Romano (guitarist), Francesco Romano (guitar), Accademia Ottoboni. Zig-Zag Territoires (CD). Caldara: Trio Sonatas, Amandine Beyer, Leila Schayegh (violins), Jonathan Pesek (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord and organ), Matthias Spaeter (theorbo). Glossa (CD). * Baroque Vocal: Delalande: Leçons de ténèbres, Miserere, Sophie Karthäuser, Ensemble Correspondances. HM (CD). * Musique De Chambre: Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Adam Laloum (piano). Mirare (CD). Berg: Lyric Suite, Mendelssohn : String Quartet op. 13. Tetzlaff Quartet. Avi-Music (CD). * Récital Vocal: Julie Fuchs: "Yes!", Orchestre National de Lille, Samuel Jean. DG (CD). * Musique Symphonique: Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 2, Krystian Zimerman (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle. DG (CD) * Opéra: Steffani: Niobe, regina di Tebe, Karina Gauvin,

, Amanda Forsythe, Christian Immler..., Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs. Erato (3 CD). Verdi: Aida, Anja Harteros,

, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier..., Choir and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano. Warner (3 CD). * Musique Chorale: Messiaen: "L'Amour et la Foi", Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Marcus Creed. OUR Recordings (SACD). * Musique Contemporaine: Rihm: Et Lux, Huelgas Ensemble, Minguet Quartet, Paul Van Nevel. ECM (CD). * Réédition: Pierre Monteux: "The Complete RCA Album Collection". Sony (40 CD). * DVD: "El Sistema at Salzburg Festival", Gershwin, Mahler, Bernstein..., National Children's Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Simon Rattle... CMajor (DVD or Blu-ray). * Jeune Talent/Young talent: Bach: Partita No. 4, Capriccio BWV 992, English Suite No. 1, Toccata BWV 911, Rémi Geniet (piano). Mirare (CD).

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2016

* Baroque Instrumental: Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014–1019, Leila Schayegh (violin), Jörg Halubek (harpsichord). Glossa (2 CD). Visée: Pieces for Theorbo, Corbetta: Pieces for Guitar, Rolf Lislevand (theorbo and guitar). ECM (CD). * Baroque Vocal, Zelenka: Missa Divi Xaverii, Litanies, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks. Accent (CD). * Musique de Chambre: Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 47 "Kreutzer", Op. 23 and Op. 12 No 2, Lorenzo Gatto (violin), Julien Libeer (piano). Alpha (CD). Brahms: String Quartets & Piano Quintet, Belcea Quartet, Till Fellner (piano). Alpha (2 CD). * Récital Vocal: "Verismo", Airs Et Extraits D'opéras De Cilea, Giordano, Puccini, Leoncavalo, Catalani, Boito, Ponchielli, Anna Netrebko (soprano), Choir and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano. Deutsche Grammophon (CD). * Musique Symphonique: Mahler: Symphony No. 6, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding. BR Klassik (CD). Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Audio and Video), Soloists, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle. BPHR (5 CD and 3 Blu-Ray). * Première au Disque: Honegger/Ibert: L'Aiglon, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Marc Barrard, Etienne Dupuis, Pascal Charbonneau, Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Nicole Lemieux..., Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Kent Nagano. Decca (2 CD). * Harpsichord: Scarlatti: Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. IV,

(harpsichord). Mirare (CD). * Concerto: Mozart: Concertos for Piano KV 413, 414 and 415, Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi (CD). * Piano: Chopin: 24 Mazurkas, Pavel Kolesnikov (piano). Hyperion (Cd). * Musique Contemporaine: Connesson: Flammenschrift, Pour sortir au jour, E chiaro nella valle il fiume appare, Maslenitsa, Mathieu Dufour (flute), Brussels Philharmonic, Stéphane Denève. Deutsche Grammophon (CD). Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You, Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons. Winter & Winter (CD). * Réédition: "Le Siècle De Menuhin", Warner Classic (80 CD + 11 DVD).

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2017

* Musique Ancienne: Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Phantasm (music group), Phantasm * Musique Baroque: Telemann – Music for Recorder,

(recorder/director),

* Violon: JS Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin,

(violin) * Piano: Volodos plays Brahms, Arcadi Volodos (piano). Lyapunov: Piano Works, Vol. 2, Florian Noack (piano) * Musique de Chambre: Wiener Klassik: The Unusual Instrumentation, Die Freitagsakademie. Dvořák : Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90, Trio Wanderer. Brahms, Franck & Debussy: Cello Sonatas, Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Adam Laloum (piano) * Musique Symphonique: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ceri-Lyn Cissone, Alexander Knox & Frankie Wakefield (narrators); London Symphony Orchestra &

, Sir

* Musique Sacrée: Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Eri Nakamura (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jongmin Park (bass); Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir,

* Musique Chorale: MacMillan: Stabat Mater, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, Harry Christophers * Musique Contemporaine: Rihm, Dusapin and Mantovani: Violin Concertos, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan, Myung-Whun Chung * Opéra: Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila, Albina Shagimuratova (Lyudmila), Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Mikhail Petrenko (Ruslan), Yuri Minenko (Ratmir); Bolshoi Theatre, Vladimir Jurowski, Dmitri Tcherniakov. Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach, Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman; The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman, Robert Wilson (director), Lucinda Childs (choreographer) * Archives: Rudolf Serkin: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, Rudolf Serkin (piano)

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2018

*Musique ancienne: Parle qui veut, Moralizing songs of the Middle Ages, Sollazzo Ensemble *Musique baroque instrumentale: J S Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords,

, Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichords), Helsinki Baroque Orchestra *Musique baroque instrumentale:

: Suites for Harpsichord,

(harpsichord Ioannes Couchet du Musée des Instruments) *Musique baroque vocale: Perpetual Night, 17th-Century Ayres and Songs, Lucile Richardot (contralto), Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé *Piano: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 & 29, Murray Perahia (piano) *Piano: Scriabin: Preludes, Etudes & Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5, Vadym Kholodenko (piano) *Musique de chambre: Es war einmal... (Once Upon a Time...), Fairy Tales by Robert Schumann & Jörg Widmann, Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Tabea Zimmermann (viola) & Dénes Várjon (piano) *Concerto: C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos,

(cello), Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi *Concerto: Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Enescu: Octet for strings, Vilde Frang (violin), Erik Schumann (violonist), Erik Schumann (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Roseanne Philippens (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Lily Francis (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello); Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck *Mélodie: Chimère, Sandrine Piau (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano) *Lied: Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) *Symphonique: Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid, Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Andrew Davis *Opéra: Britten: Billy Budd (opera), Billy Budd (DVD), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak); Teatro Real Madrid, Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner *Opéra: Britten: Billy Budd (Blu-ray) *Choral: J S Bach: Motets (Bach), Motets, Det Norske Solistkor, The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen *Jeune talent: Miroir(s), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt *Archives: Debussy: The Complete Works, Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon,

, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini

Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2019

* Artiste de l'année: Riccardo Chailly, The Fellini Album, Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly, Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Tod und Verklärung, Till Eulenspiegel & Salome's Dance, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly * Musique ancienne: La Morte della Ragione,

* Clavecin: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas, Jean Rondeau (musician), Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) * Baroque instrumental: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos for Organ and Strings, Bart Jacobs (organ), Les Muffatti * Baroque instrumental: Dandrieu/Corelli: Opus 1, Le Consort: Theotime Langois de Swarte, Sophie de Bardonneche, Louise Pierrard, Hanna Salzenstein, Justin Taylor * Baroque vocal: Cozzolani: Vespro, I Gemelli, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro * Piano: Destination Rachmaninov – Departure, Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin * Piano: Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 5, Lukas Geniušas (piano) * Concerto: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 'L'Égyptien', Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow * Musique de chambre: Shostakovich: String Quartet Nos. 5, 7 & Piano Quintet, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Artemis Quartet * Symphonique: Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Ensemble Rezonanz, Juditha Haberlin * Récital vocal: Offenbach Colorature, Jodie Devos (soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Laurent Campellone * Musique d'aujourd'hui: Contemporary Clarinet Concertos, Magnus Lindberg, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Johan Farjot, Jean-Luc Votano (clarinet), Danel Quartet, Quatuor Danel, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège * Opéra: Chabrier: L’Étoile (DVD) Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Lazuli), Christophe Mortagne (King Ouf), Hélène Guilmette (Princess Laoula), Jérôme Varnier (Siroco), Julie Boulianne (Aloès), François Piolino (Tapioca), Elliot Madore (Prince Hérisson de Porc-Epic) * Opéra:Chabrier: L’Étoile (Blu-ray)

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