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The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical
record industry The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, ...
. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American
Grammy award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
, and referred to as the ''
Oscars The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
'' for
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 ...
. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world. According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for
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 ...
USA, "ultimately it is ''the'' classical award, especially worldwide." The winners are selected annually by
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s for the '' ''Gramophone'''' magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London.


Gramophone Awards of the 2020s


2021

Source: * Chamber: Beach. Elgar Piano Quintets (
Takács Quartet The Takács Quartet is a string quartet founded in Budapest, Hungary, and now based in Boulder, Colorado, United States. History In 1975, four students at the Music Academy in Budapest, Gábor Takács-Nagy (first violin), Károly Schranz (seco ...
;
Garrick Ohlsson Garrick Olof Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948) is an American classical pianist. He is the only American to have won first prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition, at the VIII competition in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Com ...
) * Choral: Dussek Messe Solemnelle ( Stefanie True, Helen Charlston, Gwilym Bowen, Morgan Pearse, Choir of the AAM,
Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...
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Richard Egarr Richard Egarr (born 7 August 1963) is a British conductor and keyboard player. Biography Born in Lincoln, Egarr received his early musical training as a choirboy at York Minster and at Chetham's School of Music. He was an organ scholar at Clar ...
) * Concerto: Shostakovich Violin Concertos (
Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (russian: link=no, Али́на Рина́товна Ибраги́мова; ba, Алина Ринат ҡыҙы Ибраһимова born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education ...
; State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' /
Vladimir Jurowski Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski (; born 4 April 1972) is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Michail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski. Early life Born in Moscow, Jurowski began hi ...
) * Contemporary: John Pickard The Gardener of Aleppo and other chamber works ( Susan Bickley;
Nash Ensemble The Nash Ensemble of London is an English chamber ensemble. It was founded by Artistic Director Amelia Freedman and Rodney Slatford in 1964, while they were students at the Royal Academy of Music, and was named after the Nash Terraces around ...
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Martyn Brabbins Martyn Charles Brabbins (born 13 August 1959) is a British conductor. The fourth of five children in his family, he learned to play the euphonium, and then the trombone during his youth at Towcester Studio Brass Band. He later studied compositi ...
) * Early Music: Josquin Masses – Hercules Dux Ferrarie, D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz (
The Tallis Scholars The Tallis Scholars is a British professional early music vocal ensemble normally consisting of two singers per part, with a core group of ten singers. They specialise in performing ''a cappella'' sacred vocal music. History The group was formed ...
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Peter Phillips Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman and the son of Anne, Princess Royal, and Captain Mark Phillips. He is the eldest nephew of King Charles III, and 17th in the line of succession to the British throne. ...
) * Instrumental: Bach Lute Suites (
Sean Shibe Sean Shibe ( ; born 1992) is a classical and electric guitarist from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is of English and Japanese ancestry. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (and was the youngest student to enter the then Royal Scotti ...
) * Opera & Recording of the Year: Britten Peter Grimes (
Stuart Skelton Stuart Skelton (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian operatic heldentenor. In 2016 he opened the Metropolitan Opera season with Nina Stemme in Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde''. Discography Studio concert recordings *2008: Mahler – ''Das Lied ...
,
Erin Wall Erin Wall (4 November 1975 – 8 October 2020) was a Canadian-American operatic soprano who had an active international career from 2001 until her death of breast cancer in 2020. Chiefly associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Vancouver ba ...
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Roderick Williams Roderick Gregory Coleman Williams OBE (born 1965) is a British baritone and composer. Biography Williams was born in North London to a Welsh father and a Jamaican mother. He attended Christ Church Cathedral School in Oxford and Haberdashers' ...
, Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Robert Murray, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth;
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall. History Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The Musical Society), it later changed its name t ...
and Choirs /
Edward Gardner Edward Gardner may refer to: * Edward W. Gardner (1867–1932), American balkline and straight rail billiards champion * Edward Joseph Gardner (1898–1950), U.S. Representative from Ohio * Ed Gardner (1901–1963), American actor, director and wr ...
) * Orchestral: Franz Schmidt Complete Symphonies (
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (german: hr-Sinfonieorchester) is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. From 1929 to 1950 it was named ''Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester''. F ...
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Paavo Järvi Paavo Järvi (; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian-American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to Liilia Järvi and the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also mu ...
) * Piano: JS Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 – Excerpts (
Piotr Anderszewski Piotr Anderszewski () (born 1969) is a Polish pianist and composer. Biographical background Anderszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland. His father's family was part of Poland's aristocracy while his mother came from a Jewish Hungarian family. He s ...
) * Song: 'El Nour' (Fatma Said,
Malcolm Martineau Malcolm Martineau, OBE (born 3 February 1960) is a Scottish pianist who is particularly noted as an accompanist. Life Martineau was born to the pianist Hester Dickson Martineau and Canon George Martineau in 1960. He was an only child but he had ...
, Rafael Aguirre, Burcu Karadağ, , Itamar Doari, Henning Sieverts, Tamer Pinarbasi, Vision String Quartet) * Voice & Ensemble: Verdi (
Ludovic Tézier Ludovic Tézier (born 1968 in Marseille) is a French operatic baritone. Biography Ludovic Tézier trained at the Paris Opéra’s École d’Art lyrique and at the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques. He was a prize winner at Operalia, The W ...
; Orchestra del
Teatro Comunale di Bologna The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season. While there had been various theatres presenting opera in Bologna since the early 1 ...
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Frédéric Chaslin Frédéric Chaslin (; born 1963, in Paris) is a French conductor, composer and pianist. He recently joined the prestigious Music publishing house Universal Edition in Vienna. The son of an architect, Chaslin studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, ...
) * Label of the Year:
Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
* Lifetime Achievement:
Gundula Janowitz Gundula Janowitz (born 2 August 1937)"Janowitz, Gundula"
by Stile Antico) * Concept Album: Cello 360 (Christian-Pierre La Marca) * Artist of the Year:
James Ehnes James Ehnes, (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian concert violinist and violist. Life and career Ehnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Alan Ehnes, long time trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada), and Barbara Withey Ehnes, ...
* Special Achievement:
Boston Modern Orchestra Project The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) is a professional orchestra in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1996 by artistic director Gil Rose, its mission is to explore the connections between contemporary music and contemporary s ...
* Orchestra of the Year:
Minnesota Orchestra The Minnesota Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded originally as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1903, the Minnesota Orchestra plays most of its concerts at Minneapolis's Orchestra Hall. History Em ...


2020

Source. *Lifetime Achievement:
Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman ( he, יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist widely considered one of the greatest violinists in the world. Perlman has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that hav ...
*Special Achievement
Robert von Bahr
*Orchestra of the Year:
Philadelphia Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the " Big Five" American orchestras, the orchestra is based at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where it performs its subscription ...
*Artist of the Year:
Igor Levit Igor Levit (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography B ...
*Young Artist of the Year
Natalya Romaniw
*Label of the Year
Alpha Classics
*Beethoven 250 Award: Beethoven: ''Piano Concertos 2 & 5.''
Martin Helmchen Martin Helmchen (born 1982) is a German pianist. He has played with international orchestras and has recorded discs of many classical composers. Life Helmchen was born in Berlin. He began his piano studies at the age of six, and graduated from th ...
, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester,
Andrew Manze Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is a British conductor and violinist living in Germany. Born in Beckenham, United Kingdom, Manze read Classics at Cambridge University. Manze studied violin and worked with Ton Koopman (his director in th ...

Alpha Classics
*Concerto: Chopin: ''Piano Concertos''.
Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, an ...
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) ( gd, Orcastra Nàiseanta Rìoghail na h-Alba) is a British orchestra, based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the five National performing arts companies of Scotland, national performing arts compa ...
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Elim Chan Elim Chan (; born 18 November 1986) is a Hong Kong-born conductor. Elim Chan has been the chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra since the 2019-2020 concert season and has been the permanent guest conductor of the Royal Scottish Nationa ...
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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 ...
) *Chamber: Bartok: ''Piano Quintet''. Veress: ''Piano Trio''.
Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norway, Norwegian classical music, classical violinist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2 ...
; Barnabás Kelemen;
Katalin Kokas Katalin Kokas (born 22 November 1978 in Pécs) is a Hungarian violinist and violist. Kokas has performed with orchestras including the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and Taiwan Philharmonic. She has studied at the Conserva ...
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Lawrence Power Lawrence Power is a British violist, born 1977, noted both for solo performances and for chamber music with the Nash Ensemble and Leopold String Trio. Career Power started out as a violist (rather than beginning studies on the violin and switc ...
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Nicolas Altstaedt Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982) is a German classical cellist. Biography and career Altstaedt was born in Heidelberg, Germany. As a soloist, conductor, and artistic director, he performs repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporar ...
; Alexander Lonquich
Alpha Classics
*Choral: Bach: ''St. Matthew Passion.''
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 ...
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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 ...
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BIS Records BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden. BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings. ...
) *Concept Album of the Year: ''From the Ground Up: The Chaconne.''
Hugo Ticciati Hugo Ticciati (born April 12, 1980) is a British-born violinist, living in Sweden. He has performed in several worldwide events such as the Gotland Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), the St. Denis-Festival (Paris), and the Festival Internacional ...

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra
Signum Classics Signum Records, also known as Signum Classics, is a classical musical record label in the UK founded in 1997. The label began with a project to make the first recording of the complete works of Thomas Tallis. The artists for the Tallis recordin ...
) *Contemporary: Thomas Adès: ''Piano Concerto / Totentanz''
Kirill Gerstein Kirill Gerstein (russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based i ...
; Mark Stone
Christianne Stotijn
Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, ...
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Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), ''V ...
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Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
) *Early Music: Gesualdo: ''Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo Les Arts Florissants,
Paul Agnew Paul Agnew (born 1964 in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europ ...
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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 ...
) *Instrumental: Beethoven: ''Complete Piano Sonatas''.
Igor Levit Igor Levit (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography B ...
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Sony Classical Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by S ...
) *Opera: Handel: ''Agrippina''
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. ...
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Il Pomo d'Oro ''Il pomo d'oro'' (''The Golden Apple'') is an opera in a prologue and five acts by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668). It was first performed before the imperial court in a specially constructed ope ...
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Maxim Emelyanychev Maxim Yuryevich Emelyanychev (Максим Юрьевич Емельянычев; born 28 August 1988, Dzerzhinsk) is a Russian conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and cornetist. From a musical family, Emelyanychev studied music at the Nizhny Novgor ...
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Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...
) *Recording of the Year (Orchestral): Weinberg: Symphonies 2 & 21,
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
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Kremerata Baltica Kremerata Baltica is a chamber music, chamber orchestra consisting of musicians from Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). It was founded by Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer in 1997. Gidon Kremer is an artistic director of Kremerata Baltic ...
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (born Mirga Gražinytė, 2 April 1986 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian conductor. She is currently musical director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). Biography Early years and education Gražinytė-Tyla was ...
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Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
) *Recital:
Sandrine Piau Sandrine Piau (born 5 June 1965) is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs. She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart to Schumann, Debus ...

Le Concert de la Loge
Julien Chauvin Julien Chauvin (born 1979) is a French violinist and music director, specialized in the interpretation on period instruments and gut strings, co-founder of the orchestra the (2004-2014), as well as the (2007), and founder of the Concert de la ...
*Solo Vocal: Janáček: ''The diary of one who disappeared, etc.'' Nicky Spence,
Julius Drake The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...
( Hyperion)


Gramophone Awards of the 2010s


2019

Source. *Lifetime Achievement:
Emma Kirkby Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, (; born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and early music specialist. She has sung on over 100 recordings. Education and early career Kirkby was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dors ...
*Orchestra of the Year:
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (Cantonese: 香港管弦樂團), commonly abbreviated as HKPO or HKPhil (Cantonese: 港樂), is the largest symphony orchestra in Hong Kong. First established in 1947 as an amateur orchestra under the name Si ...
*Artist of the Year:
Víkingur Ólafsson Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Or ...
*Young Artist of the Year:
Jakub Józef Orliński Jakub Józef Orliński (; born 8 December 1990) is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer. He has performed leading roles with many opera companies, including Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Warsaw Grand Thea ...
*Label of the Year: Pentatone *Recording of the Year (Concerto): Saint-Saëns: ''Piano Concertos #2 and #5''.
Bertrand Chamayou Bertrand Chamayou (born 23 March 1981) is a French pianist. Career Born in Toulouse, Chamayou studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse under the tutelage of Claudine Willoth, making his first forays into contemporary music and composition. At th ...
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Orchestre National de France The Orchestre national de France (ONF; literal translation, ''National Orchestra of France'') is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France sinc ...
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Erato Records Erato Records is a record label founded in 1953 as Disques Erato by Philippe Loury to promote French classical music. Loury was head of éditions musicales Costallat. His first releases in France were licensed from the Haydn Society of Boston, a ...
) *Chamber: Debussy: Les Trois Sonates: The Late Works.
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 ...
, Alexander Melnikov, Tanguy de Williencourt, Magali Mosnier,
Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit (born 1979) is a French violist. Tamestit studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and further with Jesse Levine at Yale University, and with Tabea Zimmermann. He won the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, the 2003 Yo ...
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Xavier de Maistre Xavier de Maistre (; 10 October 1763 – 12 June 1852) of Savoy (then part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) lived largely as a military man but is known as a French writer. The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher a ...
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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 ...
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Javier Perianes Javier Perianes (born in 1978 in Nerva, Spain) is a Spanish classical pianist. He is a participant at many renowned festivals within Spain, including Santander, Cantabria, Santander, Granada, Peralada and San Sebastián. He has performed in distin ...
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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 ...
) *Choral: Buxtehude:
Abendmusik (German for "evening music", plural ') usually refers to a series of musical concert held in the St. Mary's Church, Lübeck ('), Germany, begun in the 17th century and lasting until the early 19th century. Most of the music for these occasions, co ...
en. Ensemble Masques / Olivier Fortin,
Vox Luminis Vox Luminis are a Belgian early music vocal ensemble led by Lionel Meunier. Their recording of Heinrich Schütz's ''Musicalische Exequien'' for Ricercar won a Gramophone Award and International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2012. Recordings (ch ...
/ Lionel Meunier ( Alpha Classics) *Concept Album of the Year: ''softLOUD: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars''.
Sean Shibe Sean Shibe ( ; born 1992) is a classical and electric guitarist from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is of English and Japanese ancestry. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (and was the youngest student to enter the then Royal Scotti ...
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Delphian Records Delphian Records is an Edinburgh-based independent classical record label, founded in 2000 by two students of the University of Edinburgh, Paul Baxter and Kevin Findlan with start-up funding from two private individuals, and support from the Pri ...
) *Contemporary:
Brett Dean Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor. Biography Brett Dean was born, raised and educated in Brisbane. He started learning violin at the age of eight, and later studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan a ...
: Hamlet.
Allan Clayton Allan James Clayton (1981) is a British tenor singer. Clayton was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral and a choral scholar in the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2007-09 and winner of the Royal Ph ...
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Sarah Connolly Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her Baroque music, baroque and Classical period (music), classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by ...
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Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and Conducting, conductor, known for her performances of Contemporary classical music, contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her ...
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Rod Gilfry Rodney Gilfry is a leading American operatic baritone. After launching his career at Frankfurt Opera in 1987, Gilfry quickly established a reputation for stylish singing and acting. A renowned Mozart specialist, he has given acclaimed perform ...
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Kim Begley Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese f ...
, John Tomlinson, Jacques Imbrailo,
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
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Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, ...
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Vladimir Jurowski Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski (; born 4 April 1972) is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Michail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski. Early life Born in Moscow, Jurowski began hi ...
(Opus Arte) *Early Music: Manuel Cardoso: ''Requiem Lamentations, Magnificat and Motets.'' Cupertinos / Luis Toscano ( Hyperion) *Instrumental: The Berlin Recital.
Yuja Wang Yuja Wang (; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Phila ...
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Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
) *Opera: Halévy: La Reine de Chype.
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris The Orchestre de chambre de Paris (OCP) is a French chamber orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs throughout Paris with concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris, where it is a resident ensemble, and also at such venues as the Théâtre de ...
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Hervé Niquet Hervé Niquet (born 28 October 1957) is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and the director of Le Concert Spirituel, specializing in French Baroque music. Biography Born on 28 October 1957, Hervé Niquet was raised at Abbeville in the ...
, Chœur de la radio flamande ( Bru Zane). *Orchestral:
Rued Langgaard Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years afte ...
: Symphonies 2 & 6.
Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
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Sakari Oramo Sakari is a given name, and may refer to: * Sakari Kukko (born 1953), Finnish saxophonist and flutist * Sakari Kuosmanen (born 1956), Finnish singer and actor * Sakari Oramo (born 1965), Finnish conductor * Sakari Pinomäki, Finnish mechanical and ...
( Dacapo) *Recital: Cavalli:
Ombra mai fu "" ("Never was a shade…"), also known as "Largo from ''Xerxes''", is the opening aria from the 1738 opera ''Serse'' by George Frideric Handel. Context The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premi ...
, Ensemble Artaserse /
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 ...
(Erato) *Solo Vocal:
Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
: Frage.
Christian Gerhaher Christian Gerhaher (born 24 July 1969, in Straubing) is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Career Christian Gerhaher studied with Paul Kuën and Raimund Grumbach at the Hochschule ...
and
Gerold Huber Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers. Career Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the , piano with Fried ...
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Sony Classical Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by S ...
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2018

Source. *Lifetime Achievement:
Neeme Järvi Neeme Järvi (; born 7 June 1937) is an Estonian American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn. He initially studied music there, and later in Leningrad at the Leningrad Conservatory under Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Nikolai Rabinovich, ...
*Orchestra of the Year:
Seattle Symphony The Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1998, the orchestra is resident at Benaroya Hall. The orchestra also serves as the accompanying orchestra for the Seattle Opera. History Beginnings The orchestra ...
*Artist of the Year:
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 ...
*Young Artist of the Year:
Lise Davidsen Lise Davidsen (born 8 February 1987 in Stokke) is a Norwegian opera singer. She came to prominence after winning the Operalia competition in London in 2015, and is known as a lyric dramatic soprano. Career Lise Davidsen was born in 1987 in S ...
*Label of the Year:
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 ...
*Recording of the Year (Opera): Berlioz: ''
Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...
''.
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. ...
,
Michael Spyres Michael Spyres is an American operatic baritenor. He is particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire, especially the works of Rossini, and heroic roles in French grand opera. Biography Michael Spyres was born in 1979 in Missouri, US, and ...
, Marie-Nicole Lemieux,
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg The Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra) is a French orchestra based in Strasbourg. It is one of the two permanent orchestras of the Opéra national du Rhin (the other being the Orchestre symphonique de Mulh ...
/ John Nelson (
Erato Records Erato Records is a record label founded in 1953 as Disques Erato by Philippe Loury to promote French classical music. Loury was head of éditions musicales Costallat. His first releases in France were licensed from the Haydn Society of Boston, a ...
) *Chamber: Dvořák: Quintets Op. 81 & 97.
Boris Giltburg Boris Leonidovich Giltburg ( he, בוריס גילטבורג, born June 21, 1984) is an Israeli classical pianist, born in Russia. Biography Giltburg was born into a Jewish family in Moscow, Russia, and began studying piano with his mother a ...
, Pavel Nikl,
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 ...
(
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 ...
) *Choral: Pärt:
Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for "
y soul Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or sevent ...
magnifies
he Lord He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Eastern Christianity, Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated ...
,
Nunc dimittis The Nunc dimittis (), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32. Its Latin name comes from its incipit, the opening words, of the Vulgate ...
; Schnittke: ''Psalms of Repentance''.
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) is a professional choir based in Estonia. It was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was its conductor for twenty years. In 2001, Paul Hillier followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's princi ...
/ Kaspars Putniņš (
BIS Records BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden. BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings. ...
) *Concerto: Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
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 ...
,
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: ''Radion sinfoniaorkesteri'', Swedish: ''Radions symfoniorkester'') is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). The orchestra prima ...
/
Hannu Lintu Hannu Petteri Lintu (born 13 October 1967) is a Finnish conductor. Biography Lintu was born in Rauma. He studied piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and at the Sibelius Academy. He also studied conducting with Atso Almila, and later with ...
( Ondine) *Contemporary:
Pascal Dusapin Pascal Georges Dusapin (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer. His music is marked by its microtonality, tension, and energy. A pupil of Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni and an admirer of Varèse, Dusapin studied at the University of Paris I ...
: String Quartets Nos 6 & 7.
Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...
,
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra, affiliated with Radio France. The orchestra performs principally at the auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, along with several concerts at the Philharmonie de Pa ...
/
Pascal Rophé Pascal Rophé (born 16 June 1960) is a French conductor. He is currently music director of the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Biography Born in Paris, Rophé studied as early as 1974 at the Conservatoire de Paris, first studying the ...
(Aeon) *Early Music: ''Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, Vol 5''. Blue Heron / Scott Metcalfe (Blue Heron) *Instrumental:
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
''Piano Pieces'', Opp. 76, 117 & 118. Arcadi Volodos (Sony Classical) *Orchestral: Ravel ''
Daphnis et Chloé ''Daphnis et Chloé'' is a 1912 ''symphonie chorégraphique'', or choreographic symphony, for orchestra and wordless chorus by Maurice Ravel. It is in three main sections, or ''parties'', and a dozen scenes, most of them dances, and lasts just u ...
'': Ensemble Aedes;
Les Siècles Les Siècles is a French symphony orchestra founded in 2003 by François-Xavier Roth, with ambition to put works from the 17th to 21st centuries into today's perspective. The musicians of the orchestra play each repertoire on the historical instrum ...
/
François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor, who founded Les Siècles, an orchestra which performs on instruments appropriate to the period of composition of each piece, from the late Baroque and Classical eras to 20t ...
(Harmonia Mundi) *Recital: ''Agitata'':
Delphine Galou Delphine Galou (born 1977) is a French contralto. She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004. Galou's outstanding vocal technique combined with noble bearing allow her performances of t ...
, Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone (Alpha Classics) *Solo Vocal: ''Secrets'': Marianne Crebassa;
Fazıl Say Fazıl Say (; born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. Life and career Fazıl Say was born in 1970. His father, Ahmet Say was an author and musicologist. His mother, Gürgün Say was a pharmacist. His grandfather Fa ...
(Erato)


2017

Source. *Concerto & Recording of the Year: Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 1–5. Adagio, K261. Rondos – K269; K373 /
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 ...
(violin) / Il Giardino Armonico /
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 ...
*Baroque Instrumental: ‘The Italian Job’ /
La Serenissima The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
/ Adrian Chandler (violin) *Baroque Vocal: JS Bach Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 /
Iestyn Davies Iestyn Davies (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor. Education and background Davies was born in York, England and first studied piano and recorder, mentored in his early years by his father Ioan, the founding cellist ...
counterten / Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen *Chamber:
Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the ...
Complete String Quartets / Silesian Quartet *Choral: Mozart Mass in C minor, K427. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 /
Carolyn Sampson Carolyn Sampson (born 18 May 1974) is an English soprano in opera and concert. Specialising in historically informed performance, she has sung in Masaaki Suzuki's recording project of Bach cantatas and has appeared at the English National Opera. ...
(soprano) / Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo) /
Makoto Sakurada is a Japanese tenor in opera and concert. Biography Makoto graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He went to study in Italy in 1997, and continues to work there. He has recorded Bach cantatas in the complete set directed by Masaaki Su ...
(tenor) / Christian Immler (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan /
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 ...
*Contemporary: G Benjamin Palimpsests / Ligeti Lontano / Murail Le désenchantement du monde /
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 9 September 1957) is a French pianist. Biography Aimard was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio. In 1973, he was awarded the chamber music priz ...
(piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir George Benjamin *Early Music: Dowland
Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares ''Lachrimæ or seaven teares figured in seaven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols, or violons, in five parts'' is a collection of instrumental music composed by John Dowland. It ...
/ Phantasm with
Elizabeth Kenny Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed an approach to treating polio that was controversial at the time. Her method, promoted internationally while working in Austra ...
(lute) *Instrumental: JS Bach Six French Suites, BWV812-817 / Murray Perahia (piano) *Orchestral: ‘Haydn 2032 – No 4, Il distratto’ / Riccardo Novaro bar / Il Giardino Armonico /
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 ...
*Recital: ‘In War & Peace’ /
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) / Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord) *Solo Vocal: Brahms Lieder und Gesänge, Op 32. Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121. Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine /
Matthias Goerne Matthias Goerne (born 31 March 1967) is a German baritone. He has performed and recorded extensively, both on the opera stage and in Lieder settings. Goerne has been referred to as "Today's leading interpreter of German art songs" by the Chicago ...
(baritone) /
Christoph Eschenbach Christoph Eschenbach (; born 20 February 1940) is a German pianist and conductor. Early life Eschenbach was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). His parents were Margarethe (née Jaross) and Heribert Ringmann. He was orphaned durin ...
(piano) *Anniversary Award: Classic FM *Artist of the Year:
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 ...
*Label of the Year: Signum Classics *Lifetime Achievement:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a retired New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te ...
*Special Achievement:
Colin Matthews Colin Matthews, OBE (born 13 February 1946) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Noted for his large-scale orchestral compositions, Matthews is also a prolific arranger of other composer's music, including works by Berlioz, ...
*Young Artist of the Year: Beatrice Rana


2016

*Lifetime Achievement – Mezzo-soprano
Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and occasional dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symp ...
*Recording of the Year –
Igor Levit Igor Levit (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography B ...
piano JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated! *Artist of the Year –
Daniil Trifonov Daniil Olegovich Trifonov (russian: Дании́л Оле́гович Три́фонов; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian pianist and composer. Described by ''The Globe and Mail'' as "arguably today's leading classical virtuoso" and by ''The Tim ...
*Label of the Year –
Warner Classics Warner Classics is the classical music arm of Warner Music Group. The label began issuing new recordings under the Warner Classics banner in 1991. The company also includes the Erato Records, Teldec Records and NVC Arts labels. Based in France, W ...
*Orchestral –
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 ...
Symphony No 10
Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, ...
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Andris Nelsons Andris Nelsons (born 18 November 1978) is a Latvian conductor who is currently the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the ''Gewandhauskapellmeister'' of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He has previously served as music dire ...
*Special Achievement –
BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...
*Young Artist of the Year –
Benjamin Appl Benjamin Appl (born 26 June 1982) is a German-British lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in opera houses and concert halls, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Early life and education Born in Regensburg, Appl ...
*Baroque Instrumental – ''Biber Rosary Sonatas'',
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 ...
(violin) with
Jonathan Manson Jonathan Manson is a Scottish cellist and viol player. Born in Edinburgh, he studied cello with Jane Cowan and later went on to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann. He studied ...
(cello), (
viol The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitc ...
), David Miller (archlute), Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harps), (organ) *Baroque Vocal –
Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
, ''Madrigali, Vol 1 – Cremona'' – Les Arts Florissants /
Paul Agnew Paul Agnew (born 1964 in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europ ...
*Chamber – Tippett String Quartets Heath Quartet *Choral – Schoenberg ''
Gurrelieder ' is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by Arnold Schoenberg, on poems by the Danish novelist Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ). The title means "songs of Gurre", re ...
'' – Barbara Haveman (soprano)
Claudia Mahnke Claudia Mahnke is a German operatic mezzo-soprano, a member of the Oper Frankfurt, with guest appearances at leading opera houses and the Bayreuth Festival. Career Mahnke was born in Meerane in Saxony, Germany. While she attended school she was ...
(mezzo)
Brandon Jovanovich Brandon Jovanovich (born 5 October 1970) is an American operatic tenor whose repertoire encompasses Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Britten, and from early Baroque to world premiere operas. He is most known for his passionate portrayals of Slavic, Frenc ...
,
Gerhard Siegel Gerhard Siegel (born in 1963) is a German operatic tenor. Life and career Born in Trostberg, Siegel studied at the Leopold Mozart Centre in Augsburg with Kammersänger Liselotte Becker-Egner. After engagements at the Theater Trier from 1993, ...
(tenors) Thomas Bauer (baritone) Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker); Netherlands Female Youth Choir; Cologne Cathedral Choir, Male Voices and Vocal Ensemble; Chorus of the Bach-Verein, Cologne; Kartäuserkantorei, Cologne; Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra /
Markus Stenz Markus Stenz (born 28 February 1965, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German conductor. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Volker Wangenhein and at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Stenz has ...
*Concerto –
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 ...
. Korngold Violin Concertos –
Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norway, Norwegian classical music, classical violinist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2 ...
(violin),
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (german: hr-Sinfonieorchester) is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. From 1929 to 1950 it was named ''Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester''. F ...
/ James Gaffigan *Contemporary – Hans Abrahamsen let me tell you –
Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and Conducting, conductor, known for her performances of Contemporary classical music, contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her ...
(soprano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (german: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, BRSO) is a German radio orchestra. Based in Munich, Germany, it is one of the city's four orchestras. The BRSO is one of two full-size symphony orchestr ...
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Andris Nelsons Andris Nelsons (born 18 November 1978) is a Latvian conductor who is currently the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the ''Gewandhauskapellmeister'' of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He has previously served as music dire ...
*Early Music –
John Taverner John Taverner ( – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. He is best-known for ''Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas'' and ''The Western Wynde Mass'', and ''Missa Coro ...
''Western Wind'' Taverner Choir & Players /
Andrew Parrott Andrew Parrott (born 10 March 1947) is a British conductor, perhaps best known for his pioneering "historically informed performances" of pre-classical music. He conducts a wide range of repertoire, including contemporary music. He conducted th ...
*Instrumental –
Igor Levit Igor Levit (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography B ...
piano JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated! *Opera – Verdi ''
Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December ...
'' – Anja Harteros soprano Aida Jonas Kaufmann tenor Radamès
Ekaterina Semenchuk Ekaterina Semenchuk (born 24 March 1976, in Minsk), is a Belarusians, Belarusian operatic mezzo-soprano. Career Ekaterina Semenchuk studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. She made her debut with the Mariinsky Opera in 2 ...
mezzo Amneris
Ludovic Tézier Ludovic Tézier (born 1968 in Marseille) is a French operatic baritone. Biography Ludovic Tézier trained at the Paris Opéra’s École d’Art lyrique and at the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques. He was a prize winner at Operalia, The W ...
baritone Amonasro
Erwin Schrott Erwin Schrott (born 21 December 1972 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an operatic bass-baritone, particularly known for his interpretation of the Title role in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni''. Career Schrott studied singing with Franca Mattiucci. He made his ...
bass-baritone Ramfis Marco Spotti bass King of Egypt Eleonora Buratto soprano Priestess Paolo Fanale tenor Messenger Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano *Recital – Mozart – The Weber Sisters – Sabine Devieilhe soprano Arnaud de Pasquale piano/organ Ensemble Pygmalion /
Raphaël Pichon Raphaël Pichon (born in 1984 in Paris) is a French countertenor, choral and orchestral conductor. Biography Raphaël Pichon was a member of the Maîtrise des Petits chanteurs de Versailles during his childhood. He then studied violin and piano ...
*Solo Vocal – ''Néère'' – Véronique Gens (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano)


2015

*Recording of the Year – Bruckner Symphony No 9
Lucerne Festival Orchestra The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is a European ''ad hoc'' seasonal orchestra based at the annual Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. History The Lucerne Festival had featured a resident orchestra as far back as 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting ...
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Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
, DG *Artist of the Year –
Paavo Järvi Paavo Järvi (; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian-American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to Liilia Järvi and the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also mu ...
*Label of the Year –
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 ...
*Lifetime Achievement –
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 Lond ...
*Young Artist of the Year – Joseph Moog *Baroque Instrumental – JS Bach Cello Suites, David Watkin (cello) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco
Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...
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Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini (born 25 January 1960) is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, ...
*Chamber – Smetana String Quartets No 1, 'From my life' & 2
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 ...
*Choral – Elgar The Dream of Gerontius. Sea Pictures, Sarah Connolly (mezzo),
Stuart Skelton Stuart Skelton (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian operatic heldentenor. In 2016 he opened the Metropolitan Opera season with Nina Stemme in Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde''. Discography Studio concert recordings *2008: Mahler – ''Das Lied ...
(tenor), David Soar (bass), BBC SO and Chorus / Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) *Concerto – Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4,
Maria João Pires Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Early life and education Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthu ...
(piano),
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish radio orchestra based in Stockholm, affiliated with Sveriges Radio (Sweden's Radio). Its principal performing venue is the Berwaldhallen (Berwald Hall). The o ...
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Daniel Harding Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor. Biography Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled ...
*Contemporary – Nørgård Symphonies Nos 1 & 8,
Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
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Sakari Oramo Sakari is a given name, and may refer to: * Sakari Kukko (born 1953), Finnish saxophonist and flutist * Sakari Kuosmanen (born 1956), Finnish singer and actor * Sakari Oramo (born 1965), Finnish conductor * Sakari Pinomäki, Finnish mechanical and ...
*Early Music – 'The Spy's Choirbook' Alamire; English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble / David Skinner (Obsidian) *Instrumental – English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5
Piotr Anderszewski Piotr Anderszewski () (born 1969) is a Polish pianist and composer. Biographical background Anderszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland. His father's family was part of Poland's aristocracy while his mother came from a Jewish Hungarian family. He s ...
piano (Warner Classics) *Opera – R Strauss Elektra; Soloists;
Orchestre de Paris The Orchestre de Paris () is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra currently performs most of its concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris. History In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Co ...
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Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...
,
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 ...
(Stage director), Stéphane Metge (Video director) (Bel Air Classique) *Recital – ''A French Baroque Diva'',
Carolyn Sampson Carolyn Sampson (born 18 May 1974) is an English soprano in opera and concert. Specialising in historically informed performance, she has sung in Masaaki Suzuki's recording project of Bach cantatas and has appeared at the English National Opera. ...
(soprano), Ex Cathedra /
Jeffrey Skidmore Jeffrey Skidmore OBE (born 27 February 1951) is the conductor and artistic director of Ex Cathedra, a choir and early music ensemble based in Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. An active participant in musical education and a pionee ...
(Hyperion) *Solo Vocal – Schubert ''Nachtviolen'',
Christian Gerhaher Christian Gerhaher (born 24 July 1969, in Straubing) is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Career Christian Gerhaher studied with Paul Kuën and Raimund Grumbach at the Hochschule ...
(baritone),
Gerold Huber Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers. Career Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the , piano with Fried ...
(piano) (Sony Classical)


2014

*Artist of the Year –
Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos ( el, Λεωνίδας Καβάκος; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and In ...
*Young Artist of the Year – Nightingale String Quartet *Lifetime Achievement Award –
James Galway Sir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". He established an international career as a solo flute player. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstan ...
*Outstanding Achievement Award –
Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conductors". Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another compilation ranks Marriner #14 of th ...
*Label of the Year – Delphian *Recording of the Year –
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
, "The Symphonies".
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...
, Riccardo Chailly. Decca. *Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach, "Württemberg" Sonatas. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Hyperion. *Baroque Vocal – CPE Bach,
Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for "
y soul Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or sevent ...
magnifies
he Lord He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Eastern Christianity, Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated ...
, Heilig ist Gott and Symphony in D major.
Elizabeth Watts Elizabeth Watts (born 1979) is an English operatic soprano. Watts was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School for Girls. She studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she stu ...
, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius and Markus Eiche (soloists) with the
RIAS Kammerchor The RIAS Kammerchor (RIAS Chamber Choir) is a German choir based in Berlin, Germany. It receives support from the Rundfunk Orchester und Chöre GmbH Berlin ("Berlin Radio Orchestra and Choirs"), a limited-liability company owned by the public bro ...
and
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Early Music Berlin, short name: Akamus) is a German chamber orchestra founded in East Berlin in 1982. Each year Akamus gives approximately 100 concerts, ranging from small chamber works to large-scale s ...
directed by Hans-Christoph Rademann. Harmonia Mundi. *Chamber –
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 ...
,
String Quintet A string quintet is a musical composition for five string players. As an extension to the string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), a string quintet includes a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet" ...
D956 and String Quartet No. 14 ("Death and the Maiden") D810.
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 ...
with Danjulo Ishizaka (cello). Supraphon. *Choral –
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 ...
,
Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...
K626 and Misericordias Domini K222.
Joanne Lunn Joanne Lunn is an English classical soprano in opera and concert. Career Joanne Lunn studied at Royal College of Music, where she graduated and received the Tagore Gold Medal. Lunn performed in Monteverdi's ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'', Gluc ...
, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs and Matthew Brook (soloists) with the
Dunedin Consort Dunedin Consort is Scotland's leading baroque ensemble based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recognised for its vivid and insightful performances and recordings. Formed in 1995 and named after Din Eidyn, the ancient Brittonic Celtic name of Edinburgh Cast ...
directed by John Butt. Linn. *Concerto –
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 ...
Complete Piano Concertos.
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 ...
with the
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at MediaC ...
directed by
Gianandrea Noseda Gianandrea Noseda (born 23 April 1964, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy) is an Italian conductor. Biography Noseda studied piano and composition in Milan. He began conducting studies at age 27. He furthered his conducting studies with Donato Renzett ...
. Chandos *Contemporary – George Benjamin, '' Written on Skin'' (DVD).
Christopher Purves Christopher Purves (born in Cambridge) is an English bass-baritone.''Opera'' (2009), vol. 60, p. 516, "Christopher Purves. Erica Jeal. Purves sings his first Falstaff at Glyndebourne this month Before I get to talk with ... Home was Cambridge, wh ...
,
Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and Conducting, conductor, known for her performances of Contemporary classical music, contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her ...
,
Bejun Mehta Bejun Mehta (born 29 June 1968) is an American countertenor. He has been awarded the Echo Klassik, the Gramophone Award,http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/2014/contemporary Gramophone Awards 2014 Contemporary Le Diamant d’Opera Magazine, the Ch ...
, Victoria Simmonds and Allan Clayton (soloists) with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by George Benjamin, stage director
Katie Mitchell Katrina Jane Mitchell (born 23 September 1964) is an English theatre director. Life and career Mitchell was born in Reading, Berkshire, raised in Hermitage, Berkshire, and educated at Oakham School. Upon leaving Oakham, she went up to Mag ...
, video director Margaret Williams. Opus Arte *Early Music –
Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the fo ...
, Primo libro di madrigali.
La Compagnia del Madrigale La Compagnia del Madrigale is an Italian virtuoso early music vocal ensemble specializing in the Italian madrigal. The ensemble includes several members of La Venexiana and has continued that ensemble's Gesualdo recordings on Glossa Records. The en ...
. Glossa. *Instrumental – "Volodos plays Mompou", Arcadi Volodos (piano). Sony Classical. *Opera –
Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
, ''
L'heure espagnole ''L'heure espagnole'' is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a ''comédie musicale'', with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same nameStoullig E. '' ...
'' and ''
L'enfant et les sortilèges ''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first be ...
'' (DVD). Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Alek Shrader, François Piolino, Elliot Madore, Paul Gay, Khatouna Gadelia and Elodie Méchain (soloists) with the
Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, ...
and
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
conducted by
Kazushi Ono Kazushi (written: 和志, 和司, 和士, 和史, 一志 or 一至) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese rugby sevens player *, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Jap ...
, stage director
Laurent Pelly Laurent Pelly (born 14 January 1962 in Paris) is a French opera and theatre director. He enjoys a career as one of France's most sought after directors of both theatre and opera, working regularly in the world's most prestigious houses. Biograp ...
, video director François Roussillon. FRA Musica DVD. *Orchestral –
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
, "The Symphonies".
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...
, Riccardo Chailly. Decca. *Recital – "Arise, my muse", various composers.
Iestyn Davies Iestyn Davies (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor. Education and background Davies was born in York, England and first studied piano and recorder, mentored in his early years by his father Ioan, the founding cellist ...
(countertenor),
Richard Egarr Richard Egarr (born 7 August 1963) is a British conductor and keyboard player. Biography Born in Lincoln, Egarr received his early musical training as a choirboy at York Minster and at Chetham's School of Music. He was an organ scholar at Clar ...
and Friends. Wigmore Hall Live. *Vocal –
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 ...
,
Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...
.
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 ...
(ten),
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 ...
(piano). Sony Classical.


2013

*Artist of the Year –
Alison Balsom Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and thre ...
*Young Artist of the Year –
Jan Lisiecki Jan Lisiecki (; born March 23, 1995) is a Canadian-born classical pianist of Polish ancestry. Lisiecki performs over a hundred concerts annually and has worked closely with the world's leading orchestras and conductors, his career at the top of ...
*Lifetime Achievement Award –
Julian Bream Julian Alexander Bream (15 July 193314 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public per ...
*Label of the Year –
Decca Classics Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American Decca's president. In ...
*Baroque Instrumental – Froberger, D'Anglebert, Fischer,
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 ...
. Andreas Staier. Harmonia Mundi *Baroque Vocal – Bach Motets.
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, Gard ...
. Soli Deo Gloria *Chamber – Bartók Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Sonata for Solo Violin. Barnabás Kelemen,
Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 19 ...
. Hungaroton *Choral –
Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
The Apostles. Rebecca Evans,
Alice Coote Alice Coote OBE (born 10 May 1968) is a British lyric mezzo-soprano. Life Coote was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the daughter of the painter Mark Coote. She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (though she did not ...
, Paul Groves, Jacques Imbrailo, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Halle Orchestra Sir
Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...
. *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2, Eötvös Seven, Ligeti Violin Concerto. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, HR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Modern. Peter Eotvos. Naive *Contemporary –
Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...
.
Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and Conducting, conductor, known for her performances of Contemporary classical music, contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her ...
, Anssi Karttunen,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra, affiliated with Radio France. The orchestra performs principally at the auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, along with several concerts at the Philharmonie de Pa ...
.
Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...
. Deutsche Grammophon *Early Music – A New Venetian Coronation 1595
Gabrieli Consort Paul McCreesh (born 24 May 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the ...
& Players.
Paul McCreesh Paul McCreesh (born 24 May 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the ...
. Signum Records *Instrumental –
Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...
''
Pictures from an Exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's most famous pi ...
'',
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 ...
Sarcasms, Visions fugitives. Steven Osborne. Hyperion *Opera –
Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long lin ...
Il Trittico ''Il trittico'' (''The Triptych'') is the title of a collection of three one-act operas, ''Il tabarro'', ''Suor Angelica'', and ''Gianni Schicchi'', by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 December ...
. Eva-Maria Westbroek, Ermonela Jaho, Lucio Gallo, Elena Zilio, Francesco Demuro, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Jones.
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
. Opus Arte 3 DVD *Orchestral –
Suk Suk or SUK may refer to: Places * Suk, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province * Suk Qazqan, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Seh Suk, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran * Suk Samran District, a district of Ranong Province, Thailand * Santi S ...
Prague, A Summer's Tale Op. 29
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 ...
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 ...
. Chandos *Vocal –
Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
Arias.
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 ...
, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
Donald Runnicles Sir Donald Cameron Runnicles OBE HonFRSE (born 16 November 1954, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish conductor. Life and career The son of William Runnicles, a director of a furniture supply company and a choirmaster and organist, and Christin ...
. Decca


2012

*Lifetime Achievement
Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
*Artist of the Year –
Joseph Calleja Joseph Calleja (born January 22, 1978) is a Maltese operatic tenor. Early life and career Calleja was born in Attard, Malta. He began singing at the age of 16, having been discovered by tenor Brian Cefai and continued his studies with Maltese ...
*Young Artist of the Year –
Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, an ...
*Label of the Year –
Naïve Records Naïve Records is a French independent record label based in Paris, specializing in electronic music, pop music, jazz and classical music. Founding and expansion It was founded in 1998 by Patrick Zelnik, former CEO of Virgin France, Gilles Paire ...
*Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) –
Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...
: Musikalische Exequien,
Vox Luminis Vox Luminis are a Belgian early music vocal ensemble led by Lionel Meunier. Their recording of Heinrich Schütz's ''Musicalische Exequien'' for Ricercar won a Gramophone Award and International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2012. Recordings (ch ...
, Lionel Meunier (RICERCAR) *Early – Victoria Sacred works, Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone ARCHIV (DG) *Baroque Instrumental – Bach: Orchestral Suites,
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds". History The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. ...
,
Petra Mullejans Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Jab ...
,
Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Born into the ancient Brandenburgish Goltz family, Gottfried was a great-grandson of the former commande ...
(HARMONIA MUNDI) *DVD Documentary – Music makes a city, A film by Oswald Brown III; Jerome Hiler (Harmonia Mundi) *DVD Performance – Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Bruckner 5 (Accentus) *Opera –
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
: Fidelio, Stemme; Kaufmann;
Lucerne Festival Orchestra The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is a European ''ad hoc'' seasonal orchestra based at the annual Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. History The Lucerne Festival had featured a resident orchestra as far back as 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting ...
/
Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
(DECCA) *Choral –
Howells Howells may refer to: People *Howells (surname) Places in the United States * Howells, Colorado, a place in Colorado *Howells, Nebraska *Howells, New York *Howells Junction, New York, a place in New York Business establishments * Howells (depa ...
: Requiem, St Paul's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis,
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...
/ Stephen Layton (HYPERION) *Special Achievement – Smetana: Ma vlast, with Czech National Anthem
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra The Česká filharmonie (Czech Philharmonic) is a symphony orchestra based in Prague. The orchestra's principal concert venue is the Rudolfinum. History The name "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra" appeared for the first time in 1894, as the title ...
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Václav Talich Václav Talich (; 28 May 1883, Kroměříž – 16 March 1961, Beroun) was a Czech violinist and later a musical pedagogue. He is remembered today as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, the object of countless reissues of his man ...
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Norwegian Radio There are many radio stations in Norway. For a more comprehensive list see List of Norwegian-language radio stations. Norway is in the process of transitioning all radio stations away from FM broadcasting to Digital Audio Broadcasting only. The cou ...
recording in Nazi-occupied Prague on 5 June 1939, remastering producer Matouš Vlčinský) (
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 ...
) *Instrumental – Chopin.
Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
,
Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
: Piano works,
Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, an ...
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Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...
) *Concerto –
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
,
Berg Berg may refer to: People *Berg (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Berg Ng (born 1960), Hong Kong actor * Berg (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer Former states *Berg (state), county and duchy of the Holy ...
: Violin Concertos,
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 ...
,
Orchestra Mozart The Orchestra Mozart or Orchestra Mozart Bologna is an Italian orchestra based in Bologna. Creation The orchestra was created in 2004 by Carlo Maria Badini, as a special project within the Regia Accademia Filarmonica (Philharmonic Academy) of B ...
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Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
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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 ...
) *Solo Vocal – Songs of War,
Simon Keenlyside Sir Simon Keenlyside (born 3 August 1959) is a British baritone who has performed in operas and concerts since the mid-1980s. Biography Early life and education Keenlyside was born in London, the son of Raymond and Ann Keenlyside. Raymond play ...
Malcolm Martineau Malcolm Martineau, OBE (born 3 February 1960) is a Scottish pianist who is particularly noted as an accompanist. Life Martineau was born to the pianist Hester Dickson Martineau and Canon George Martineau in 1960. He was an only child but he had ...
(Sony CLASSICAL) *Historic – Chopin: Etudes,
Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...
(TESTAMENT) *Orchestral – Martinu Symphonies; BBC SO, Jiri Belohlavek (Onyx) *Contemporary –
Rautavaara Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Tiili ...
:
Percussion Concerto A percussion concerto is a type of musical composition for a percussion soloist and a large ensemble, such as a concert band or orchestra. Two notable figures in the genre are the percussionists Colin Currie and Evelyn Glennie, who have separate ...
, Cello Concerto No 2, ''Modificata'',
Colin Currie Colin David Currie (born 25 September 1976) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. He is the founder and leader of the Colin Currie Group, an ensemble dedicated to performing and recording the music of Steve Reich. Biography Early years Col ...
(percussion)
Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian Cello, cellist. Biography Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway to a cellist father, John Fritjof Mørk, and a pianist mother, Turid Otterbech. His mother began teaching him the piano wh ...
(cello)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (in Finnish: ; in Swedish: ; literal English translation: Helsinki City Orchestra; commonly abbreviated as HPO) is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1882 by Robert Kajanus, the Philharmonic ...
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John Storgårds John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds (born 20 October 1963 in Helsinki) is a Finnish violinist and conductor. Biography Storgårds studied violin with Esther Raitio and Jouko Ignatius at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and continued his violin studies ...
( Ondine) *Chamber –
Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
: Complete works for piano trio,
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)
Tanja Tetzlaff Tanja Tetzlaff (born 1973) is a German cellist. She played first as an orchestra member, but then as a soloist, a founding member of the Tetzlaff Quartet, a string quartet led by her brother Christian Tetzlaff, and as a chamber musician. She h ...
(cello)
Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, Leif Ove Andsnes has signed to Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journe ...
(piano) (EMI)


2011

*Artist of the Year –
Gustavo Dudamel Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born 26 January 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist who is the music director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Paris Opera. Early life Dudamel was bor ...
, conductor *Specialist Classical Chart – Miloš Karadaglić – The Guitar *Label of the Year – Wigmore Hall Live *Young Artist of the Year – Miloš Karadaglić *Special Achievement – The
Bach Cantata Pilgrimage 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 ...
on
SDG The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...
*Lifetime Achievement – Dame
Janet Baker Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.Blyth, Alan, "Baker, Dame Janet (Abbott)" in Sadie, Stanley, ed.; John Tyrell; exec. ed. (2001). ''New Grove Dictionar ...
, mezzo-soprano *Music in the Community Award – The Cobweb Orchestra *Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach ''Harpsichord Concertos'' Andreas Staier; Freiburg Baroque / Petra Müllejans
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 ...
*Baroque Vocal –
Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...
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Apollo e Dafne ''Apollo e Dafne'' (Apollo and Daphne, HWV 122) is a secular cantata composed by George Frideric Handel in 1709–10. Handel began composing the work in Venice in 1709 and completed it in Hanover after arriving in 1710 to take up his appoi ...
'' La Risonanza Glossa *Chamber (Record of the Year) – Dvořák ''String Quartets Op. 106 & 96''
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 ...
Supraphon *Choral –
Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
''The Kingdom'' Claire Rutter; Susan Bickley;
John Hudson John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...
; Iain Paterson; Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Sir
Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...
*Concerto –
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 ...
''Fantaisie''
Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
''Piano Concertos''
Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...
''Piano works''
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 ...
;
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 ...
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Yan Pascal Tortelier Yan Pascal Tortelier (born 19 April 1947) is a French conductor and violinist. Biography Born in Paris, Tortelier is the son of the cellist Paul Tortelier, and the brother of Maria de la Pau. Tortelier began piano and violin studies at age 4. ...
Chandos *Contemporary – Birtwistle ''Night's Black Bird'' Hallé Orchestra /
Ryan Wigglesworth Ryan Wigglesworth (born 31 August 1979, Yorkshire) is a British composer, conductor and pianist. Biography Wigglesworth read music at Oxford University, where he held the position of Organ Scholar at New College, and continued his music studies ...
NMC *DVD Documentary –
Carlos Kleiber Carlos Luis Bonifacio Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was an Austrian conductor who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time. Early life Kleiber was born as Karl Ludwig Bonifacius Kleiber in Berlin in 1930, the ...
: ''Traces to Nowhere'' A film by Eric Schultz Arthaus *DVD Performance –
Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
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Don Carlo ''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Friedri ...
'' Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
EMI Classics *Early Music – Striggio ''Mass in 40 Parts etc.'' I Fagiolini ''et al.'' / Robert Hollingworth Decca *Historic –
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 ...
/Cooke ''Symphony No 10''
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
, Philharmonia /
Berthold Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt (18 January 190317 October 1996) was a German Jewish composer who spent most of his life in England. The suppression of his work by Nazi Germany, as well as the disdain with which many Modernist critics elsewhere dismissed hi ...
*Instrumental –
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
''Handel Variations. Piano works, Op 118 & 119'' Murray Perahia Sony Classical *Opera –
Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
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Ermione ''Ermione'' (1819) is a tragic opera (azione tragica) in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on the play ''Andromaque'' by Jean Racine. Performance history 19th century ''Ermione'' was first pe ...
'' Soloists;
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Geoffrey Mitchell is a countertenor-voiced chorister and choral conductor. Mitchell joined Exeter Cathedral choir at the age of eight. Ten years later, he joined the Renaissance Singers, while undertaking National Service in the Royal Navy. ...
;
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
/ David Parry Opera Rara *Orchestral –
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 ...
''Symphony No 10'' RLPO /
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 ...
Naxos *Recital – Verismo Arias Various
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 ...
; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome /
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
Decca Classics *Solo vocal –
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 and Proverbs of William Blake ''Songs and Proverbs of William Blake'' is a song cycle composed by Benjamin Britten (191376) in 1965 for baritone voice and piano and published as his Op. 74. The published score states that the words were "selected by Peter Pears" from '' P ...
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Gerald Finley Gerald Hunter Finley, (born January 30, 1960) is a Canadian baritone opera singer. Early life Finley was born in Montreal and studied music at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, King's College, Cambridge and the Ro ...
;
Julius Drake The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...
Hyperion *Editor's Choice –
Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
'' Stabat Mater'' Netrebko; Santa Cecilia Orchestra & Choir /
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
EMI


2010

Complete list
*Artist of the Year –
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. ...
*Lifetime Achievement Award –
Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ''G ...
*Young Artist of the Year –
Sol Gabetta Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist. Career Gabetta began to learn violin at ...
*Label of the Year –
Linn Records Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical music, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products. History While Linn engineers were testing their flagship product, the Sondek LP12 turntable, they became fr ...
*Early Music (Record of the Year) – Byrd 'Infelix Ego' /
The Cardinall's Musick The Cardinall's Musick is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in music of the 16th and 17th centuries and contemporary music.Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton - The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music - 2008 Page 28 ...
and
Andrew Carwood Andrew Carwood (born 30 April 1965) is the Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral in London and director of his own group, The Cardinall's Musick. Biography He was educated at The John Lyon School, Harrow and was a choral scholar in the Choir ...
*Baroque Instrumental –
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 ...
The French Connection /
La Serenissima The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
*Chamber –
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
, Sonatas for Piano and Violin /
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 ...
*Concerto –
Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
,
Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
,
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 ...
; Hallé Orchestra / Sir
Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...
*Contemporary – Adès – '' The Tempest'' Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...
, Covent Garden /
Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), ''V ...
DVD – Leonard Bernstein – ''Reflections'', film by Peter Rosen *Historic Archive – Beethoven – 32 Piano Sonatas. Eroica Variations etc.
Friedrich Gulda Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. Biography Early life and career Born in Vienna the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano ...
*Opera – Wagner – Götterdämmerung. Soloists; Choruses; Hallé Orchestra / Sir
Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...
*Orchestral – Dvořák – Symphonic Poems. Czech Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU4012-2 *Editors Choice : Leonard Bernstein, Bernstein's ''Mass (Bernstein), Mass'', Marin Alsop


Gramophone Awards of the 2000s


2009

*Artist of the Year – The Sixteen *Lifetime Achievement Award – Nikolaus Harnoncourt *Young Artist of the Year –
Yuja Wang Yuja Wang (; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Phila ...
*Special Achievement – Bernard Coutaz, founder of
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 ...
*Label of the Year – ECM (record label), ECM *Early Music – Song of Songs, Stile Antico (early music vocal ensemble), Stile Antico *Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation –
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...
and The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun *Baroque Instrumental – Henry Purcell's Complete Fantazias / Fretwork (music group), Fretwork *Chamber (Record of the Year) – Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Fauré and
Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
, String quartets, Quatuor Ebène *Concerto – Britten, Piano Concerto, Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (Hyperion) *Contemporary – The NMC Songbook, various artists (NMC Recordings, NMC) *DVD –
Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
, Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Copenhagen Ring, The Royal Danish Opera / Michael Schønwandt *Historic Archive – Berlioz, Les troyens, Les Troyens, Covent Garden Opera / Rafael Kubelík *Opera –
Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long lin ...
, Madama Butterfly, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia /
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
, Angela Gheorghiu (sop) *Orchestral – Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony & The Vayevoda, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic /
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 ...
*Editors Choice : Beethoven: Diabelli Variations & Bach: Partita No. 4 – Stephen Kovacevich (piano)


2008

*Artist of the Year – Hilary Hahn *Lifetime Achievement – André Previn *Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Rysanov *Special Achievement – Peter Moores (businessman), Sir Peter Moores *Label of the Year – Hyperion *The Gold Disc – Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos – Stephen Hough *Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Tasmin Little *Baroque Instrumental – ''Brandenburg concertos'' European Brandenburg Ensemble / Trevor Pinnock (Avie) *Chamber –
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
and
Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
, ''Piano quintets'',
Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, Leif Ove Andsnes has signed to Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journe ...
, Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics) *Concerto –
Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
, ''
Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
'',
James Ehnes James Ehnes, (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian concert violinist and violist. Life and career Ehnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Alan Ehnes, long time trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada), and Barbara Withey Ehnes, ...
, Philharmonia Orchestra / Andrew Davis (conductor), Sir Andrew Davis (Onyx) *DVD –
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 ...
, ''Le nozze di Figaro'' Soloists, The Royal Opera /
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
(Opus Arte) *Historic Archive – Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams), Symphony No 5
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
/ Vaughan Williams (Somm) *Opera – Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century, The Excursions of Mr Broucek
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 ...
/ Jirí Belohlávek (
Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
) *Recital – ''Maria'', Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra La Scintilla / Ádám Fischer (Decca) *Instrumental (Record of the Year) –
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
, ''Piano Sonatas, Vol 4'' Paul Lewis (pianist), Paul Lewis (
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 ...
) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, ''L'Orfeo'', La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (Glossa) *Choral – Haydn, ''The Creation (Haydn), The Creation'', Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and Players /
Paul McCreesh Paul McCreesh (born 24 May 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the ...
(Archiv Produktion) *Contemporary – Jonathan Harvey (composer), Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala, Anu Komsi, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (NMC) *Early Music – Nicholas Ludford, Missa Benedicta, Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom (K617) *Historic Reissue – Sibelius, ''Songs'', Kim Borg, Erik Werba (
Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
) *Orchestral – Myaskovsky, ''Symphonies'', USSR State & Russian Federation Symphony Orchestras / Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner Classics) *Solo vocal – Samuel Barber, Barber, ''Songs'',
Gerald Finley Gerald Hunter Finley, (born January 30, 1960) is a Canadian baritone opera singer. Early life Finley was born in Montreal and studied music at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, King's College, Cambridge and the Ro ...
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Julius Drake The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...
, ( Hyperion) *Editor's Choice – ''Mr Abel's Fine Airs''


2007

*Artist of the Year – Julia Fischer *Lifetime Achievement – Montserrat Caballé *Young Artist of the Year –
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 ...
*Special Achievement – Christopher Raeburn *Label of the Year –
Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
*Concerto (Record of the Year) –
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
Piano Concertos Nelson Freire; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (Decca) *Editor's Choice –
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 ...
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler), Symphony No. 2 Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics Records, Channel Classics) *Baroque instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Handel Concerti Grossi Academy of Ancient Music /
Richard Egarr Richard Egarr (born 7 August 1963) is a British conductor and keyboard player. Biography Born in Lincoln, Egarr received his early musical training as a choirboy at York Minster and at Chetham's School of Music. He was an organ scholar at Clar ...
(Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque vocal – George Frideric Handel, Handel Messiah (Handel), Messiah (Dublin version, 1742); Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt (Linn Records) *Chamber – Haas and Janáček String Quartets Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon) *Choral –
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
Ein Deutsches Requiem Dorothea Röschmann; Thomas Quasthoff; Berlin Radio Choir; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Contemporary – Julian Anderson Alhambra Fantasy
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 ...
/ Oliver Knussen ( Ondine) *DVD – Julian Bream: My Life in Music(Avie) *Early music – William Byrd, Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
The Cardinall's Musick The Cardinall's Musick is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in music of the 16th and 17th centuries and contemporary music.Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton - The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music - 2008 Page 28 ...
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Andrew Carwood Andrew Carwood (born 30 April 1965) is the Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral in London and director of his own group, The Cardinall's Musick. Biography He was educated at The John Lyon School, Harrow and was a choral scholar in the Choir ...
(Hyperion) *Historic reissue – Symphony in G minor (Moeran), Moeran Symphony in G minor etc.
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
, New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita) *History archive – Richard Wagner, Wagner Götterdämmerung Bayreuth Festival Opera / Joseph Keilberth (Testament) *Instrumental – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach Cello Suites, Steven Isserlis (Hyperion) *Opera – Gioachino Rossini, Rossini Matilde di Shabran Conducted by Riccardo Frizza (Decca) *Orchestral –
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 ...
Complete Symphonies
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
/ Valery Gergiev (Philips) *Recital – Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera Munich Radio Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (Sony Classical) *Solo vocal – Richard Strauss, R. Strauss Lieder
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 ...
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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 ...
(Harmonia Mundi)


2006

*Artist of the Year – Angela Hewitt *Lifetime Achievement – Charles Mackerras, Sir Charles Mackerras *Label of the Year – Virgin Classics *Orchestral (Record of the Year) –
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 ...
– Symphony No. 6 (Mahler), Symphony No. 6 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra /
Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
*Classic FM Listeners' Choice –
Alison Balsom Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and thre ...
*Editor's Choice – Stanford – Orchestral Songs Gerald Finley; BBC NOW/Richard Hickox. Chandos. *Chamber – Taneyev – Chamber Music Vadim Repin; Ilya Gringolts; Nobuko Imai; Lynn Harrell; Mikhail Pletnev DG *Concerto – Leif Ove Andsnes, Berlin PO, Pappano: Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (EMI) *Contemporary – Magnus Lindberg – Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku; Finnish RSO/Sakari Oramo *Historic archive – Richard Wagner, Wagner – Siegfried (opera), Siegfried Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth *Early music – Thomas Tallis, Tallis Gaude gloriosa
The Cardinall's Musick The Cardinall's Musick is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in music of the 16th and 17th centuries and contemporary music.Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton - The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music - 2008 Page 28 ...
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Andrew Carwood Andrew Carwood (born 30 April 1965) is the Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral in London and director of his own group, The Cardinall's Musick. Biography He was educated at The John Lyon School, Harrow and was a choral scholar in the Choir ...
(Hyperion) *Instrumental – Karol Szymanowski, Szymanowski – Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski *Solo Vocal – Franz Schubert, Schubert – Abendbilder
Christian Gerhaher Christian Gerhaher (born 24 July 1969, in Straubing) is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Career Christian Gerhaher studied with Paul Kuën and Raimund Grumbach at the Hochschule ...
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Gerold Huber Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers. Career Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the , piano with Fried ...


2005

*Artist of the year – Michael Tilson Thomas *Lifetime Achievement – Marilyn Horne *Special Achievement – The Lindsays *Label of the year – Naxos Records, Naxos *Classic FM Listener's Choice – Plácido Domingo *Editor's Choice – Rachmaninov ''Piano Concertos'', Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton ( Hyperion) *Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) – Bach ''Bach cantata, Cantatas Vol. 1 '' Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra /
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, Gard ...
(Soli Deo Gloria (record label), Soli Deo Gloria) *Early Music – John Browne (composer), John Browne, Music from the Eton Choir Book. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (conductor), Peter Phillips (Gimell Records, Gimell) *Choral – Haydn The Seasons (Haydn), The Seasons Soloists,
RIAS Kammerchor The RIAS Kammerchor (RIAS Chamber Choir) is a German choir based in Berlin, Germany. It receives support from the Rundfunk Orchester und Chöre GmbH Berlin ("Berlin Radio Orchestra and Choirs"), a limited-liability company owned by the public bro ...
, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (
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 ...
) *Orchestral – Haydn ''Paris symphonies'' Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber – Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven, Late String Quartets, Takacs Quartet, Takács Quartet (
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 ...
) *Concerto – Zimerman, Andsnes, Grimaud, Boulez Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1–3 (DG) *Contemporary – Birtwistle ''Earth Dances'' Ensemble Modern (DG) *DVD – Hector Berlioz, Berlioz, Les troyens, Les Troyens, Soloists,
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 ...
, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique /
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, Gard ...
(BBC) *Recital – Gounod and
Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...
, ''Arias'', Rolando Villazón,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra, affiliated with Radio France. The orchestra performs principally at the auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, along with several concerts at the Philharmonie de Pa ...
/ Evelino Pidò (Virgin Classics)


2004

*Artist of the year – Magdalena Kožená *Lifetime Achievement –
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
*Special Achievement – Peter Alward *Label of the Year – Telarc *Opera (Record of the Year) –
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 ...
''Le nozze di Figaro'' Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818–1820 *Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Bryn Terfel *Baroque Vocal – Antonio Vivaldi ''Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine'' Soloists,
Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...
/ Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111) *Chamber – Takács Quartet Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 (Decca) *Concerto – Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann Piano Concertos
Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, Leif Ove Andsnes has signed to Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journe ...
– Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (EMI) *Contemporary –
Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), ''V ...
''America, A Prophecy'' CBSO (EMI) *Early Music – Orlando Gibbons ''Consorts for viols'', Phantasm (music group), Phantasm (Avie) *Historic Reissue – Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc (composer), Henri Duparc, Maurice Ravel ''Mélodies'' Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Edouard Lindenberg (Testament) *Orchestral – Arnold Bax ''The Symphonies'',
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at MediaC ...
/ Vernon Handley (Chandos Records, Chandos)


2003

*Artist of the Year – Marin Alsop *Lifetime Achievement Award – Leontyne Price *Special Achievement Award – Vernon Handley *Label of the Year –
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 ...
*Chamber Music (Record of the Year) –
Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
''String Quartets Nos 1 & 3'' – Zehetmair Quartet, ECM *Classic FM Listener's Choice – Cecilia Bartoli *Début Disc and Editor's Choice – Prokofiev; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Tchaikovsky Piano Works, Simon Trpceski *Baroque Vocal – Handel: Arcadian Duets. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée. Virgin Classics. *Choral – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Masses, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (Chandos Records) *Orchestral – Sibelius: Rondo of the waves; Lahti SO, Osmo Vänskä (BIS) *Concerto – Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concertos, Op 4, ''La Stravaganza'', Arte dei Suonatori,
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 ...
Channel Classics Records, Channel Classics CCS19598) *Contemporary – Steve Reich: City Life. Ensemble Modern. RCA. *Early Music – The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music. The Orlando Consort. Harmonia Mundi. *Instrumental – Chopin, Etudes, Opp 10 & 12, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical SK61885) *Opera – Benjamin Britten, The Turn of the Screw (opera), The Turn of the Screw, Ian Bostridge, Mahler Chamber Orchestra,
Daniel Harding Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor. Biography Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled ...
(Virgin Records, Virgin Classics)


2002

*Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov *Lifetime Achievement – Mirella Freni *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
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Sakari Oramo Sakari is a given name, and may refer to: * Sakari Kukko (born 1953), Finnish saxophonist and flutist * Sakari Kuosmanen (born 1956), Finnish singer and actor * Sakari Oramo (born 1965), Finnish conductor * Sakari Pinomäki, Finnish mechanical and ...
( Hyperion) *Editor's Choice – Richard Strauss, R Strauss, ''Four Last Songs'', Soile Isokoski / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski ( Ondine) *Baroque Instrumental – Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/ Monica Huggett / Thomas Guthrie (ASV Gaudeamus) *Baroque Vocal –
Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
, Selva morale e spirituale, Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel (
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 ...
) *Chamber – Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven, Three String Quartets, Rasumovsky, Op 59. String Quartet in E-flat, 'Harp', Op 74, Takács Quartet (
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 ...
) *Choral – Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Schoenberg Gurrelieder Karita Mattila / Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Moser / Philip Langridge / Thomas Quasthoff / Berlin Radio Chorus / MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig / Ernst Senff Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Concerto – Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns, ''Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra'', Stephen Hough /
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
/ Sakari Oramo (Hyperion) *Contemporary – Birtwistle, Pulse Shadows, Claron McFadden / Arditti Quartet /
Nash Ensemble The Nash Ensemble of London is an English chamber ensemble. It was founded by Artistic Director Amelia Freedman and Rodney Slatford in 1964, while they were students at the Royal Academy of Music, and was named after the Nash Terraces around ...
/ Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec) *Debut Recording – Jonathan Lemalu sings songs by
Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...
, Gabriel Fauré, Fauré, Finzi etc., Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles (EMI Debut) *DVD – John Coolidge Adams, John Adams, ''El Niño'', Dawn Upshaw / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Willard White / Maîtrise de Paris Children's Choir / London Voices / Theatre of Voices / Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin / Kent Nagano / Peter Sellars (Stage director) / Peter Maniura (Video director) (ArtHaus Musik) *Early Music –
Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the fo ...
, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il
Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...
/ Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111) *Historic Archive – Great conductors of the twentieth century: Ferenc Fricsay (EMI/IMG) *Historic Reissue – Gabriel Fauré, Fauré, 13 Nocturnes, Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (Testament) *Instrumental – Edvard Grieg, Grieg, Lyric Pieces—excerpts, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI) *Opera – Hector Berlioz, Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner / Michelle DeYoung / Petra Lang / Sara Mingardo / Peter Mattei / Stephen Milling / Kenneth Tarver / Toby Spence / Orlin Annastassov / Tigran Martirossian / Isabelle Cals / Alan Ewing / Guang Yang / Andrew Greenan / Roderick Earle / Bülent Bezd (LSO Live) *Orchestral – Bruckner. Symphony No. 8. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Gunter Wand (RCA) *Recital – Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gluck, Italian Arias, Cecilia Bartoli / Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca) *Vocal – Cécile Chaminade, Chaminade, Mots d'amour, Anne Sofie von Otter / Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)


2001

*Artist of the Year – Cecilia Bartoli *Lifetime Achievement – Victoria de los Ángeles *Retailer of the Year – Bath Compact Discs *Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Williams, ''A London Symphony'' and George Butterworth, Butterworth, ''The Banks of Green Willow'',
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
/ Richard Hickox, Hickox (Chandos Records) *Classic FM People's Choice Award –
Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (
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 ...
) *Editor's Choice – George Frideric Handel, Handel, Rinaldo, David Daniels Cecilia Bartoli/
Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...
/Christopher Hogwood (Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Baroque Instrumental – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, ''Partitas, BWV 825–30'', Trevor Pinnock (Hannsler Classic) *Baroque Vocal – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, ''St. Matthew Passion'', Christoph Prégardien tenor Evangelist (Bach), Evangelist;
Matthias Goerne Matthias Goerne (born 31 March 1967) is a German baritone. He has performed and recorded extensively, both on the opera stage and in Lieder settings. Goerne has been referred to as "Today's leading interpreter of German art songs" by the Chicago ...
baritone Christus; Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann sopranos; Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus contraltos; Michael Schade, Markus Schäfer tenors; Dietrich Henschel, Oliver Widmer basses; Vienna Boys' Choir; Arnold (Teldec) *Chamber – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Williams, ''String Quartets Nos 1 & 2. Phantasy Quintet, Maggini Quartet'' with Garfield Jackson (Naxos Records) *Choral –
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 ...
, AMDG. "Choral Dances from ''Gloriana''". "Chorale after an Old French Carol". "A Hymn to the Virgin". ''Sacred and Profane, Op. 91'', Polyphony/Stephen Layton ( Hyperion) *Concerto – Schoenberg, ''Piano Concerto'', Mitsuko Uchida/Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Philips) *Contemporary – Pierre Boulez, Boulez, ''Anthèmes 2. Messagesquisse. Incises, Sur incises'', Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Debut Recording –
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 ...
, Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel, Ravel, String Quartets, Belcea Quartet (EMI) *DVD – Hector Berlioz, Berlioz, La damnation de Faust, Vesselina Kasarova/Willard White/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sylvian Cambreling (ArtHaus Musik) *Early Music – Carlo Gesualdo, Gesualdo, Il quarto libro di madrigali, La Venexiana/Claudio Cavina (Glossa) *Instrumental – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Goldberg Variations, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical) *Opera – Jules Massenet, Massenet, Manon, Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Chorus and SO of La Monnaie/Antonio Pappano (EMI) *Recital – French Arias, Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Betrand de Billy (EMI) *Vocal – Love Songs, Magdalena Kožená/Graham Johnson (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)


2000

*Artist of the Year –
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
*Lifetime Achievement – Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi *Special Achievement – Richard Wagner, Wagner, Götterdämmerung, soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Knapperstsbusch (Testament) *Retailer of the Year – HMV 150 Oxford Street & Bath Compact Discs *Orchestral (Record of the Year) –
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 ...
, Symphony No 10 in F-sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Simon Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Classic FM People's Choice Award –
Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (Decca) *Baroque Instrumental – Pandolfi, Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos 1–6; Op. 4, Nos 1–6, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque Vocal – George Frideric Handel, Handel, ''Acis and Galatea'', Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato) *Chamber – Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich, Complete String Quartets (Nos 1–15), Emerson Quartet (
Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
) *Choral – L Boulanger, Faust et Hélène: Psaume 24. "D'un soir triste". "D'un matin de printemps". Psaume 130, "Du fond de l'abîme", Dawson, Murray, Bottone, Mackenzie, Howard; CBSO Chorus;
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at MediaC ...
/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Tortelier (Chandos Records, Chandos) *Concerto – Joseph Haydn, Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes (EMI) *Contemporary – Elliott Carter, Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei. Clarinet Concerto, Elliott Carter (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Early Music – William Byrd, Complete Keyboard Works, Davitt Moroney ( Hyperion) *Instrumental – Leopold Godowsky, The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Marc-André Hamelin ( Hyperion) *Opera – Karol Szymanowski, ''King Roger''. Symphony No. 4 ''Symphonia concertante'', Op. 60, soloists; CBS Youth Chorus; CBS Chorus; Andsnes; CBSO/Simon Rattle, Rattle (EMI) *Recital –
Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (
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) *Vocal – Barbara Bonney, Diamonds in the Snow: Songs by Alfvén, Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Sibelius, Sjöberg and Wilhelm Stenhammar, Stenhammar,
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief con ...
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Gramophone Awards of the 1990s


1999

*Artist of the Year – Martha Argerich *Lifetime Achievement – Isaac Stern *Special Achievement – Philip's Great Pianists of the 20th Century *Opera (Record of the Year) – Antonín Dvořák, ''Rusalka'', Charles Mackerras, Mackerras (
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 ...
) *Editor's Choice – Naxos's British music series *Baroque Instrumental – Jacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (Metronome) *Baroque Vocal – Alessandro Scarlatti, A Scarlatti, ''Il primo omicidio'', René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber – Robert Schumann, Piano Trios, Florestan Trio ( Hyperion) *Concerto – Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concertos, Martha Argerich/Dutoit (EMI) *20th-Century Concerto – Maurice Ravel, Piano Concertos, Krystian Zimerman; Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon) *Early Music – Guillaume Dufay, Missa Jacobi, Binchois Consort/Kirkman ( Hyperion) *Contemporary – Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Instrumental – Arcadi Volodos, Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall (Sony Classical) *Orchestral – Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Wand (RCA) *Recital – Renée Fleming, ''I Want Magic!'', Renée Fleming; James Levine, Levine (
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 ...
) *Solo Vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven, Lieder, Stephen Genz; Vignoles (Hyperion) *20th-Century Chamber – Elliott Carter, String Quartets, Arditti Quartett (Auvidis) *20th-Century Instrumental – Luciano Berio, Sequenzas, various artists (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *20th-Century Opera – Carl Nielsen, Maskarade, Schirmer (
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 ...
) *20th-Century Orchestral – Edgar Varèse, Complete Orchestral Works, Riccardo Chailly (Decca) *20th-Century Vocal – Hanns Eisler, Hollywood Songbook, Goerne; Schneider (
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 ...
)


1998

*Artist of the Year – Riccardo Chailly *Lifetime Achievement – Menahem Pressler *Choral (Record of the Year) – Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (organist), James O'Donnell ( Hyperion) *Best-selling disc – James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical) *Editor's Choice –
Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), ''V ...
, Adès: Arcadiana Op. 12. The origin of the harp, soloists; Endellion Quartet; London Sinfonietta; King's college choir, Cambridge/Adès, Stenz, Cleobury (EMI Debut) *Baroque Non-Vocal – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset, Rameau—Overtures (L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Baroque Vocal –
Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
,
Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...
, Rinaldo Alessandrini *Chamber – Bartók, String quartets, Takacs Quartet (Decca) *Concerto – Joshua Bell, Barber, Bloch, Walton, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (
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 ...
) *Contemporary – Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle, soloists; BBC Singers;
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 ...
/ Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins (NMC) *Early Music – Canciones and Ensaladas, Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (Harmonia Mundi) *Early Opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau, Rameau, Les fêtes d'Hébé, Soloists; Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra/William Christie (Erato) *Film Music – Kenneth Alwyn, The Ladykillers, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (Silva Screen) *Instrumental – Stephen Hough, Mompou ( Hyperion) *Music Theatre – Kander & Ebb, Chicago, Broadway Cast/Rob Fisher (RCA Victor) *Opera – Gioacchino Rossini, Rossini, ''Il Turco in Italia'', soloists; Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/ Riccardo Chailly (
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 ...
) *Orchestral – Béla Bartók, Bartók, ''The Miraculous Mandarin'', Hungarian Radio Chorus; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Philips) *Solo Vocal –
Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake (EMI)


1997

*Artist of the Year – Yo-Yo Ma *Lifetime achievement – Mstislav Rostropovich *Young Artist of the Year – Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1. Solo Vi, Isabelle Faust; Ewa Kupiec,
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 ...
*Record of the year & Opera – Giacomo Puccini: La rondine, London Voices; London SO / Pappano, EMI *Best-selling disc – Agnus Dei, New College Choir, Oxford / Higginbottom,
Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...
*Editor's Choice – Monica Huggett, Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, EMI/Virgin Veritas *Britannia Music Members' award – Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers, Terfel; Chorus of Opera North; English Northern Philharmonia / Daniel,
Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
*Baroque non-vocal – Henry Purcell: Fantazias, Joanna Levine; Susanna Pell; Phantasm, Simax *Baroque vocal – Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs,
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 ...
*Chamber – Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonatas etc., Juillet; Truls Mørk, Mørk; Rogé,
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*Choral – Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner, Archiv Produktion *Concerto – Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concertos etc., Zehetmair; Avenhaus; CBSO / Rattle, EMI *Contemporary – György Ligeti: Etudes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sony Classical *Early music – Johannes Ockeghem: Requiem etc., The Clerks' Group / Edward Wickham, ASV Records, ASV *Early opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Arts Florissants / Christie,
Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...
*Engineering – George Dyson (composer), Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hickox, Chandos Records, Chandos *Film music – Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / McNeely, Varèse Sarabande *Instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Suites and Sonatas, Murray Perahia, Sony Classical *Music theatre – Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady, National Symphony Orchestra / J. Owen Edwards, TER *Orchestral – Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4, London SO / Davis, RCA *Solo vocal – Robert Schumann: Complete Lieder Vol. 1, Christine Schafer; Graham Johnson, Hyperion *Video – Alban Berg: Lulu, Soloists; London PO / Davis, NVC Arts


1996

*Artist of the Year – Anne Sofie von Otter *Lifetime achievement – Yehudi Menuhin *Young Artist of the Year – David Pyatt *Record of the year & Concerto – Emil von Sauer, Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records *Best-selling disc – Lesley Garrett – Soprano in Red; Lesley Garrett (sop); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Holmes Silva Classics *Baroque non-vocal – Antonio Vivaldi, Vivaldi: Il Proteo – Double, Triple Concertos; Coin (cello); Il Giardino Armonico / Antonini, Teldec *Baroque vocal – Vivaldi: Stabat mater. Cessate, omai ces; Scholl (alto); Ensemble 415 / Banchini,
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 ...
*Chamber – Joseph Haydn, Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 2, 3 and 5; Quatuor Mosaiques; Auvidis Astree *Choral – Grainger: Songs and Dancing Ballads; Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner Orchestra / Gardiner, Philips *Concerto – Sauer, Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Howarth, Collins Classics *Early music – Dunstable: Sacred Choral Works; Orlando Consort, Metronome *Early opera – George Frideric Handel, Handel: Ariodante; Wilhelmshaven Vocal Ensemble; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / McGegan,
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 ...
*Engineering – Jean Sibelius, Sibelius: Symphony No 5. ''En saga''; Lahti SO / Vänskä, BIS *Historic non-vocal –
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 Piano Works; Walter Gieseking (piano), EMI *Historic vocal – Lucrezia Bori: Opera and Operetta Arias; Bori (sop) with various artists (restored by Ward Marston), Romophone *Instrumental – Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas; Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Virgin Classics *Music theatre – George Gershwin, Gershwin: Oh Kay! Orchestra of St Luke's / Stern, Nonesuch *Opera – Sergei Prokofiev, Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel; Kirov Opera / Gergiev, Philips *Orchestral – Schmidt: Symphony No 4. Variations on a Hussar; London PO / Franz Welser-Möst EMI *Solo vocal – Schubert: Lieder, Volume 25. Die schöne Mullerin; Bostridge (tenor); Fischer-Dieskau (narrator); Johnson (piano), Hyperion *Video – Yehudi Menuhin – The Violin of the Century, EMI


1995

*Artist of the Year – Pierre Boulez *Lifetime achievement – Sir Michael Tippett *Special achievement – Entartete Musik – Korngold: Das Wunder des Heliane; Berlin Radio Chorus; Deutsches SO / Mauceri,
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 ...
*Record of the year & Concerto –
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 ...
: Violin Concerto No 1.
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 ...
: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich, Teldec *Best-selling disc – The Three Tenors in Concert, 1994; José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti; Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta, Teldec *Baroque non-vocal – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violin Sonatas; Romanesca,
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 ...
*Baroque vocal – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Grand Motets; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie, Erato *Chamber – Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintets; Domus, Hyperion *Choral & engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
and Chorus / Rattle, EMI *Concerto – Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Dmitri Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich, Teldec *Contemporary – György Ligeti: Concertos – Piano; Violin; Cello; Gawriloff; Queyras; Aimard; Ensemble InterContemporain / Boulez DG *Early music – Robert Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica, etc.
The Cardinall's Musick The Cardinall's Musick is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in music of the 16th and 17th centuries and contemporary music.Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton - The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music - 2008 Page 28 ...
/ Andrew Carwood, Carwood, ASV Gaudeamus *Early opera – Henry Purcell: King Arthur; Soloists; Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato *Engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
and Chorus / Rattle, EMI *Historic non-vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Soloists; Lucerne Festival Chorus; Philharmonia / Furtwängler, Tahra mono *Historic vocal – Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges; French Radio National Chorus and Orchestra / Bour, Testament *Instrumental – Frédéric Chopin: Four Ballades. Mazurkas. Etudes. Nocturne; Murray Perahia (piano), Sony Classical *Music theatre – I wish it so – The Songs of Vernon Duke; Dawn Upshaw (soprano); orchestra / Eric Stern (piano), Elektra Nonesuch *Opera – William Walton: Troilus and Cressida; Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North / Hickox, Chandos Records, Chandos *Orchestral – Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Erwartung; Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop); Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI *Solo vocal – Franz Schubert: Lieder; Bryn Terfel (baritone); Malcolm Martineau (piano), DG *Video – The Art of Conducting – Great Conductors of the Past, Teldec


1994

*Instrumental & Record of the Year – Debussy: Preludes; Krystian Zimerman (piano), DG *Chamber – Tchaikovsky: String Quartets No. 1 – No.3 / Souvenir de Florence; Yuri Yurov (viola), Mikhail Milman (cello), Borodin Quartet; Teldec *Opera – Britten: Gloriana; Josephine Barstow, Phillip Langridge, Welsh National Opera / Charles Mackerras, Argo *Historic Vocal – Britten: Peter Grimes / The Rape of Lucretia / Folksong Arrangements; Peter Pears (t), Joan Cross (s), BBC Theatre Chorus, Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Nancy Evans (ca), Pears, Cross, English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra / Sophie Whyss (s), Pears, Britten (piano); EMI *Historic Non-Vocal – Schoenberg: Verklaerte Nacht / Schubert: String Quintet in C major; Alvin Dinkin(va), Kurt Reher (cello), Hollywood String Quartet; Testament *Engineering – Dutilleux: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier, Chandos *Orchestral – Koechlin: The Jungle Book, Symphonic Poems; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman, RCA *Choral – Delius: Sea Drift, Songs of Farewell, Songs of Sunset; Bryn Terfel (bass), Sally Burgess (mezzo), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Hickox, Chandos *Concerto – Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2; Kyung-wha Chung, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI *Contemporary – Robin Holloway: Second Concerto for Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen, NMC *Solo Vocal – Samuel Barber: Complete Songs; Cheryl Studer, Thomas Hampson, John Browning, DG *Music Theatre – Bernstein: On The Town; LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas, DG *Baroque Vocal – Fourth Book of the Montev; Concerto Italiano, Opus 111 *Baroque Non-vocal – Bach: Goldberg Variations; Pierre Hantai, Opus 111 *Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov *Lifetime Achievement – Klaus Tennstedt *Special Achievement – Richter: The Authorized Edition; Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Phillips *Best Selling Record – Canto Gregoriano; Coro de monjes del Monasterio Benedictino de Santo Domingo de Silos / Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta, EMI *Early Music – Cipriano de Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem; The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips, Gimell *Video – Bernstein: On The Town; LSO/ Michael Tilson Thomas, Barbican Centre, June 1992, DG *Artist of the Year – John Eliot Gardiner


1993

*Solo Vocal (Record of the Year) – Grieg Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mez); Bengt Forsberg (piano) *Baroque Non-Vocal – Heinichen Dresden Concertos. Musica Antiqua Koeln / Reinhard Goebel *Baroque Vocal – San Giovanni Battista Alessandro Stradella, Stradella. Catherine Bott, Christine Batty (sopranos); Gérard Lesne (alto); Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor); Philippe Huttenlocher (baritone); Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski *Chamber – Quatuor Mosaiques Haydn String Quartet Op. 20 *Choral – Felix Mendelssohn. Elijah (oratorio), Elias. Miles, Helen Donath, Donath, van Nes, George, MDR-Chor Leipzig, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Masur *Concerto – Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms), Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor Op. 15 Stephen Kovacevich (piano);
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
/ Wolfgang Sawallisch (coupled with Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 with Ann Murray, Nobuko Imai) *Contemporary – James MacMillan. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst (Koch). BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, Maksymiuk. *Early Music – Venetian Vespers. Gabrieli Consort and Players /
Paul McCreesh Paul McCreesh (born 24 May 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the ...
*Engineering – Debussy, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien. Sylvia McNair (sop); Nathalie Stutzmann (contr); Ann Murray (mez); Leslie Caron (narr); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas *Historical Non-Vocal – Rachmaninov. The Complete Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov RCA Victor Gold Seal *Historical Vocal – The Record of Singing#Singers of Imperial Russia, Singers of Imperial Russia. Vols.1–4. *Instrumental – 80th Birthday Recital. Shura Cherkassky. *Music Theatre – George Gershwin. Lady, Be Good (musical), Lady, Be Good! Eric Stern, Lara Teeter, Ann Morrison. *Opera – Francis Poulenc, Poulenc. Dialogues des Carmélites / Catherine Dubosc, Dubosc, Rita Gorr, Gorr, Rachel Yakar, Yakar, Dupuy, Fournier, José van Dam, van Dam, Viala, Opéra National de Lyon, Kent Nagano, Nagano *Orchestral – Hindemith. Kammermusik (Hindemith), Kammermusik. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Riccardo Chailly, Chailly. *Video –
Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
. Der Ring des Nibelungen. 1989 Bavarian State Opera. Sawallisch. *Special Achievement – Edward Greenfield. *Best-selling Record – Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 (Górecki), Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs". David Zinman, Zinman. London Sinfonietta. Dawn Upshaw, Upshaw. *Young Artist of the Year – Sarah Chang. *Artist of the Year – Simon Rattle. *Lifetime Achievement – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.


1992

*Orchestral (Record of the Year) –
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
9 Symphonies. Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Chamber Orchestre of Europe. *Baroque Vocal – Handel. Giulio Cesare. Larmore, Schlick, Fink, Rorholm, Ragin. Rene Jacobs. Concerto Koeln. *Baroque Non-Vocal – Rameau. Harpsichord Works. Christophe Rousset. *Chamber – Symanowski String Quartets No 1 in C Major, Op.37; No. 2 Op. 56 / Webern Langsamer Satz. Carmina Quartet *Choral – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox. *Concerto – Medtner. Piano Conccertos No.2 in C Minor, Op. 50; No 3. in E Minor, Op. 60. Nickolai Demidenko. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk. *Contemporary – John Tavener. The Protecting Veil; Thrinos / Britten. Solo Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87. Steven Isserlis. London Symphony Orchestra. Rozhdestvensky. *Early Music – The Rose and The Ostrich Feather. Music from the Eton Choirbook. Volume I. The Sixteen. Harry Christophers. *Engineering – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox. *Historical Vocal – Covent Garden on Record: A History. *Historical Non-Vocal – The Elgar Edition. Volume 1. London Symphony Orchestra. Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. Elgar. *Instrumental – Alkan. 25 Preludes dans les tons majeurs et mineur, Op. 31 / Shostakovich. 24 Preludes, Op. 34. Olli Mustonen. *Music Theatre – Bernstein. Candide. Hadley, Anderson. London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Bernstein (cond). *Opera – Strauss. Die Frau ohne Schatten. Behrens, Domingo, Runkel, van Dam, Varady, Jo. Wiener Philharmoniker. George Solti. *Solo Vocal – Schubert. Lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, Aribert Reimann. *Special Achievement – Abbey Road Studios. *Best-selling Record – Essential Opera. *Young Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel. *Artist of the Year – Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa. *Lifetime Achievement – Sir George Solti.


1991

*Record of the Year & Choral – Beethoven. Missa Solemnis. Gardiner. English Baroque Soloists. Margiono, Robbin, Kendall, Miles, Monteverdi Choir. *Baroque Vocal – Handel. Susanna. Hunt, Minter, Feldman, Parker, Jeffery Thomas, David Thomas. Nicholas McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus. *Baroque Non-Vocal – Biber. Mystery Sonatas. Holloway (vn), Davitt Moroney(org/hpd), Tragicomedia. *Chamber – Brahms: Piano Quartets. Opp. 25, 26 & 60. Ax, Stern, Laredo, Ma. *Concerto – Sibelius. Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 47. Kavakos(vn). Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Vanska. *Contemporary – John Casken. Golem. Clarke, Hall, Rozario, Robson, Wilson, Morris, Harrhy, Thomas. Music Project London. Richard Bernas. *Early Music – Palestrina. Missa Assumpta est Maria/ Missa Sicut Iilium. Tallis Scholars. Peter Phillips. *Engineering – Wordsworth. Symphony Nos. 2 & 3. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Braithwaite. *Historical Non-Vocal – Berg. Violin Concerto/Lyric Suite. Louis Krasner(vn), Galimir Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Webern. *Historical Vocal – Faure/Chausson/Airs Français. Gerard Souzay. Jacqueline Bonneau (piano). *Instrumental – Shostakovich. 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87. Tatyana Nikolaieva (piano). *Music Theatre – Sondheim. Into The Woods. Original London Cast. *Opera – Mozart. Idomeneo. Johnson, von Otter, Martinpelto, McNair, Robson, Winslade. John Eliot Gardiner. English Baroque Soloists. *Orchestral – Nielsen. Symphony No. 2 Op. 16 "The Four Temperaments" / Symphony No. 3 Op. 27 "Espansiva." Fromm, McMillan. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Herbert Blomstedt. *Solo Vocal – Schubert. Die Schoene Mullerin. Schreier, Schiff. *Special Achievement – Complete Mozart Edition *Artist of the Year – Luciano Pavarotti *Lifetime Achievement – Joan Sutherland


1990

*Chamber – Respighi, Violin Sonata in B Minor, Kyung-Wha Chung and Krystian Zimerman; Deutsche Grammophon *Choral – Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri; Edith Wiens, S. Herman, A. Gjevang; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan (conductor) *Concerto – Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129; Lydia Mordkovitch (violin); SNO, Neemi Järvi (conductor); Chandos *Contemporary – George Benjamin: Antara, Boulez: Dérive, Memoriale; Harvey: Song Offerings; Walmsley-Clark (soprano), Bell (flute); London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin (conductor); Nimbus *Early Music – Gabrieli: A Venetian Coronation 1595, The Gabrieli Consort and Players,
Paul McCreesh Paul McCreesh (born 24 May 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the ...
(conductor); Virgin Classics *Engineering – Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor); Virgin Classics *Historic (vocal) – Massenet: ''Werther''; Ninon Vallin (mezzo), Georges Thill (tenor), Roque (baritone), Féraldy (soprano), Narcon (bass); Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, Élie Cohen (conductor), Elie Cohen (conductor); EMI *Historic (nonvocal) – Delius: Paris, Eventyr, Irmelin Prelude, Over the Hills and Far Away; LPO, Sir Thomas Beecham; EMI *Instrumental – Debussy: Piano Works;
Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 19 ...
; Philips *Music Theatre – Cole Porter, Anything Goes; John McGlinn; EMI *Opera (Record of the Year) –
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 ...
: L'Amour des trois oranges; Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano; Virgin Classics *Orchestral – Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Lott (soprano), Summers (baritone); LPO, Bernard Haitink (conductor); EMI *Solo Vocal – Schubert: Schwanengesang, Heine and Seidl Lieder; Peter Schreier (tenor), András Schiff (piano); Decca *Special Achievement – Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1–45; Vienna Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor); Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor); Teldec


Gramophone Awards of the 1980s


1989

*Chamber (Record of the Year) – Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1–6; Emerson Quartet; DG *Choral – Handel: Jephtha; Dawson, Holton (sopranos), Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Chance (countertenor), Robson (tenor), Varcoe (narrator), Ross (harpsichord), Nicholson (organ); Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor); Philips *Concerto – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33; Cho-Liang Lin (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra of London / Swedish Radido Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor); CBS *Contemporary – Robert Simpson: Ninth Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Handley; Hyperion *Early Music (Baroque) – Corelli: Concerto Grossi, Op. 6; The English Concert, Pinnock (conductor); Arkiv *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – "A Song for Francesca"; Gothic Voices; Hyperion *Engineering and Production – Tubin: Symphonies 3, 8; Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi; BIS *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Mahler: Symphony, No. 9; Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (conductor); EMI *Historic (Vocal) – Record of Singing, Volume 4; EMI *Instrumental – Mozart: Piano Sonatas 1–18; Mitsuko Uchida, Philips *Musical Theatre – Jerome Kern: Show Boat; John McGlinn; EMI *Operatic – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Glyndebourn, Rattle; EMI *Orchestral – Schubert: Symphonies; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado (conductor); DG *Remastered CD – Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; French Radio National Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor); DG *Solo Vocal – Schubert: Lieder, Volume 1; Janet Baker (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano); Hyperion


1988

*Chamber – Menndelssohn: Violin Sonatas in F minor and F major; Shlomo Mintz (violin), Paul Ostrovsky(piano); DG *Choral – Verdi: Requiem; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw; Telarc *Concerto – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2; Peter Donohoe (piano); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai; EMI *Contemporary – Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum, Silbury Air, Secret Theatre; London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth; Etcetera *Early Music (Baroque) – Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus; Donna Brown, Rachel Yakar, Howard Cookk; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner; Erato *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – "The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter"; Gothic Voices, Christopher Page; Hyperion *Engineering and Production – Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Simon Rattle *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Brahms: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 77; Ginette Neveu (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen, Walter Süsskind; EMI *Historic (Vocal) – Feodor Chaliapin: 1873–1938; Chaliapin(bass) ''et al.''; EMI *Instrumental – Poulenc: Piano Works; Pascal Roge; Decca Musical Theatre *Operatic – Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan; The Plymouth Music Series Chorus and Orchestra; Philip Brunelle; Virgin Classics *Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Simon Rattle *Period Performance – Haydn: Mass in D minor, "Nelson" / Te Deum in C major; Felicity Lott, Carolyn Watkinson, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson; The English Concert and Choir; Trevor Pinnock; Archiv; *Remastered CD – Strauss: ''Der Rosenkavalier''; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich Randall, Otto Edelmann, Eberhard Wächter; London Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan; EMI *Solo Vocal – Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin; Olaf Bär (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano); EMI


1987

*Chamber – Chausson: ''Concert in D major for Piano, violin, and string quartet, String quartet in C minor''. Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano), Augistine Dumay (violin), Muir Quartet. EMI *Choral – Handel: ''Athalia''. Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aled Jones, Anthony Johnson, David Thomas. The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood. Decca *Concerto – Hummel: ''Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op 85; No. 3 in B minor, Op 89''. Stephen Hough. English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos *Contemporary – Sir Michael Tippett: ''The Mask of Time''. Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Robert Tear, John Cheek. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Davis. EMI *Early Music (Record of the Year) – Josquin Desprez: Missa Pange lingua, Missa La sol fa re mi. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips. Gimell *Engineering and Production – Holst: The Planets. Montréal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Schubert: String Quartets, Piano Trio, Fantasia. Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin (piano). EMI. *Historic (Vocal) – ''The Art of Tito Schipa''. Tito Schipa (tenor). EMI. *Instrumental – Haydn: ''Piano Sonatas''. Alfred Brendel (piano). Philips. *Operatic – Verdi: ''La forza del destino''. Rosalind Plowright, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Bruson, Burchuladze, Pons, Tomlinson, Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG. *Orchestral – Mahler: ''Symphony No. 8''. Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynnimen, Hans Sotin, Tiffin School Boys' Choir. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Klaus Tennstedt. EMI. *Period Performance – Beethoven: ''Symphonies 2 & 8''. London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington. EMI. *Remastered CD – ''Beecham Conducts Delius: The Complete Stereo Recordings''. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI. *Solo Vocal – Liszt, R. Strauss: ''Lieder''. Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage. DG.


1986

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Rossini: ''Il viaggio a Reims. Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Gasdia, Francisco Araiza, Eduardo Gimenez, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Enzo Dara. Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe /
Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
. DG. *Chamber – Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 (Fauré), Piano Quartets No. 1 in C minor, Op 15; Piano Quartet No. 2 (Fauré), No. 2 in G minor, Op 45. Domus. Hyperion. *Choral – Janáček: ''Glagolitic Mass''. Elisabeth Söderström, Drahomíra Drobková, František Livora, Richard Novák. Czech Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon *Concerto – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven), 4. Murray Perahia. Concertgebouw Orchestra /
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 Lond ...
. CBS. *Contemporary – Witold Lutosławski, Lutosławski. Symphony No. 3 (Lutosławski), Symphony No. 3. Los Angeles Philharmonic /
Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...
. CBS. *Early Music (Baroque) – Bach: ''Die Kunst der Fuge'', BWV 1080. Davitt Moroney (harpsichord). Harmonia Mundi. *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – ''Chansons de toile au temps du Roman de la Rose''. Esther Lamandier. Alienor. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Late string quartets (Beethoven), Beethoven: Late String Quartets. HMV. *Historic (Vocal) – ''The Record of Singing'': Vol. 3. HMV. *Instrumental – Schubert: Fantasia in F minor (Schubert), Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940 / Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (Mozart), Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448. Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu. CBS *Orchestral – Vaughan Williams: ''Sinfonia Antarctica''. Sheila Armstrong (singer), Sheila Armstrong.
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
& Choir /
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 Lond ...
. EMI. *Solo Vocal – Schubert: ''
Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...
''. Peter Schreier, Sviatoslav Richter. Philips. *Remastered CD – Britten: ''Peter Grimes''. Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease.
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...
Chorus & Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. London. *Engineering and Production – Ottorino Respighi, Respighi: ''Belkis, Queen of Sheba''; ''Metamorphoseon''. Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon. Chandos.


1985

*Concerto (Record of the Year) – Elgar: Violin Concerto (Elgar), Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61. Nigel Kennedy.
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
/ Vernon Handley. EMI. *Chamber – Beethoven: Late string quartets (Beethoven), Late String Quartets, Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Alban Berg Quartett. HMV. *Choral – Requiem (Fauré), Fauré: Requiem, ''Cantique de Jean Racine'', Op. 11. Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott (organist), John Scott. Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter. Conifer. *Contemporary – György Kurtág: '': 21 poèmes de Rimma'', Dalos, Op. 17 / Birtwistle: ''...Agm...'' , Márta Fábián. John Alldis Choir. Ensemble InterContemporain / Pierre Boulez. Erato. *Early Music (Baroque) – Charpentier: ''Médée (Charpentier), Médée''. Jill Feldman, Jacques Bona, Sophie Boulin, Phillipe Cantor, Agnès Mellon, Gilles Ragon. Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (musician), William Christie. Harmonia Mundi. *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum, Ave maris stella. Westminster Cathedral Choir / David Hill (choral director), David Hill. Hyperion. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Carl Nielsen: Symphonies. Erik Tuxen, Launy Grøndahl, Thomas Jensen / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Danacord. *Historic (Vocal) – Claudia Muzio: The Columbia Recordings 1934–5. Italian Opera Arias, Italian, French and German Songs. HMV. *Instrumental – Liszt: ''Années de pèlerinage: Première Année: Suisse.'' Jorge Bolet. Decca. *Operatic – Mozart: ''Don Giovanni''. Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Allen, Carol Vaness, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard Van Allan.
Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, ...
.
London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...
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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 Lond ...
. HMV. *Orchestral – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111, Three Waltzes, Op. 110. Scottish National Orchestra /
Neeme Järvi Neeme Järvi (; born 7 June 1937) is an Estonian American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn. He initially studied music there, and later in Leningrad at the Leningrad Conservatory under Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Nikolai Rabinovich, ...
. Chandos. *Solo Vocal – Jean Sibelius, Sibelius: Complete Songs. Tom Krause, Irwin Gage, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca. *Engineering and Production – Ravel: ''Ma mère l'Oye'', ''Pavane pour une infante défunte'', ''Le tombeau de Couperin'', ''Valses nobles et sentimentales (Ravel), Valses nobles et sentimentales''. Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.


1984

*Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan. Deutsche Grammophon. *Chamber – Beethoven: Late String Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Lindsay Quartet. ASV. *Choral – Mozart: Requiem. Margaret Price. Trudeliese Schmidt. Francisco Araiza. Theo Adam. Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Orchestra, Peter Schreier. Philips. *Concerto – Mozart: Piano Concertos No 15, 16. Murray Perahia. English Chamber Orchestra. CBS. *Contemporary – Brian Ferneyhough: Quartet No. 2 / Jonathan Harvey: Quartet No. 2 / Carter: Quartet No. 3/
Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...
(Irvine Arditti, Levine Andrade, Lennox MacKenzie, Rohan de Saram). RCA. *Early Music (Baroque) – Bach: Kammermusik. Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel. Archiv. *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Dunstable: Motets. Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hiller. EMI. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, No 32 in C minor Op. 111. Egon Petri. dell'Arte. *Historic (Vocal) *Instrumental – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106. Emil Gilels. Deutsche Grammophon. *Operatic – Janáček: ''Jenůfa''. Elisabeth Söderström, Wiesław Ochman, Peter Dvorský, Eva Randová, Lucia Popp.
Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
. Charles Mackerras. Decca. *Solo Vocal – Strauss: ''Four Last Songs''. Jessye Norman. Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Masur. Philips. *Engineering and Production – Bax: Symphony No. 4 and Tintagel. Ulster Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos.


1982–1983

*Chamber – Borodin, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2, Borodin Quartet (EMI) *Choral – Bach, Mass in B Minor, Joshua Rifkin conducting Bach Ensemble (Elektra-Nonesuch) *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Tippett, Triple Concerto, Sir Colin Davis conducting
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
(Philips) *Contemporary – Boulez, ''Pli selon pli'', Pierre Boulez conducting
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 ...
; solo: Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Erato) *Early-Baroque – ''Actéon'', William Christie (musician), William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants (ensemble), Les Arts Florissants Vocal (Harmonia Mundi) *Early-Medieval – Hildegard of Bingen, ''A Feather on the Breath of God'' – Sequences and Hymns, Christopher Page conducting Gothic Voices (Hyperion) *Engineering – Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5,
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 Lond ...
conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Decca) *Historical Vocal – Schubert, Historical Recordings of Lieder, various artists (HMV) *Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, At the Piano Vol. 1, Béla Bartók (Hungaraton) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Sonata in B Minor,
Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ''G ...
(Philips) *Operatic – ''The Cunning Little Vixen'', Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and
Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
(Decca) *Orchestral – Strauss, ''Metamorphosen'', Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra *Solo Vocal – Brahms, Lieder, Kurt Masur conducting
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...
; solo: Jessye Norman (Philips)


1981

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Wagner, ''Parsifal'', Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Chamber – Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – Delius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan) *Concerto – Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI) *Contemporary – Tippett, ''King Priam'', David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca) *Early Music – Various artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv) *Engineering – Massenet, ''Werther'', Sir Colin Davis conducting
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...
Orchestra (Philips) *Historical Vocal – Various artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV) *Historical Non-Vocal – Brahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works,
Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ''G ...
(Philips) *Orchestral – Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Solo Vocal – Liszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon)


1980

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, ''From the House of the Dead'', Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and
Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
(Decca *Chamber – Brahms, Piano Quintet, Quartetto Italiano; solo:
Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...
(Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso,
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, Gard ...
conducting
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 ...
(Erato) *Concerto – Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, Lorin Maazel conducting French National Orchestra; solo: Jean-Philippe Collard (HMV) *Contemporary – Birtwistle, ''Punch and Judy'', David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera) *Early Music – C. P. E. Bach, Sinfonias, Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert (Archiv) *Engineering – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux,
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 Lond ...
conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) *Historical Vocal – Various artists, Gramophone Co. Recordings, Fernando De Lucia (Rubini) *Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Béla Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony) *Instrumental – Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) *Solo Vocal – Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian)


1979

*Chamber (Record of the Year) – Haydn, Piano Trios, Beaux Arts Trio (Philips) *Choral – Schoenberg, ''Gurrelieder'', Seiji Ozawa conducting Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, ...
(Philips) *Concerto – Bartók, Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2,
Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...
conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; solo:
Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...
(Deutsche Grammophon) *Contemporary – Maxwell Davies, Symphony No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca) *Early Music – Mozart, Symphonies Vol. 3, Christopher Hogwood conducting
Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...
(L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Engineering – Debussy, ''Images pour orchestre'', ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'', André Previn conducting
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
(EMI) *Historical – Various artists, Record of Singing Vol. 2, various artists (HMV) *Instrumental – Bach, Organ Works Vol. 3, Peter Hurford (Argo) *Operatic – Berg, ''Lulu'', Pierre Boulez conducting Paris Opera Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Debussy, ''Images pour orchestre'', ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'', André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) *Solo Vocal – Grechaninov, etc., Five Children's Songs, Elisabeth Söderström and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca)


1978

*Chamber – Bartók, Sonata for 2 Pianos; Debussy, En Blanc; Mozart, Andante With 5 Variations for Piano, Martha Argerich, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Willy Goudswaard and Michael de Roo (Philips) *Choral – Handel, Dixit Dominus,
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, Gard ...
conducting
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 ...
and Orchestra (Erato) *Concerto – Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
; solo: Andrei Gavrilov (EMI Studio Plus) *Contemporary – Webern, Complete Works, Pierre Boulez conducting Juilliard String Quartet and London Symphony Orchestra (Sony) *Early Music – Handel, ''Acis and Galatea'', John Eliot Gardiner conducting English Baroque Soloists (Archiv) *Historical – Gluck, ''Orfeo ed Euridice'', Charles Bruck conducting Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Opera Chorus and Orchestra (EMI) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works,
Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ''G ...
(Philips) *Operatic (Record of the Year) – Puccini, ''La fanciulla del West'', Zubin Mehta conducting
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...
Choir and Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Mozart, Symphonies nos. 25 and 29, Benjamin Britten conducting English Chamber Orchestra (Decca) *Solo Vocal – Chausson, Poeme; Duparc, Melodies, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo:
Janet Baker Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.Blyth, Alan, "Baker, Dame Janet (Abbott)" in Sadie, Stanley, ed.; John Tyrell; exec. ed. (2001). ''New Grove Dictionar ...
(HMV)


1977

*Chamber – Shostakovich, String Quartets nos. 4 and 12, Fitzwilliam Quartet (Decca) *Choral – Elgar, Coronation Ode; Parry, I Was Glad, Philip Ledger conducting Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kings College Choir and New Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI) *Concerto – Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22,
Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conductors". Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another compilation ranks Marriner #14 of th ...
conducting Academy of St Martin in the Fields; solo:
Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ''G ...
(Philips) *Contemporary – Berio, Concerto for Two Pianos, Pierre Boulez conducting
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
and Luciano Berio conducting
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 ...
(RCA Red Seal) *Early Music – Dowland, Lute Works,
Julian Bream Julian Alexander Bream (15 July 193314 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public per ...
(RCA Red Seal) *Historical – Various artists, Record of Singing, various artists (HMV) *Instrumental – Beethoven, Piano Sonatas nos. 27–32,
Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...
(Deutsche Grammophon) *Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, ''Kata Kabanova'', Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and
Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
(Decca) *Orchestral – Elgar, Symphony No. 1, Sir Adrian Boult conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) *Solo Vocal – Shostakovich, Suite, Six Songs to Lyrics, etc., Maxim Shostakovich conducting Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (HMV Melodiya)


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