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. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American

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'' for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world. According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for

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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;

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 Comp ...

) * Choral: Dussek Messe Solemnelle (

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, Choir of the AAM,

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/ Richard Egarr) * 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 The State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov" (Государственный академический симфонический оркестр России имени Е. Ф. Светланова) is a Russian orchestra based in Mo ...

'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 his ...

) * Contemporary: John Pickard The Gardener of Aleppo and other chamber works (

Susan Bickley Susan Bickley is a British mezzo-soprano singer who performs in opera, Baroque and contemporary classical music. Personal life and education Susan Rochford Bickley was born into a Welsh family in Liverpool, England. Her father was a primary sch ...

; Nash Ensemble /

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 compositio ...

) * Early Music: Josquin Masses – Hercules Dux Ferrarie, D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz ( The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips) * Instrumental: Bach Lute Suites ( Sean Shibe) * Opera & Recording of the Year: Britten Peter Grimes ( Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams,

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, Robert Murray, James Gilchrist,

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; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs / Edward Gardner) * 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 ...

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 m ...

) * Piano: JS Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 – Excerpts ( Piotr Anderszewski) * 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; 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 ...

/ Frédéric Chaslin) * 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 o ...

* Lifetime Achievement: Gundula Janowitz * Young Artist of the Year: * Spatial Audio: The Golden Renaissance: Josquin Des Prez (

Stile Antico ''Stile antico'' (literally "ancient style", ), is a term describing a manner of musical composition from the sixteenth century onwards that was historically conscious, as opposed to '' stile moderno'', which adhered to more modern trends. ''Prim ...

) * 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, fo ...

* Special Achievement: Boston Modern Orchestra Project * 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 Emi ...

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 subscripti ...

*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 ...

*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 The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) is a German broadcast orchestra based in Berlin. The orchestra performs its concerts principally in the Philharmonie Berlin. The orchestra is administratively based at the ''Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenb ...

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;

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. Throughout its history, the Or ...

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 Nati ...

( Decca) *Chamber: Bartok: ''Piano Quintet''. Veress: ''Piano Trio''.

Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norwegian 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 1993–2002 she studied with S ...

;

Barnabás Kelemen Introduction Barnabás Kelemen has established himself as one of the leading and most versatile artist of his generation. An artist of “innate musicality” with a technical execution that belongs “only to the greatest” (The Guardian) ...

; Katalin Kokas; Lawrence Power; Nicolas Altstaedt;

Alexander Lonquich Alexander Lonquich (born 28 August 1960 in Trier) is a German classical pianist and conductor. Biography Lonquich studied with Paul Badura-Skoda, Andrzej Jasiński, and Ilonka Deckers-Küszler. He won the first prize at the Alessandro Casa ...

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 mus ...

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 whi ...

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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 European classical music, classical music, both Contemporary classical music, contemporary and Early music, early, especially ...

) *Concept Album of the Year: ''From the Ground Up: The Chaconne.'' Hugo Ticciati
O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra
Signum Classics) *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 in ...

;

Mark Stone Mark Stone (born May 13, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and captain of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the sixth round, 178th overall, of the 2010 ...

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 1 ...

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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) *Early Music: Gesualdo: ''Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew'' (

) *Instrumental: Beethoven: ''Complete Piano Sonatas''.

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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 ...

) *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 Mozar ...

, Il Pomo d'Oro,

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 ...

) *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 ...

Kremerata Baltica Kremerata Baltica is a 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 Baltica. Description ...

, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (

) *Recital: Sandrine Piau
Le Concert de la Loge
Julien Chauvin *Solo Vocal: Janáček: ''The diary of one who disappeared, etc.''

Nicky Spence Nicky Spence (born 1983) is a Scottish operatic tenor who performs in opera, oratorio and recital in both the UK and internationally. Life and career Spence was born and raised in Dumfries. He was educated at Wallace Hall Academy in Thornhi ...

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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 Do ...

*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 Orch ...

*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 Th ...

*Label of the Year: Pentatone *Recording of the Year (Concerto): Saint-Saëns: ''Piano Concertos #2 and #5''. Bertrand Chamayou,

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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, ...

) *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 vi ...

, 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 You ...

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 ...

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 Fr ...

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, Granada, Peralada and San Sebastián. He has performed in distinguished concert se ...

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) *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, com ...

en. Ensemble Masques / Olivier Fortin, Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier (

Alpha Classics Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , which ...

) *Concept Album of the Year: ''softLOUD: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars''. Sean Shibe. (

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: Hamlet. Allan Clayton,

Sarah Connolly Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by Wagner as well as various 20th-century ...

Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her hometown of Waverley, Nova Scotia, in Hal ...

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 performanc ...

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, 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 Sym ...

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, ...

(Opus Arte) *Early Music: Manuel Cardoso: ''Requiem Lamentations, Magnificat and Motets.'' Cupertinos / Luis Toscano (

) *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 Phil ...

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) *Opera: Halévy: La Reine de Chype. Orchestre de Chambre de Paris /

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 t ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

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Dacapo Dacapo Records is a Danish classical music and new music record label. It was founded in 1989 to promote the classical and new music of Denmark and represents itself as "the Danish National label" ("Danmarks nationale pladeselskab"). The board inc ...

) *Recital:

Cavalli Cavalli is an Italian surname, literally meaning "horses", and may refer to: * Aldo Cavalli (born 1946), Italian bishop * Cade Cavalli (born 1998), American baseball player *Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676), Italian 17th-century composer * Hans Cavall ...

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 pre ...

, Ensemble Artaserse / Philippe Jaroussky (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 Hochschu ...

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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 Friede ...

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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 orchestr ...

*Artist of the Year: Rachel Podger *Young Artist of the Year: Lise Davidsen *Label of the Year:

*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 T ...

''.

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, an ...

, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg / John Nelson (

) *Chamber: Dvořák: Quintets Op. 81 & 97. Boris Giltburg, Pavel Nikl,

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

) *Choral: Pärt:

Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for " y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated into the liturgical service ...

, Nunc dimittis;

Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

: ''Psalms of Repentance''. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Kaspars Putniņš (

) *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 /

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 Pari ...

: 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 ...

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 f ...

(Aeon) *Early Music: ''Music from the

Peterhouse Partbooks The Peterhouse partbooks are a collection of English partbooks dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They are named "Peterhouse" after Peterhouse, Cambridge, Peterhouse in Cambridge, where the books were kept for some time, and are no ...

, 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 wit ...

''Piano Pieces'', Opp. 76, 117 & 118.

Arcadi Volodos Arcadi Arcadievich Volodos (russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Володось, links=no, ''Arkadij Arkadjevich Volodos''; born 24 February 1972) is a Russian pianist and composer. His first name is sometimes transliterated Arcady or Ar ...

(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 /

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, Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone (Alpha Classics) *Solo Vocal: ''Secrets'':

Marianne Crebassa Marianne Crebassa (born 14 December 1986, in Béziers) is a French mezzo-soprano. Life and career Crebassa grew up in Agde, where her parents encouraged her interest in music, starting with piano and continuing when she was 14 with singing.Pines, ...

; Fazıl Say (Erato)

2017

Source. *Concerto & Recording of the Year: Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 1–5. Adagio, K261. Rondos – K269; K373 /

(violin) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini *Baroque Instrumental: ‘The Italian Job’ / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin) *Baroque Vocal: JS Bach Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 / Iestyn Davies counterten / Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen *Chamber: Grażyna Bacewicz Complete String Quartets / Silesian Quartet *Choral: Mozart Mass in C minor, K427. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 / Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo) / Makoto Sakurada (tenor) / Christian Immler (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan /

*Contemporary: G Benjamin Palimpsests / Ligeti Lontano / Murail Le désenchantement du monde / Pierre-Laurent Aimard (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 Austr ...

(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 *Recital: ‘In War & Peace’ /

(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 (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 during ...

(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 Ro ...

*Label of the Year: Signum Classics *Lifetime Achievement: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa *Special Achievement: Colin Matthews *Young Artist of the Year:

Beatrice Rana Beatrice Rana (born 22 January 1993) is an Italian pianist. Early life Born in Copertino, Rana began studying piano at the age of 4, and made her orchestral debut at 9, performing Bach's Piano Concerto in F minor conducted by Francesco Libett ...

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 sym ...

*Recording of the Year –

piano JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations

Rzewski Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social an ...

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, ...

*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

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 directo ...

*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, drama, culture and the arts also featuring. The st ...

*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 ha ...

*Baroque Instrumental – ''Biber Rosary Sonatas'', Rachel Podger (violin) with Jonathan Manson (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 Marcin (Polish pronunciation: ) is a male given name or surname. Notable people with the name Marcin include: Given name * Marcin Dorociński (born 1973), Polish actor * Marcin Gortat (born 1984), Polish basketball player * Marcin Held (born 1 ...

(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 conside ...

, ''Madrigali, Vol 1 – Cremona'' – Les Arts Florissants / Paul Agnew *Chamber – Tippett String Quartets

Heath Quartet A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler a ...

*Choral –

Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

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", ref ...

'' –

Barbara Haveman Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as ...

(soprano) Claudia Mahnke (mezzo) Brandon Jovanovich, Gerhard Siegel (tenors) Thomas Bauer (baritone)

Johannes Martin Kränzle Johannes Martin Kränzle (born 1962) is a German baritone in opera and concert who has made an international career. For years a member of the Oper Frankfurt, he was chosen as Singer of the Year in 2011 after creating the leading role in Wolfgang ...

(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 *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 –

(violin),

/ James Gaffigan *Contemporary –

Hans Abrahamsen Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His '' Let me tell you'' (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at ''The Guardian'' as the finest work of t ...

let me tell you –

(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 ...

*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 t ...

*Instrumental –

piano JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations

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 Decemb ...

'' – Anja Harteros soprano Aida Jonas Kaufmann tenor Radamès Ekaterina Semenchuk mezzo Amneris Ludovic Tézier baritone Amonasro Erwin Schrott 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 Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus * ''Ensem ...

/ Raphaël Pichon *Solo Vocal – ''Néère'' – Véronique Gens (soprano),

Susan Manoff Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

(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 ...

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 –

*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 Conse ...

*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 Lon ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

Joseph Moog Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

*Baroque Instrumental – JS Bach Cello Suites, David Watkin (cello) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini *Chamber – Smetana String Quartets No 1, 'From my life' & 2

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Haas and Janáček won the 2007 ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamber music.Stuart Skelton (tenor), David Soar (bass), BBC SO and Chorus / Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) *Concerto – Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4, Maria João Pires (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 ...

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,

*Early Music – 'The Spy's Choirbook' Alamire;

English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble are an early music group specializing in music for cornett and sackbut. Formed in 1993, they perform in early music concerts and festivals on period instruments. St John's, Smith Square is amongst the venues ...

/ David Skinner (Obsidian) *Instrumental –

English Suites The ''English Suites'', BWV 806–811, are a set of six suites written by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord (or clavichord) and generally thought to be the earliest of his 19 suites for keyboard (discounting several les ...

Nos 1, 3 & 5 Piotr Anderszewski piano (Warner Classics) *Opera – R Strauss

Elektra Electra was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology. Electra or Elektra may also refer to: Greek mythology *Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades * Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo * Electra (Oc ...

; 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 ...

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 dir ...

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 (soprano), Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion) *Solo Vocal – Schubert ''Nachtviolen'',

(baritone),

(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 I ...

*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 the ...

*Label of the Year – Delphian *Recording of the Year –

, "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 Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting position ...

. Decca. *Baroque Instrumental –

CPE Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

, "Württemberg" Sonatas.

Mahan Esfahani Mahan Esfahani ( fa, ماهان اصفهانی) (born 1984 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American harpsichordist. Education Esfahani received his first guidance on the piano from his father before exploring an interest in the harpsichord as a teenag ...

(harpsichord). Hyperion. *Baroque Vocal –

, Heilig ist Gott and Symphony in D major. Elizabeth Watts,

Wiebke Lehmkuhl Wiebke Lehmkuhl (born 1983) is a German contralto in opera and concert who has appeared at international leading opera houses and festivals, including as Wagner's Magdalene at the Bayreuth Festival, as Erda in Paris, and as Annina at the Salzbu ...

, Lothar Odinius and Markus Eiche (soloists) with the RIAS Kammerchor 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 ...

directed by

Hans-Christoph Rademann Hans-Christoph Rademann (born 5 August 1965 in Dresden) is a German choral conductor, currently the director of the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart. Career Born in Dresden, Rademann grew up in Schwarzenberg an ...

. 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 string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Haas and Janáček won the 2007 ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamber music.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. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

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, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs and Matthew Brook (soloists) with the Dunedin Consort 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, p ...

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 Renzet ...

. Chandos *Contemporary – George Benjamin, '' Written on Skin'' (DVD). Christopher Purves,

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, video director Margaret Williams. Opus Arte *Early Music – Marenzio, Primo libro di madrigali. La Compagnia del Madrigale. Glossa. *Instrumental – "Volodos plays

Mompou Mompou is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Federico Mompou Frederic Mompou Dencausse (; alternatively Federico Mompou; 16 April 189330 June 1987) was a Spanish and Catalan composer and pianist. He is remembered for his solo pi ...

(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 along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

, ''

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 b ...

'' (DVD). Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Alek Shrader, François Piolino, Elliot Madore,

Paul Gay Paul Gay (born 8 November 1968
Accessed August 10, 2009.) is a notable 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

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, video director François Roussillon. FRA Musica DVD. *Orchestral –

, "The Symphonies".

. Decca. *Recital – "Arise, my muse", various composers. Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Richard Egarr and Friends. Wigmore Hall Live. *Vocal –

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 Müll ...

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 recital Tommasini, 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 fro ...

(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 th ...

*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 perc ...

*Label of the Year – Decca Classics *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 th ...

Andreas Staier Andreas Staier (born 13 September 1955 in Göttingen) is a German pianist and harpsichordist. Life Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover and Amsterdam. He studied piano with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase, a ...

. 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 convi ...

, English Baroque Soloists.

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

. 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 196 ...

. 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 ...

. *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2, Eötvös Seven, Ligeti Violin Concerto. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, HR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Modern.

Peter Eotvos Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

. 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 ...

, 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 ...

. 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 a ...

& 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 a ...

. 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 ...

'',

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 li ...

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 Decembe ...

. 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 c ...

. Opus Arte 3 DVD *Orchestral – Suk 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.

, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Donald Runnicles. Decca

2012

*Lifetime Achievement

*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 Malte ...

*Young Artist of the Year – Benjamin Grosvenor *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 Pair ...

*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. H ...

Musikalische Exequien Musikalische Exequien (Funeral music), Op. 7, SWV 279–281 is a sacred composition that Heinrich Schütz wrote in 1635 or 1636. Written for the funeral services of Count Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera, who had died on 3 December 1635, it is Sch ...

, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (RICERCAR) *Early – Victoria Sacred works, Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone ARCHIV (DG) *Baroque Instrumental – Bach: Orchestral Suites, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz (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 classic ...

: Fidelio, Stemme; Kaufmann;

(DECCA) *Choral – Howells: Requiem, St Paul's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Stephen Layton (HYPERION) *Special Achievement – Smetana: Ma vlast, with

Czech National Anthem Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

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 titl ...

Václav Talich Václav Talich (; 28 May 1883, Kroměříž – 16 March 1961, Beroun) was a Czechs, Czech violin, violinist and later a musical pedagogue. He is remembered today as one of the greatest conducting, conductors of the 20th century, the object of co ...

( historical Norwegian Radio 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. ...

) *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 ...

: Piano works, Benjamin Grosvenor (

Decca Records 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. ...

) *Concerto –

, Berg: Violin Concertos,

, Orchestra Mozart /

(

) *Solo Vocal – Songs of War, Simon Keenlyside

(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 Jiri ( ne, जिरी) is a municipality in Dolakha District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 13,638 people.. Jiri, which lies about 190 kilometers from Kathmandu, is the ma ...

(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. Ti ...

: Percussion Concerto, Cello Concerto No 2, ''Modificata'', Colin Currie (percussion)

Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian 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 when he w ...

(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 Or ...

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 studie ...

( Ondine) *Chamber –

: Complete works for piano trio,

(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 has ...

(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 b ...

, conductor *Specialist Classical Chart –

Miloš Karadaglić Miloš Karadaglić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Карадаглић, born 23 April 1983), sometimes known just by his mononym Miloš, is a classical guitarist and Deutsche Grammophon/ Mercury Classics recording artist from Montenegro. Biograph ...

– The Guitar *Label of the Year –

Wigmore Hall Live In October 2005, the Wigmore Hall, London, England, became the first concert hall to launch its own record label: Wigmore Hall Live, building upon the venue's existing reputation as a recital hall established early in the 20th century. One of th ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

*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 conv ...

on SDG *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 ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

*Baroque Instrumental –

''Harpsichord Concertos''

;

Freiburg Baroque Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as of ...

Petra Müllejans Petra Müllejans (born 1959 in Düsseldorf) is a German violinist, conductor and pedagogue, known especially for her work in historical performance practice and as a co-founder and performer with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Müllejans received ...

*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 train ...

'' Apollo e Dafne'' La Risonanza Glossa *Chamber (Record of the Year) – Dvořák ''String Quartets Op. 106 & 96''

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Haas and Janáček won the 2007 ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamber music.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 Claire Rutter (born 1972 in South Shields) is an English operatic soprano.Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004)"Rutter, Claire" ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 4070. Walter de Gruyter. Biography Claire Rutter studie ...

;

; John Hudson;

Iain Paterson Iain Paterson (born 1973) is a Scottish bass-baritone singer who has appeared in opera and concert. He was born in Glasgow. His first study was the violin, but his voice was recognised as his more important calling by his teachers at the Royal ...

; Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Sir

*Concerto –

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

''Fantaisie''

''Piano Concertos'' Massenet ''Piano works''

;

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 NMC *DVD Documentary – Carlos Kleiber: ''Traces to Nowhere'' A film by

Eric Schultz Eric Schultz (born 1980) is an American political advisor who served as Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama Administration from 2014 to 2017. Recognized by ''Politico'' as the strategist "White House officials turn to in a crisis to h ...

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 ...

'' Don Carlo'' Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /

EMI Classics *Early Music –

Striggio Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536/1537 – 29 February 1592) was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal co ...

''Mass in 40 Parts etc.'' I Fagiolini ''et al.'' /

Robert Hollingworth Robert Hollingworth is an Australian artist and writer. Overview Robert Hollingworth is an Australian artist and writer with an abiding interest in Australian history, environment, ecology, the natural sciences and nature in general. He now w ...

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 o ...

/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 h ...

*Instrumental –

''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 ...

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 fi ...

'' Soloists; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir;

/ David Parry Opera Rara *Orchestral –

''Symphony No 10'' RLPO /

Naxos *Recital –

Verismo Arias In opera, ''verismo'' (, from , meaning "true") was a post-Romantic operatic tradition associated with Italian composers such as Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea and Giacomo Puccini. ''Verismo'' as an o ...

Various

; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome /

Decca Classics *Solo vocal –

'' Songs and Proverbs of William Blake'' Gerald Finley;

Hyperion *Editor's Choice –

Stabat Mater The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary, which portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during his crucifixion. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III.Sabatier, Paul ''Life o ...

'' Netrebko; Santa Cecilia Orchestra & Choir /

EMI

2010

Complete list
*Artist of the Year –

*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 t ...

*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 ...

*Early Music (Record of the Year) – Byrd 'Infelix Ego' / The Cardinall's Musick and Andrew Carwood *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 widespre ...

The French Connection / La Serenissima *Chamber –

, Sonatas for Piano and Violin /

*Concerto –

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 music, Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first dev ...

, Thomas Zehetmair; Hallé Orchestra / Sir

*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 ...

, Covent Garden /

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 ' (; ''Twilight of the Gods''), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four music dramas titled (''The Ring of the Nibelung'', or ''The Ring Cycle'' or ''The Ring'' for short). It received its premiere at the on 17 August 1876, as p ...

. Soloists; Choruses; Hallé Orchestra / Sir

*Orchestral – Dvořák – Symphonic Poems.

Czech Philharmonic 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 titl ...

/ Sir

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

. Supraphon SU4012-2 *Editors Choice : Bernstein's ''

Mass Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different element ...

'',

Marin Alsop Marin Alsop ( �mɛər.ɪn ˈæːl.sɑːp born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She is music director laureate o ...

Gramophone Awards of the 2000s

2009

*Artist of the Year –

The Sixteen The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. The group performs early Engl ...

*Lifetime Achievement Award –

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

*Young Artist of the Year –

*Special Achievement – Bernard Coutaz, founder of

*Label of the Year –

ECM ECM may refer to: Economics and commerce * Engineering change management * Equity capital markets * Error correction model, an econometric model * European Common Market Mathematics * Elliptic curve method * European Congress of Mathematics ...

*Early Music – Song of Songs,

*Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation –

and The Sun *Baroque Instrumental –

Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest En ...

's Complete Fantazias /

Fretwork Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw or scroll saw. Most fretwork patterns are geometric in design. The materials most commonly u ...

*Chamber (Record of the Year) –

, Fauré and

, String quartets,

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

*Concerto –

, Piano Concerto, Steven Osborne,

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) is a Scottish broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), it is the oldest full-time professional ra ...

/ Ilan Volkov (Hyperion) *Contemporary – The NMC Songbook, various artists ( NMC) *DVD –

, The Copenhagen Ring, The Royal Danish Opera / Michael Schønwandt *Historic Archive – Berlioz,

, Covent Garden Opera /

Rafael Kubelík Rafael Jeroným Kubelík, KBE (29 June 1914 – 11 August 1996) was a Czech conductor and composer. Son of a well-known violinist, Jan Kubelík, he was trained in Prague, and made his debut with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of ...

*Opera –

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John L ...

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( en, National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull ''Ratione congruit'', issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints promi ...

Angela Gheorghiu Angela Gheorghiu (; ; born 7 September 1965) is a Romanian soprano, especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi, widely recognised by critics and opera lovers as one of the greatest sopranos of all time. Embarking ...

(sop) *Orchestral –

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most pop ...

Manfred Symphony ''Manfred'' is a ''"Symphony in Four Scenes"'' in B minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 58, but unnumbered. It was written between May and September 1885 to a program based upon the eponymous 1817 poem by Byron, coming after the composer ...

& The Vayevoda,

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music. Its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmon ...

*Editors Choice : Beethoven: Diabelli Variations & Bach: Partita No. 4 – Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

2008

*Artist of the Year –

Hilary Hahn Hilary Hahn (born November 27, 1979) is an American violinist. She has performed throughout the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors and as a recitalist. She is an avid supporter of contemporary classical music, and several c ...

*Lifetime Achievement –

André Previn André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieve ...

*Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Rysanov *Special Achievement – Sir Peter Moores *Label of the Year –

*The Gold Disc – Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos –

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

*Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Tasmin Little *Baroque Instrumental – '' Brandenburg concertos'' European Brandenburg Ensemble /

Trevor Pinnock Trevor David Pinnock (born 16 December 1946 in Canterbury, England) is a British harpsichordist and conductor. He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English Concert, which he helped found and directed ...

(Avie) *Chamber –

and

, ''Piano quintets'',

, Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics) *Concerto –

, ''

'',

Philharmonia Orchestra The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer for EMI. Among the conductors who worked with the orchestra in its early years were Richard Strauss, ...

Sir Andrew Davis Sir Andrew Frank Davis (born 2 February 1944) is an English conductor. He is conductor laureate of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Early life and education Born in Ashridge, t ...

(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. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

, ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It prem ...

'' Soloists, The Royal Opera /

(Opus Arte) *Historic Archive –

Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

, Symphony No 5

(Somm) *Opera – Janáček,

The Excursions of Mr Broucek ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

/ Jirí Belohlávek (

) *Recital – ''Maria'',

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

, Orchestra La Scintilla /

Ádám Fischer Ádám Fischer (born 9 September 1949 in Budapest) is a Hungarian conductor. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, chief conductor of the Danish Chamber Orchestra, and chief conductor of the Düsseldorfer Sym ...

(Decca) *Instrumental (Record of the Year) –

, ''Piano Sonatas, Vol 4'' Paul Lewis (

) *Baroque Vocal –

, ''

L'Orfeo ''L'Orfeo'' ( SV 318) (), sometimes called ''La favola d'Orfeo'' , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque ''favola in musica'', or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, ...

'', La Venexiana /

Claudio Cavina La Venexiana (founded 1995) is an Italian early music ensemble founded and led by Claudio Cavina, an Italian countertenor and conductor. Cavina studied in Bologna with the American singer and musicologist Candace Smith, and then with the Swiss bar ...

(Glossa) *Choral –

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

, '' The Creation'', Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and Players /

(

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

) *Contemporary – Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala, Anu Komsi,

/ Ilan Volkov (NMC) *Early Music –

Nicholas Ludford Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – 1557) was an English composer of the Tudor period. He is known for his festal masses, which are preserved in two early-16th-century choirbooks, the Caius Choirbook at Caius College, Cambridge, and the Lambeth Choirb ...

, Missa Benedicta, Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom (K617) *Historic Reissue – Sibelius, ''Songs'',

Kim Borg Kim Borg (August 7, 1919April 28, 2000) was a Finnish Bass (vocal range), bass, teacher and composer. He had a wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice. Biography Kim Borg was born in Helsinki. He studied voice with Heikki Teittinen at the Sibelius Ac ...

, Erik Werba (

) *Orchestral – Myaskovsky, ''Symphonies'', USSR State & Russian Federation Symphony Orchestras /

Evgeny Svetlanov Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (russian: Евгéний Фёдорович Светлáнов; 6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Russian conductor, composer and a pianist. Life and work Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting wi ...

(Warner Classics) *Solo vocal –

Barber A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boys' hair or beards. A barber's place of work is known as a "barbershop" or a "barber's". Barbershops are also places of social interaction and publi ...

, ''Songs'', Gerald Finley,

, (

) *Editor's Choice – ''Mr Abel's Fine Airs''

2007

*Artist of the Year –

Julia Fischer Julia Fischer (born 15 June 1983) is a German classical violinist and pianist.Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé i Folch or Folc (full name: María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch (, , ; (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé, was a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide v ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

*Special Achievement – Christopher Raeburn *Label of the Year –

*Concerto (Record of the Year) –

Piano Concertos

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

; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (Decca) *Editor's Choice –

Symphony No. 2 Budapest Festival Orchestra /

Ivan Fischer Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulga ...

(

) *Baroque instrumental –

Concerti Grossi Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque vocal –

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...

(Dublin version, 1742); Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt (Linn Records) *Chamber – Haas and Janáček String Quartets Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon) *Choral –

Ein Deutsches Requiem ''A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures'', Op. 45 (german: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift, links=no) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, a soprano and a baritone soloist, com ...

Dorothea Röschmann; Thomas Quasthoff; Berlin Radio Choir;

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra The Berlin Philharmonic (german: Berliner Philharmoniker, links=no, italic=no) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. History The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...

/ Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Contemporary – Julian Anderson Alhambra Fantasy

Oliver Knussen Stuart Oliver Knussen (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer and conductor. Early life Oliver Knussen was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father, Stuart Knussen, was principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra, and a ...

( Ondine) *DVD – Julian Bream: My Life in Music(Avie) *Early music –

Byrd Byrd commonly refers to: * William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance * Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer Byrd or Byrds may also refer to: Other people * Byrd (surname), includin ...

Laudibus in sanctis The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion) *Historic reissue – Moeran Symphony in G minor etc.

, New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita) *History archive –

Bayreuth Festival Opera /

Joseph Keilberth Joseph Keilberth (19 April 1908 – 20 July 1968) was a German conductor who specialised in opera. Career He started his career in the State Theatre of his native city, Karlsruhe. In 1940 he became director of the German Philharmonic Orches ...

(Testament) *Instrumental –

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

Cello Suites, Steven Isserlis (Hyperion) *Opera –

Matilde di Shabran ''Matilde di Shabran'' (full title: ''Matilde di Shabran, o sia Bellezza e Cuor di ferro''; English: ''Matilde of Shabran, or Beauty and Ironheart'') is a '' melodramma giocoso'' ('' opera semiseria'') in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libre ...

Conducted by Riccardo Frizza (Decca) *Orchestral –

Complete Symphonies

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company di ...

(Philips) *Recital – Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera Munich Radio Orchestra /

Ulf Schirmer Ulf Schirmer (born 1959) is a German conductor and opera house administrator. Born in Eschenhausen, Lower Saxony, Schirmer studied at the Bremen Conservatory, and also at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, with György Ligeti, Christ ...

(Sony Classical) *Solo vocal – R. Strauss Lieder

;

(Harmonia Mundi)

2006

*Artist of the Year –

Angela Hewitt Angela Hewitt, (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian classical pianist. She is best known for her Bach interpretations. Career Hewitt was born in Ottawa, Ontario, daughter of the Yorkshire-born Godfrey Hewitt (thus she also has British nationality ...

*Lifetime Achievement – Sir Charles Mackerras *Label of the Year – Virgin Classics *Orchestral (Record of the Year) –

– Symphony No. 6

*Classic FM Listeners' Choice –

*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 Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist. He was the New York Philharmonic's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012 and has been the London Philharmonic Orchestra's composer-in-residence since the b ...

– Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku; Finnish RSO/Sakari Oramo *Historic archive –

–

Siegfried Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth *Early music – Tallis Gaude gloriosa The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion) *Instrumental – Szymanowski – Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski *Solo Vocal –

– Abendbilder

;

2005

*Artist of the year –

Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of ...

*Lifetime Achievement –

Marilyn Horne Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the Nat ...

*Special Achievement –

The Lindsays The Lindsay String Quartet (or The Lindsays) was a British string quartet from 1965 to 2005. History The quartet first performed at the Royal Academy of Music in 1965 to compete for a prize and set out to make the string quartets of Bartók and ...

*Label of the year –

Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best ...

*Classic FM Listener's Choice –

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, Conducting, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded Plácido Domingo discography, over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, ...

*Editor's Choice – Rachmaninov ''Piano Concertos'',

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini The ''Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'', Op. 43, (russian: Рапсодия на тему Паганини, ''Rapsodiya na temu Paganini'') is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano ...

Dallas Symphony Orchestra The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Dallas, Texas. Its principal performing venue is the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in the Arts District of downtown Dallas. History The orchestra traces its origins t ...

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

(

) *Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) –

'' Cantatas Vol. 1 '' Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra /

( Soli Deo Gloria) *Early Music – John Browne, Music from the Eton Choir Book. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips ( Gimell) *Choral –

The Seasons Soloists, RIAS Kammerchor,

Freiburger Barockorchester 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. ...

René Jacobs René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera. Biography Countertenor Born in Ghent, Jacobs began his music ...

(

) *Orchestral –

'' Paris symphonies'' Concentus Musicus Wien /

(

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (founded 1958) is a German classical music record label. It was founded by Rudolf Ruby and based in Freiburg, Breisgau. The company was acquired by BMG Music in 1992 and is now part of Sony Music Entertainment. Ruby had Al ...

) *Chamber –

, Late String Quartets, Takács Quartet ( Decca) *Concerto – Zimerman, Andsnes, Grimaud, Boulez Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1–3 (DG) *Contemporary – Birtwistle ''Earth Dances''

Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries. Hi ...

(DG) *DVD – Berlioz,

, Soloists,

, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique /

(BBC) *Recital –

Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

and Massenet, ''Arias'',

Rolando Villazón Rolando Villazón Mauleón (born 22 February 1972) is a Mexican operatic tenor, stage director, author, radio and television personality and artistic director. He now lives in France, and in 2007 became a French citizen. Villazón has published ...

/ Evelino Pidò (Virgin Classics)

2004

*Artist of the year – Magdalena Kožená *Lifetime Achievement –

*Special Achievement – Peter Alward *Label of the Year –

Telarc Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long associ ...

*Opera (Record of the Year) –

'' Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln /

Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818–1820 *Classic FM Listeners' Choice –

Bryn Terfel Sir Bryn Terfel Jones, (; born 9 November 1965) (known professionally as Bryn Terfel) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly ''Figaro'', '' Leporello'' and '' ...

*Baroque Vocal –

Antonio 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 ...

''Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine'' Soloists, Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111) *Chamber – Takács Quartet Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 (Decca) *Concerto –

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

and

Robert 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 Concertos

–

/ Mariss Jansons (EMI) *Contemporary –

''America, A Prophecy'' CBSO (EMI) *Early Music –

Orlando Gibbons Orlando Gibbons ( bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical fami ...

''Consorts for viols'', Phantasm (Avie) *Historic Reissue –

Ernest Chausson Amédée-Ernest Chausson (; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish. Life Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a ...

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

, Henri Duparc,

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

''Mélodies''

Gérard Souzay Gérard Souzay (8 December 1918 – 17 August 2004) was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie (French art song) in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac. Background and education He w ...

(baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Edouard Lindenberg (Testament) *Orchestral –

Arnold Bax Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral musi ...

''The Symphonies'',

/ Vernon Handley ( Chandos)

2003

*Artist of the Year –

*Lifetime Achievement Award –

Leontyne Price Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first Af ...

*Special Achievement Award –

Vernon Handley Vernon George "Tod" Handley (11 November 1930 – 10 September 2008) was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. He was born of a Welsh father and an Irish mother into a musical family in Enfield, Middle ...

*Label of the Year –

*Chamber Music (Record of the Year) –

''String Quartets Nos 1 & 3'' – Zehetmair Quartet, ECM *Classic FM Listener's Choice –

*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 Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was a pupil of Mozart, Salieri and Clementi. He also ...

, Masses, Collegium Musicum 90,

Richard Hickox Richard Sidney Hickox (5 March 1948 – 23 November 2008) was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music. Early life Hickox was born in Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire into a musical family. After attending the Royal Gramm ...

(

Chandos Records Chandos Records is a British independent classical music recording company based in Colchester. It was founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens.Antonio 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 ...

, Violin Concertos, Op 4, ''La Stravaganza'', Arte dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger

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 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 ...

The Turn of the Screw ''The Turn of the Screw'' is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in ''Collier's Weekly'' (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898, it was collected in ''The Two Magics'', published by Macmilla ...

Ian Bostridge Ian Charles Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. Early life and education Bostridge was born in London, the son of Leslie Bostridge and Lillian (née Clark). ...

Mahler Chamber Orchestra The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is a professional touring chamber orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado and former members of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in 1997. The MCO appears throughout the year in about 60–70 concerts and performances. It ...

( Virgin Classics)

2002

*Artist of the Year –

Maxim Vengerov Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров, , mɐkˈsʲim ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ vʲɪnˈɡʲerəf; he, מקסים ונגרוב; born 20 August 1974) is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, ...

*Lifetime Achievement –

Mirella Freni Mirella Freni, OMRI (, born Mirella Fregni, 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the ...

*Concerto (Record of the Year) – Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/

(

) *Editor's Choice – R Strauss, ''Four Last Songs'',

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

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (''Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin'') is a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie. The orchestra has also ...

/ Marek Janowski ( Ondine) *Baroque Instrumental – Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/

Monica Huggett Monica Huggett (born 16 May 1953 in London, England) is a British conductor and leading baroque violinist. Biography At the age of 16, Huggett started studying at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Manoug Parikian and Kato Havas, baroqu ...

/ Thomas Guthrie (ASV Gaudeamus) *Baroque Vocal –

, Selva morale e spirituale, Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino /

Konrad Junghänel Konrad Junghänel (born 27 February 1953) is a German lutenist and conductor in the field of historically informed performance, the founder and director of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln. Career Junghänel studied at the Hochschule für Musik ...

(

) *Chamber –

, Three String Quartets, Rasumovsky, Op 59. String Quartet in E-flat, 'Harp', Op 74, Takács Quartet ( Decca) *Choral –

, Gurrelieder, Schoenberg Gurrelieder Karita Mattila /

Anne Sofie von Otter Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Early life Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swe ...

/ Thomas Moser / Philip Langridge / Thomas Quasthoff / Berlin Radio Chorus / MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig / Ernst Senff Choir /

/ Sir Simon Rattle ( EMI) *Concerto – Saint-Saëns, ''Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra'', Stephen Hough /

/ Sakari Oramo (Hyperion) *Contemporary – Birtwistle, Pulse Shadows, Claron McFadden / Arditti Quartet / Nash Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec) *Debut Recording – Jonathan Lemalu sings songs by

, Fauré, Finzi etc., Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles (EMI Debut) *DVD –

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

, ''El Niño'',

Dawn Upshaw Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contempor ...

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (March 1, 1954 – July 3, 2006) was an American mezzo-soprano. She was noted for her performances of both Baroque era and contemporary works. Her career path to becoming a singer was unconventional – formerly a pr ...

/ 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, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111) *Historic Archive – Great conductors of the twentieth century: Ferenc Fricsay (EMI/IMG) *Historic Reissue – Fauré, 13 Nocturnes,

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (27 July 1902 – 7 July 1987) was a classical pianist of Franco-Dutch parentage, noted for her performances of French music. She studied under Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire, and in the 1950s, after a long a ...

(Testament) *Instrumental – Grieg, Lyric Pieces—excerpts, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI) *Opera – 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,

/ Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca) *Vocal – Cécile Chaminade, Chaminade, Mots d'amour,

/ Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)

2001

*Artist of the Year –

*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'',

/ Richard Hickox, Hickox (

Chandos Records Chandos Records is a British independent classical music recording company based in Colchester. It was founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens.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,

; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly ( Decca) *Editor's Choice –

, Rinaldo, David Daniels

/Christopher Hogwood (Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Baroque Instrumental –

, ''Partitas, BWV 825–30'',

(Hannsler Classic) *Baroque Vocal –

, ''St. Matthew Passion'', Christoph Prégardien tenor Evangelist (Bach), Evangelist; Matthias Goerne 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 –

, AMDG. "Choral Dances from ''Gloriana''". "Chorale after an Old French Carol". "A Hymn to the Virgin". ''Sacred and Profane, Op. 91'', Polyphony/Stephen Layton (

) *Concerto –

, ''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 –

, Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel, Ravel, String Quartets, Belcea Quartet ( EMI) *DVD – 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 –

, Goldberg Variations, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical) *Opera – Jules Massenet, Massenet, Manon,

/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 –

*Lifetime Achievement – Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi *Special Achievement –

, 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) –

, Symphony No 10 in F-sharp,

/ Sir Simon Rattle ( EMI) *Classic FM People's Choice Award –

, Verdi: Heroines,

; 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 –

, ''Acis and Galatea'', Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato) *Chamber – Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich, Complete String Quartets (Nos 1–15), Emerson Quartet (

) *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;

/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Tortelier ( 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 (

) *Instrumental – Leopold Godowsky, The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Marc-André Hamelin (

) *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: Heroines,

; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly ( Decca) *Vocal – Barbara Bonney, Diamonds in the Snow: Songs by Alfvén, Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Sibelius, Sjöberg and Wilhelm Stenhammar, Stenhammar,

( Decca)

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) *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 –

, Piano Trios, Florestan Trio (

) *Concerto – Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concertos, Martha Argerich/Dutoit ( EMI) *20th-Century Concerto –

, Piano Concertos, Krystian Zimerman; Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon) *Early Music – Guillaume Dufay, Missa Jacobi, Binchois Consort/Kirkman (

) *Contemporary – Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Instrumental –

, 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) *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) *20th-Century Orchestral – Edgar Varèse, Complete Orchestral Works, Riccardo Chailly (Decca) *20th-Century Vocal – Hanns Eisler, Hollywood Songbook, Goerne; Schneider ( Decca)

1998

*Artist of the Year –

*Lifetime Achievement – Menahem Pressler *Choral (Record of the Year) – Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (organist), James O'Donnell (

) *Best-selling disc – James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical) *Editor's Choice –

, 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 –

, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini *Chamber – Bartók, String quartets, Takacs Quartet (Decca) *Concerto – Joshua Bell, Barber, Bloch, Walton, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman ( Decca) *Contemporary – Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle, soloists; BBC Singers;

/ 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 (

) *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/

( Decca) *Orchestral – Béla Bartók, Bartók, ''The Miraculous Mandarin'', Hungarian Radio Chorus; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Philips) *Solo Vocal –

, 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,

*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,

*Editor's Choice –

, 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,

*Baroque non-vocal –

: Fantazias, Joanna Levine; Susanna Pell; Phantasm, Simax *Baroque vocal – Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs,

*Chamber –

: Violin Sonatas etc., Juillet; Truls Mørk, Mørk; Rogé, Decca *Choral – Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner,

*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,

*Engineering – George Dyson (composer), Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hickox, 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 –

: Complete Lieder Vol. 1, Christine Schafer; Graham Johnson,

*Video – Alban Berg: Lulu, Soloists; London PO / Davis, NVC Arts

1996

*Artist of the Year –

*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,

*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 –

: Ariodante; Wilhelmshaven Vocal Ensemble; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / McGegan,

*Engineering – Jean Sibelius, Sibelius: Symphony No 5. ''En saga''; Lahti SO / Vänskä, BIS *Historic non-vocal –

: 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 *Record of the year & Concerto –

: Violin Concerto No 1.

: 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,

*Baroque vocal – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Grand Motets; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie, Erato *Chamber – Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintets; Domus,

*Choral & engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3.

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 / Andrew Carwood, Carwood, ASV Gaudeamus *Early opera –

: King Arthur; Soloists; Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato *Engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3.

and Chorus / Rattle, EMI *Historic non-vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Soloists; Lucerne Festival Chorus; Philharmonia / Furtwängler, Tahra mono *Historic vocal –

: 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 *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

(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);

/ Wolfgang Sawallisch (coupled with Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 with Ann Murray, Nobuko Imai) *Contemporary – James MacMillan. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst (Koch).

. Jerzy Maksymiuk, Maksymiuk. *Early Music – Venetian Vespers. Gabrieli Consort and Players /

*Engineering –

, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien. Sylvia McNair (sop); Nathalie Stutzmann (contr); Ann Murray (mez); Leslie Caron (narr); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra /

*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 –

. 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) –

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.

. 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,

(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;

; Philips *Music Theatre – Cole Porter, Anything Goes; John McGlinn; EMI *Opera (Record of the Year) –

: 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 /

. 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.

/ Sir

. Supraphon *Concerto – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven), 4. Murray Perahia. Concertgebouw Orchestra /

. CBS. *Contemporary – Witold Lutosławski, Lutosławski. Symphony No. 3 (Lutosławski), Symphony No. 3. Los Angeles Philharmonic /

. 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.

& Choir /

. EMI. *Solo Vocal – Schubert: ''

''. Peter Schreier, Sviatoslav Richter. Philips. *Remastered CD – Britten: ''Peter Grimes''. Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease.

Chorus & Orchestra /

. London. *Engineering and Production – Ottorino Respighi, Respighi: ''Belkis, Queen of Sheba''; ''Metamorphoseon''.

/ Geoffrey Simon. Chandos.

1985

*Concerto (Record of the Year) – Elgar: Violin Concerto (Elgar), Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61. Nigel Kennedy.

. 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.

. HMV. *Orchestral – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111, Three Waltzes, Op. 110. Scottish National Orchestra /

. 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.

, 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/

(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.

. 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

(Philips) *Contemporary – Boulez, ''Pli selon pli'', Pierre Boulez conducting

; 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,

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,

(Philips) *Operatic – ''The Cunning Little Vixen'', Sir

conducting Vienna State Opera and

(Decca) *Orchestral – Strauss, ''Metamorphosen'', Herbert von Karajan conducting

*Solo Vocal – Brahms, Lieder, Kurt Masur conducting

; solo: Jessye Norman (Philips)

1981

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Wagner, ''Parsifal'', Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and

(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

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,

(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

conducting Vienna State Opera and

(Decca *Chamber – Brahms, Piano Quintet, Quartetto Italiano; solo:

(Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso,

conducting

(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,

conducting The English Concert (Archiv) *Engineering – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux,

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

(Philips) *Concerto – Bartók, Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2,

conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; solo:

(Deutsche Grammophon) *Contemporary – Maxwell Davies, Symphony No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting

(Decca) *Early Music – Mozart, Symphonies Vol. 3, Christopher Hogwood conducting

(L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Engineering – Debussy, ''Images pour orchestre'', ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'',

conducting

(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,

conducting

and Orchestra (Erato) *Concerto – Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting

; 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,

(Philips) *Operatic (Record of the Year) – Puccini, ''La fanciulla del West'', Zubin Mehta conducting

Choir and Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Mozart, Symphonies nos. 25 and 29,

conducting English Chamber Orchestra (Decca) *Solo Vocal – Chausson, Poeme; Duparc, Melodies,

conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo:

(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

(EMI) *Concerto – Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22,

conducting Academy of St Martin in the Fields; solo:

(Philips) *Contemporary – Berio, Concerto for Two Pianos, Pierre Boulez conducting

and Luciano Berio conducting

(RCA Red Seal) *Early Music – Dowland, Lute Works,

(RCA Red Seal) *Historical – Various artists, Record of Singing, various artists (HMV) *Instrumental – Beethoven, Piano Sonatas nos. 27–32,

(Deutsche Grammophon) *Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, ''Kata Kabanova'',

conducting Vienna State Opera and

(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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