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Vladimir Jurowski Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski (; born 4 April 1972) is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Michail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski. Early life Born in Moscow, Jurowski began hi ...

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Martyn Brabbins Martyn Charles Brabbins (born 13 August 1959) is a British conductor. The fourth of five children in his family, he learned to play the euphonium, and then the trombone during his youth at Towcester Studio Brass Band. He later studied compositi ...

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Piotr Anderszewski Piotr Anderszewski () (born 1969) is a Polish pianist and composer. Biographical background Anderszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland. His father's family was part of Poland's aristocracy while his mother came from a Jewish Hungarian family. He s ...

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 ...

Ludovic Tézier Ludovic Tézier (born 1968 in Marseille) is a French operatic baritone. Biography Ludovic Tézier trained at the Paris Opéra’s École d’Art lyrique and at the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques. He was a prize winner at Operalia, The Wo ...

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Frédéric Chaslin Frédéric Chaslin (; born 1963, in Paris) is a French conductor, composer and pianist. He recently joined the prestigious Music publishing house Universal Edition in Vienna. The son of an architect, Chaslin studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, an ...

Elim Chan Elim Chan (; born 18 November 1986) is a Hong Kong-born conductor. Elim Chan has been the chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra since the 2019-2020 concert season and has been the permanent guest conductor of the Royal Scottish Nationa ...

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Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norway, Norwegian classical music, classical violinist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2 ...

Barnabás Kelemen 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 Katalin Kokas (born 22 November 1978 in Pécs) is a Hungarian violinist and violist. Kokas has performed with orchestras including the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and Taiwan Philharmonic. She has studied at the Conserva ...

Lawrence Power Lawrence Power is a British violist, born 1977, noted both for solo performances and for chamber music with the Nash Ensemble and Leopold String Trio. Career Power started out as a violist (rather than beginning studies on the violin and switch ...

Nicolas Altstaedt Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982) is a German classical cellist. Biography and career Altstaedt was born in Heidelberg, Germany. As a soloist, conductor, and artistic director, he performs repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporar ...

Alexander Lonquich 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 ...

BIS Records BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden. BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings. ...

Hugo Ticciati Hugo Ticciati (born April 12, 1980) is a British-born violinist, living in Sweden. He has performed in several worldwide events such as the Gotland Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), the St. Denis-Festival (Paris), and the Festival Internacional ...

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Kirill Gerstein Kirill Gerstein (russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based i ...

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Maxim Emelyanychev Maxim Yuryevich Emelyanychev (Максим Юрьевич Емельянычев; born 28 August 1988, Dzerzhinsk) is a Russian conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and cornetist. From a musical family, Emelyanychev studied music at the Nizhny Novgor ...

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Sandrine Piau Sandrine Piau (born 5 June 1965) is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs. She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart to Schumann, Debus ...

Julien Chauvin Julien Chauvin (born 1979) is a French violinist and music director, specialized in the interpretation on period instruments and gut strings, co-founder of the orchestra the (2004-2014), as well as the (2007), and founder of the Concert de la ...

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 ...

Julius Drake The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

Emma Kirkby Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, (; born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and early music specialist. She has sung on over 100 recordings. Education and early career Kirkby was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dors ...

Víkingur Ólafsson Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Or ...

Bertrand Chamayou Bertrand Chamayou (born 23 March 1981) is a French pianist. Career Born in Toulouse, Chamayou studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse under the tutelage of Claudine Willoth, making his first forays into contemporary music and composition. At th ...

Orchestre National de France The Orchestre national de France (ONF; literal translation, ''National Orchestra of France'') is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France since ...

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

Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit (born 1979) is a French violist. Tamestit studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and further with Jesse Levine at Yale University, and with Tabea Zimmermann. He won the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, the 2003 Yo ...

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 F ...

Ensemble Masques 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 ...

Vox Luminis Vox Luminis are a Belgian early music vocal ensemble led by Lionel Meunier. Their recording of Heinrich Schütz's '' Musicalische Exequien'' for Ricercar won a Gramophone Award and International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2012. Recordings (c ...

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 ...

Sean Shibe Sean Shibe ( ; born 1992) is a classical and electric guitarist from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is of English and Japanese ancestry. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (and was the youngest student to enter the then Royal Scotti ...

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 ...

Allan Clayton Allan James Clayton (1981) is a British tenor singer. Clayton was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral and a choral scholar in the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2007-09 and winner of the Royal Ph ...

Sarah Connolly Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her Baroque music, baroque and Classical period (music), classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by ...

Rod Gilfry Rodney Gilfry is a leading American operatic baritone. After launching his career at Frankfurt Opera in 1987, Gilfry quickly established a reputation for stylish singing and acting. A renowned Mozart specialist, he has given acclaimed perform ...

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Jacques Imbrailo Jacques Imbrailo (born 1978) is a South African classical baritone, who sings in operas and oratorios. Biography and career Jacques Imbrailo grew up on a farm in the Free State province of South Africa, and first got into singing on a dare, ...

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Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, ...

Vladimir Jurowski Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski (; born 4 April 1972) is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Michail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski. Early life Born in Moscow, Jurowski began hi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Lise Davidsen Lise Davidsen (born 8 February 1987 in Stokke) is a Norwegian opera singer. She came to prominence after winning the Operalia competition in London in 2015, and is known as a lyric dramatic soprano. Career Lise Davidsen was born in 1987 in S ...

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...

Michael Spyres Michael Spyres is an American operatic baritenor. He is particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire, especially the works of Rossini, and heroic roles in French grand opera. Biography Michael Spyres was born in 1979 in Missouri, US, and ...

Marie-Nicole Lemieux Marie-Nicole Lemieux, C.M., C.Q. (born June 26, 1975) is a Canadian coloratura contralto. In 2000, she became the first Canadian to win first prize at the Queen Elizabeth International Music Competition in Belgium. Lemieux has continued to p ...

Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg The Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra) is a French orchestra based in Strasbourg. It is one of the two permanent orchestras of the Opéra national du Rhin (the other being the Orchestre symphonique de Mulho ...

Boris Giltburg Boris Leonidovich Giltburg ( he, בוריס גילטבורג, born June 21, 1984) is an Israeli classical pianist, born in Russia. Biography Giltburg was born into a Jewish family in Moscow, Russia, and began studying piano with his mother a ...

Pavel 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) *Choral: Pärt: Magnificat,

Nunc dimittis The Nunc dimittis (), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32. Its Latin name comes from its incipit, the opening words, of the Vulgate t ...

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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 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) is a professional choir based in Estonia. It was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was its conductor for twenty years. In 2001, Paul Hillier followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's princip ...

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BIS Records BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden. BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings. ...

) *Concerto: Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Christian Tetzlaff,

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: ''Radion sinfoniaorkesteri'', Swedish: ''Radions symfoniorkester'') is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). The orchestra prima ...

/ Hannu Lintu ( Ondine) *Contemporary:

Pascal Dusapin Pascal Georges Dusapin (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer. His music is marked by its microtonality, tension, and energy. A pupil of Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni and an admirer of Varèse, Dusapin studied at the University of Paris I ...

: String Quartets Nos 6 & 7.

Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...

, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France /

Pascal Rophé Pascal Rophé (born 16 June 1960) is a French conductor. He is currently music director of the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Biography Born in Paris, Rophé studied as early as 1974 at the Conservatoire de Paris, first studying the ...

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

Peterhouse Partbooks 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 ''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 ...

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Les Siècles Les Siècles is a French symphony orchestra founded in 2003 by François-Xavier Roth, with ambition to put works from the 17th to 21st centuries into today's perspective. The musicians of the orchestra play each repertoire on the historical instrum ...

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François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor, who founded Les Siècles, an orchestra which performs on instruments appropriate to the period of composition of each piece, from the late Baroque and Classical eras to 20t ...

(Harmonia Mundi) *Recital: ''Agitata'':

Delphine Galou Delphine Galou (born 1977) is a French contralto. She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004. Galou's outstanding vocal technique combined with noble bearing allow her performances of t ...

, Accademia Bizantina /

Ottavio Dantone Ottavio Dantone (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian conductor and keyboardist (primarily harpsichord and fortepiano) particularly noted for his performances of Baroque music. He has been the music director of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna sin ...

(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, ...

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Fazıl Say Fazıl Say (; born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. Life and career Fazıl Say was born in 1970. His father, Ahmet Say was an author and musicologist. His mother, Gürgün Say was a pharmacist. His grandfather Fa ...

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

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

(violin) / Il Giardino Armonico /

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

*Baroque Instrumental: ‘The Italian Job’ /

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/ Adrian Chandler (violin) *Baroque Vocal: JS Bach Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 /

Iestyn Davies Iestyn Davies (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor. Education and background Davies was born in York, England and first studied piano and recorder, mentored in his early years by his father Ioan, the founding cellist ...

counterten / Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen *Chamber:

Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the ...

Complete String Quartets / Silesian Quartet *Choral: Mozart Mass in C minor, K427. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 /

Carolyn Sampson Carolyn Sampson (born 18 May 1974) is an English soprano in opera and concert. Specialising in historically informed performance, she has sung in Masaaki Suzuki's recording project of Bach cantatas and has appeared at the English National Opera. ...

(soprano) / Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo) /

Makoto Sakurada is a Japanese tenor in opera and concert. Biography Makoto graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He went to study in Italy in 1997, and continues to work there. He has recorded Bach cantatas in the complete set directed by Masaaki Su ...

(tenor) / Christian Immler (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki *Contemporary: G Benjamin Palimpsests / Ligeti Lontano / Murail Le désenchantement du monde /

Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 9 September 1957) is a French pianist. Biography Aimard was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio. In 1973, he was awarded the chamber music priz ...

(piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir George Benjamin *Early Music: Dowland

Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares ''Lachrimæ or seaven teares figured in seaven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols, or violons, in five parts'' is a collection of instrumental music composed by John Dowland. It ...

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Elizabeth Kenny Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed an approach to treating polio that was controversial at the time. Her method, promoted internationally while working in Austra ...

(lute) *Instrumental: JS Bach Six French Suites, BWV812-817 /

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

(piano) *Orchestral: ‘Haydn 2032 – No 4, Il distratto’ / Riccardo Novaro bar / Il Giardino Armonico /

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

*Recital: ‘In War & Peace’ / Joyce DiDonato (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 (piano) *Anniversary Award: Classic FM *Artist of the Year: Vasily Petrenko *Label of the Year: Signum Classics *Lifetime Achievement:

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a retired New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te ...

*Special Achievement: Colin Matthews *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 symp ...

*Recording of the Year – Igor Levit 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 *Label of the Year –

Warner Classics Warner Classics is the classical music arm of Warner Music Group. The label began issuing new recordings under the Warner Classics banner in 1991. The company also includes the Erato Records, Teldec Records and NVC Arts labels. Based in France, W ...

*Orchestral –

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

Symphony No 10

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, ...

/ Andris Nelsons *Special Achievement –

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

Benjamin Appl Benjamin Appl (born 26 June 1982) is a German-British lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in opera houses and concert halls, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Early life and education Born in Regensburg, Appl ...

*Baroque Instrumental – ''Biber Rosary Sonatas'', Rachel Podger (violin) with

Jonathan Manson Jonathan Manson is a Scottish cellist and viol player. Born in Edinburgh, he studied cello with Jane Cowan and later went on to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann. He studied ...

(cello), (

viol The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitc ...

), David Miller (archlute), Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harps), (organ) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, ''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 ...

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Gurrelieder ' is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by Arnold Schoenberg, on poems by the Danish novelist Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ). The title means "songs of Gurre", re ...

'' –

Barbara Haveman 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 Claudia Mahnke is a German operatic mezzo-soprano, a member of the Oper Frankfurt, with guest appearances at leading opera houses and the Bayreuth Festival. Career Mahnke was born in Meerane in Saxony, Germany. While she attended school she was ...

(mezzo)

Brandon Jovanovich Brandon Jovanovich (born 5 October 1970) is an American operatic tenor whose repertoire encompasses Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Britten, and from early Baroque to world premiere operas. He is most known for his passionate portrayals of Slavic, Frenc ...

, Gerhard Siegel (tenors) Thomas Bauer (baritone) Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker); Netherlands Female Youth Choir; Cologne Cathedral Choir, Male Voices and Vocal Ensemble; Chorus of the Bach-Verein, Cologne; Kartäuserkantorei, Cologne; Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra / Markus Stenz *Concerto – Britten. Korngold Violin Concertos –

Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norway, Norwegian classical music, classical violinist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2 ...

(violin),

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (german: hr-Sinfonieorchester) is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. From 1929 to 1950 it was named ''Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester''. F ...

/ James Gaffigan *Contemporary –

Hans Abrahamsen 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 – Barbara Hannigan (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 ...

/ Andris Nelsons *Early Music –

John Taverner John Taverner ( – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. He is best-known for ''Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas'' and ''The Western Wynde Mass'', and ''Missa Coro ...

''Western Wind'' Taverner Choir & Players /

Andrew Parrott Andrew Parrott (born 10 March 1947) is a British conductor, perhaps best known for his pioneering "historically informed performances" of pre-classical music. He conducts a wide range of repertoire, including contemporary music. He conducted th ...

*Instrumental – Igor Levit 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! *Opera – Verdi '' Aida'' – Anja Harteros soprano Aida Jonas Kaufmann tenor Radamès

Ekaterina Semenchuk Ekaterina Semenchuk (born 24 March 1976, in Minsk), is a Belarusians, Belarusian operatic mezzo-soprano. Career Ekaterina Semenchuk studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. She made her debut with the Mariinsky Opera in 2 ...

mezzo Amneris

Ludovic Tézier Ludovic Tézier (born 1968 in Marseille) is a French operatic baritone. Biography Ludovic Tézier trained at the Paris Opéra’s École d’Art lyrique and at the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques. He was a prize winner at Operalia, The Wo ...

baritone Amonasro

Erwin Schrott Erwin Schrott (born 21 December 1972 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an operatic bass-baritone, particularly known for his interpretation of the Title role in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni''. Career Schrott studied singing with Franca Mattiucci. He made his ...

bass-baritone Ramfis Marco Spotti bass King of Egypt Eleonora Buratto soprano Priestess Paolo Fanale tenor Messenger Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano *Recital – Mozart – The Weber Sisters – Sabine Devieilhe soprano Arnaud de Pasquale piano/organ

Ensemble Pygmalion 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 Raphaël Pichon (born in 1984 in Paris) is a French countertenor, choral and orchestral conductor. Biography Raphaël Pichon was a member of the Maîtrise des Petits chanteurs de Versailles during his childhood. He then studied violin and piano ...

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

Susan Manoff 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 / Claudio Abbado, DG *Artist of the Year – Paavo Järvi *Label of the Year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement – Bernard Haitink *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 Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...

/

Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini (born 25 January 1960) is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi ...

*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 Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Early life and education Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthu ...

(piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding *Contemporary – Nørgård Symphonies Nos 1 & 8,

Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...

/ Sakari Oramo *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 Piotr Anderszewski () (born 1969) is a Polish pianist and composer. Biographical background Anderszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland. His father's family was part of Poland's aristocracy while his mother came from a Jewish Hungarian family. He s ...

piano (Warner Classics) *Opera – R Strauss Elektra; Soloists; Orchestre de Paris /

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...

, Patrice Chéreau (Stage director), Stéphane Metge (Video director) (Bel Air Classique) *Recital – ''A French Baroque Diva'',

Carolyn Sampson Carolyn Sampson (born 18 May 1974) is an English soprano in opera and concert. Specialising in historically informed performance, she has sung in Masaaki Suzuki's recording project of Bach cantatas and has appeared at the English National Opera. ...

(soprano), Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion) *Solo Vocal – Schubert ''Nachtviolen'', Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) (Sony Classical)

2014

*Artist of the Year –

Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos ( el, Λεωνίδας Καβάκος; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and In ...

*Young Artist of the Year – Nightingale String Quartet *Lifetime Achievement Award – James Galway *Outstanding Achievement Award – Neville Marriner *Label of the Year – Delphian *Recording of the Year – Brahms, "The Symphonies". Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,

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 positions ...

. 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 –

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 ...

, Magnificat, Heilig ist Gott and Symphony in D major.

Elizabeth Watts Elizabeth Watts (born 1979) is an English operatic soprano. Watts was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School for Girls. She studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she stud ...

,

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 The RIAS Kammerchor (RIAS Chamber Choir) is a German choir based in Berlin, Germany. It receives support from the Rundfunk Orchester und Chöre GmbH Berlin ("Berlin Radio Orchestra and Choirs"), a limited-liability company owned by the public bro ...

and

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Early Music Berlin, short name: Akamus) is a German chamber orchestra founded in East Berlin in 1982. Each year Akamus gives approximately 100 concerts, ranging from small chamber works to large-scale s ...

directed by

Hans-Christoph Rademann 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, String 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 (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

,

Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...

K626 and Misericordias Domini K222.

Joanne Lunn Joanne Lunn is an English classical soprano in opera and concert. Career Joanne Lunn studied at Royal College of Music, where she graduated and received the Tagore Gold Medal. Lunn performed in Monteverdi's ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'', Gluck ...

, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs and Matthew Brook (soloists) with the

Dunedin Consort Dunedin Consort is Scotland's leading baroque ensemble based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recognised for its vivid and insightful performances and recordings. Formed in 1995 and named after Din Eidyn, the ancient Brittonic Celtic name of Edinburgh Cast ...

directed by John Butt. Linn. *Concerto – Prokofiev Complete Piano Concertos. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos *Contemporary – George Benjamin, ''

Written on Skin ''Written on Skin'' is an opera by the British composer George Benjamin. Benjamin's first full-length opera, it was premiered at the 2012 Aix-en-Provence Festival by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra as a commission from five opera centres,John All ...

'' (DVD).

Christopher Purves Christopher Purves (born in Cambridge) is an English bass-baritone.''Opera'' (2009), vol. 60, p. 516, "Christopher Purves. Erica Jeal. Purves sings his first Falstaff at Glyndebourne this month Before I get to talk with ... Home was Cambridge, wh ...

, Barbara Hannigan,

Bejun Mehta Bejun Mehta (born 29 June 1968) is an American countertenor. He has been awarded the Echo Klassik, the Gramophone Award,http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/2014/contemporary Gramophone Awards 2014 Contemporary Le Diamant d’Opera Magazine, the Ch ...

, Victoria Simmonds and Allan Clayton (soloists) with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by George Benjamin, stage director

Katie Mitchell Katrina Jane Mitchell (born 23 September 1964) is an English theatre director. Life and career Mitchell was born in Reading, Berkshire, raised in Hermitage, Berkshire, and educated at Oakham School. Upon leaving Oakham, she went up to Magda ...

, video director Margaret Williams. Opus Arte *Early Music –

Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the fo ...

, Primo libro di madrigali. La Compagnia del Madrigale. 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 ...

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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 ...

(piano). Sony Classical. *Opera – Ravel, ''

L'heure espagnole ''L'heure espagnole'' is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a ''comédie musicale'', with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same nameStoullig E. '' ...

'' and ''

L'enfant et les sortilèges ''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first be ...

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

Paul Gay 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

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

conducted by Kazushi Ono, stage director

Laurent Pelly Laurent Pelly (born 14 January 1962 in Paris) is a French opera and theatre director. He enjoys a career as one of France's most sought after directors of both theatre and opera, working regularly in the world's most prestigious houses. Biograp ...

, video director François Roussillon. FRA Musica DVD. *Orchestral – Brahms, "The Symphonies". Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,

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 positions ...

. Decca. *Recital – "Arise, my muse", various composers.

Iestyn Davies Iestyn Davies (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor. Education and background Davies was born in York, England and first studied piano and recorder, mentored in his early years by his father Ioan, the founding cellist ...

(countertenor), Richard Egarr and Friends. Wigmore Hall Live. *Vocal – Schubert,

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

. Jonas Kaufmann (ten),

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

(piano). Sony Classical.

2013

*Artist of the Year – Alison Balsom *Young Artist of the Year –

Jan Lisiecki Jan Lisiecki (; born March 23, 1995) is a Canadian-born classical pianist of Polish ancestry. Lisiecki performs over a hundred concerts annually and has worked closely with the world's leading orchestras and conductors, his career at the top of ...

*Lifetime Achievement Award –

Julian Bream Julian Alexander Bream (15 July 193314 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public per ...

*Label of the Year –

Decca Classics Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American Decca's president. In ...

*Baroque Instrumental – Froberger, D'Anglebert, Fischer, Louis Couperin.

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, an ...

. Harmonia Mundi *Baroque Vocal –

Bach Motets It is uncertain how many motets Johann Sebastian Bach composed, because some have been lost, and there are some doubtful attributions among the surviving ones associated with him. There is a case for regarding the six motets catalogued BWV 225� ...

. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria *Chamber – Bartók Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Sonata for Solo Violin. Barnabás Kelemen,

Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 19 ...

. Hungaroton *Choral – Elgar The Apostles. Rebecca Evans, Alice Coote, Paul Groves, Jacques Imbrailo, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Halle Orchestra Sir

Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...

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

Peter Eotvos 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 ...

. Barbara Hannigan, Anssi Karttunen, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...

. Deutsche Grammophon *Early Music – A New Venetian Coronation 1595

Gabrieli Consort Paul McCreesh (born 24 May 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the ...

& Players. Paul McCreesh. 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 ...

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Pictures from an Exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's most famous pi ...

'', Prokofiev Sarcasms, Visions fugitives. Steven Osborne. Hyperion *Opera –

Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long lin ...

Il Trittico. Eva-Maria Westbroek, Ermonela Jaho, Lucio Gallo, Elena Zilio, Francesco Demuro, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Jones. Antonio Pappano. Opus Arte 3 DVD *Orchestral –

Suk Suk or SUK may refer to: Places * Suk, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province * Suk Qazqan, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Seh Suk, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran * Suk Samran District, a district of Ranong Province, Thailand * Santi S ...

Prague, A Summer's Tale Op. 29 BBC Symphony Orchestra

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

. Chandos *Vocal –

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

Arias. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

Donald Runnicles Sir Donald Cameron Runnicles OBE HonFRSE (born 16 November 1954, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish conductor. Life and career The son of William Runnicles, a director of a furniture supply company and a choirmaster and organist, and Christine ...

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2012

*Lifetime Achievement Claudio Abbado *Artist of the Year –

Joseph Calleja Joseph Calleja (born January 22, 1978) is a Maltese operatic tenor. Early life and career Calleja was born in Attard, Malta. He began singing at the age of 16, having been discovered by tenor Brian Cefai and continued his studies with Maltese ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, an ...

*Label of the Year – Naïve Records *Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) – Heinrich Schütz:

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 ...

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Vox Luminis Vox Luminis are a Belgian early music vocal ensemble led by Lionel Meunier. Their recording of Heinrich Schütz's '' Musicalische Exequien'' for Ricercar won a Gramophone Award and International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2012. Recordings (c ...

, Lionel Meunier (RICERCAR) *Early – Victoria Sacred works, Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone ARCHIV (DG) *Baroque Instrumental – Bach: Orchestral Suites,

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds". History The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. ...

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Petra Mullejans Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Jab ...

, Gottfried von der Goltz (HARMONIA MUNDI) *DVD Documentary – Music makes a city, A film by Oswald Brown III; Jerome Hiler (Harmonia Mundi) *DVD Performance – Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Bruckner 5 (Accentus) *Opera –

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

: Fidelio, Stemme; Kaufmann; Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado (DECCA) *Choral – Howells: Requiem, St Paul's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis,

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

/ Stephen Layton (HYPERION) *Special Achievement – Smetana: Ma vlast, with

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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra /

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

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recording in Nazi-occupied Prague on 5 June 1939, remastering producer Matouš Vlčinský) ( Supraphon) *Instrumental – Chopin. Liszt, Ravel: Piano works,

Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, an ...

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Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...

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Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

, Berg: Violin Concertos,

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

, Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado ( Harmonia Mundi) *Solo Vocal – Songs of War, Simon Keenlyside

Malcolm Martineau Malcolm Martineau, OBE (born 3 February 1960) is a Scottish pianist who is particularly noted as an accompanist. Life Martineau was born to the pianist Hester Dickson Martineau and Canon George Martineau in 1960. He was an only child but he had ...

(Sony CLASSICAL) *Historic – Chopin: Etudes,

Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...

(TESTAMENT) *Orchestral – Martinu Symphonies; BBC SO,

Jiri Belohlavek 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:

Percussion Concerto A percussion concerto is a type of musical composition for a percussion soloist and a large ensemble, such as a concert band or orchestra. Two notable figures in the genre are the percussionists Colin Currie and Evelyn Glennie, who have separately ...

, Cello Concerto No 2, ''Modificata'',

Colin Currie Colin David Currie (born 25 September 1976) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. He is the founder and leader of the Colin Currie Group, an ensemble dedicated to performing and recording the music of Steve Reich. Biography Early years Colin ...

(percussion) Truls Mørk (cello) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds ( Ondine) *Chamber – Schumann: Complete works for piano trio, Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) (EMI)

2011

*Artist of the Year – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor *Specialist Classical Chart – Miloš Karadaglić – The Guitar *Label of the Year – Wigmore Hall Live *Young Artist of the Year – Miloš Karadaglić *Special Achievement – The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage on Soli Deo Gloria (record label), SDG *Lifetime Achievement – Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano *Music in the Community Award – The Cobweb Orchestra *Baroque Instrumental – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, CPE Bach ''Harpsichord Concertos''

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, an ...

; Freiburg Baroque / Petra Müllejans Harmonia Mundi *Baroque Vocal – Handel ''Apollo e Dafne (Handel), 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.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 ...

; John Hudson (singer), John Hudson; Iain Paterson (bass-baritone), Iain Paterson; Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Sir

Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...

*Concerto – Claude Debussy, Debussy ''Fantaisie'' Ravel ''Piano Concertos'' Massenet ''Piano works'' Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier Chandos *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle, Birtwistle ''Night's Black Bird'' Hallé Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth NMC *DVD Documentary – Carlos Kleiber: ''Traces to Nowhere'' A film by Eric Schultz Arthaus *DVD Performance – Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi ''Don Carlo'' Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano EMI Classics *Early Music – Striggio ''Mass in 40 Parts etc.'' I Fagiolini ''et al.'' / Robert Hollingworth Decca *Historic – Gustav Mahler, Mahler/Cooke ''Symphony No 10'' London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia / Berthold Goldschmidt *Instrumental – Brahms ''Handel Variations. Piano works, Op 118 & 119''

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

Sony Classical *Opera – Rossini ''Ermione'' Soloists; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir;

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

/ David Parry (conductor), David Parry Opera Rara *Orchestral –

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

''Symphony No 10'' RLPO / Vasily Petrenko Naxos *Recital – Verismo Arias Various Jonas Kaufmann; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome / Antonio Pappano Decca Classics *Solo vocal – Britten ''Songs and Proverbs of William Blake'' Gerald Finley;

Julius Drake The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

Hyperion *Editor's Choice – Rossini ''Stabat Mater (Rossini), Stabat Mater'' Netrebko; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Santa Cecilia Orchestra & Choir / Antonio Pappano EMI

2010

Complete list
*Artist of the Year – Joyce DiDonato *Lifetime Achievement Award – Alfred Brendel *Young Artist of the Year – Sol Gabetta *Label of the Year – Linn Records *Early Music (Record of the Year) – Byrd 'Infelix Ego' / The Cardinall's Musick and Andrew Carwood *Baroque Instrumental – Vivaldi The French Connection /

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*Chamber –

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

, Sonatas for Piano and Violin /

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

*Concerto – Elgar, Violin Concerto (Elgar), Violin Concerto, Thomas Zehetmair; Hallé Orchestra / Sir

Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...

*Contemporary – Thomas Adès, Adès – ''The Tempest (opera), The Tempest'' Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Thomas Adès DVD – Leonard Bernstein – ''Reflections'', film by Peter Rosen *Historic Archive – Beethoven – 32 Piano Sonatas. Eroica Variations etc. Friedrich Gulda *Opera – Wagner – Götterdämmerung. Soloists; Choruses; Hallé Orchestra / Sir

Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...

*Orchestral – Dvořák – Symphonic Poems. Czech Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU4012-2 *Editors Choice : Leonard Bernstein, Bernstein's ''Mass (Bernstein), Mass'', Marin Alsop

Gramophone Awards of the 2000s

2009

*Artist of the Year – The Sixteen *Lifetime Achievement Award – Nikolaus Harnoncourt *Young Artist of the Year – Yuja Wang *Special Achievement – Bernard Coutaz, founder of Harmonia Mundi *Label of the Year – ECM (record label), ECM *Early Music – Song of Songs, Stile Antico (early music vocal ensemble), Stile Antico *Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Royal Opera House and The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun *Baroque Instrumental – Henry Purcell's Complete Fantazias / Fretwork (music group), Fretwork *Chamber (Record of the Year) – Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Fauré and Ravel, String quartets, Quatuor Ebène *Concerto – Britten, Piano Concerto, Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (Hyperion) *Contemporary – The NMC Songbook, various artists (NMC Recordings, NMC) *DVD –

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

, Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Copenhagen Ring, The Royal Danish Opera / Michael Schønwandt *Historic Archive – Berlioz, Les troyens, Les Troyens, Covent Garden Opera / Rafael Kubelík *Opera –

Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long lin ...

, Madama Butterfly, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu (sop) *Orchestral – Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony & The Vayevoda, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko *Editors Choice : Beethoven: Diabelli Variations & Bach: Partita No. 4 – Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

2008

*Artist of the Year – Hilary Hahn *Lifetime Achievement – André Previn *Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Rysanov *Special Achievement – Peter Moores (businessman), Sir Peter Moores *Label of the Year – Hyperion *The Gold Disc – Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos – Stephen Hough *Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Tasmin Little *Baroque Instrumental – ''Brandenburg concertos'' European Brandenburg Ensemble / Trevor Pinnock (Avie) *Chamber – Brahms and Schumann, ''Piano quintets'', Leif Ove Andsnes, Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics) *Concerto – Elgar, ''Violin Concerto (Elgar), Violin Concerto'', James Ehnes, Philharmonia Orchestra / Andrew Davis (conductor), Sir Andrew Davis (Onyx) *DVD –

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

, ''Le nozze di Figaro'' Soloists, The Royal Opera / Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte) *Historic Archive – Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams), Symphony No 5

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

/ Vaughan Williams (Somm) *Opera – Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century, The Excursions of Mr Broucek BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jirí Belohlávek ( Deutsche Grammophon) *Recital – ''Maria'', Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra La Scintilla / Ádám Fischer (Decca) *Instrumental (Record of the Year) –

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

, ''Piano Sonatas, Vol 4'' Paul Lewis (pianist), Paul Lewis ( Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, ''L'Orfeo'', La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (Glossa) *Choral – Haydn, ''The Creation (Haydn), The Creation'', Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh (Archiv Produktion) *Contemporary – Jonathan Harvey (composer), Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala, Anu Komsi, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (NMC) *Early Music – Nicholas Ludford, Missa Benedicta, Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom (K617) *Historic Reissue – Sibelius, ''Songs'', Kim Borg, Erik Werba ( Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Myaskovsky, ''Symphonies'', USSR State & Russian Federation Symphony Orchestras / Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner Classics) *Solo vocal – Samuel Barber, Barber, ''Songs'', Gerald Finley,

Julius Drake The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

, ( Hyperion) *Editor's Choice – ''Mr Abel's Fine Airs''

2007

*Artist of the Year – Julia Fischer *Lifetime Achievement – Montserrat Caballé *Young Artist of the Year – Vasily Petrenko *Special Achievement – Christopher Raeburn *Label of the Year – Deutsche Grammophon *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Brahms Piano Concertos Nelson Freire; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (Decca) *Editor's Choice – Gustav Mahler, Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Mahler), Symphony No. 2 Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics Records, Channel Classics) *Baroque instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Handel Concerti Grossi Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque vocal – George Frideric Handel, Handel Messiah (Handel), Messiah (Dublin version, 1742); Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt (Linn Records) *Chamber – Haas and Janáček String Quartets Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon) *Choral – Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Dorothea Röschmann; Thomas Quasthoff; Berlin Radio Choir; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Contemporary – Julian Anderson Alhambra Fantasy BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen ( Ondine) *DVD – Julian Bream: My Life in Music(Avie) *Early music – William Byrd, Byrd Laudibus in sanctis The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion) *Historic reissue – Symphony in G minor (Moeran), Moeran Symphony in G minor etc.

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

, New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita) *History archive – Richard Wagner, Wagner Götterdämmerung Bayreuth Festival Opera / Joseph Keilberth (Testament) *Instrumental – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach Cello Suites, Steven Isserlis (Hyperion) *Opera – Gioachino Rossini, Rossini Matilde di Shabran Conducted by Riccardo Frizza (Decca) *Orchestral – Prokofiev Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (Philips) *Recital – Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera Munich Radio Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (Sony Classical) *Solo vocal – Richard Strauss, R. Strauss Lieder Jonas Kaufmann;

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

(Harmonia Mundi)

2006

*Artist of the Year – Angela Hewitt *Lifetime Achievement – Charles Mackerras, Sir Charles Mackerras *Label of the Year – Virgin Classics *Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Gustav Mahler, Mahler – Symphony No. 6 (Mahler), Symphony No. 6 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado *Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Alison Balsom *Editor's Choice – Stanford – Orchestral Songs Gerald Finley; BBC NOW/Richard Hickox. Chandos. *Chamber – Taneyev – Chamber Music Vadim Repin; Ilya Gringolts; Nobuko Imai; Lynn Harrell; Mikhail Pletnev DG *Concerto – Leif Ove Andsnes, Berlin PO, Pappano: Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (EMI) *Contemporary – Magnus Lindberg – Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku; Finnish RSO/Sakari Oramo *Historic archive – Richard Wagner, Wagner – Siegfried (opera), Siegfried Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth *Early music – Thomas Tallis, Tallis Gaude gloriosa The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion) *Instrumental – Karol Szymanowski, Szymanowski – Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski *Solo Vocal – Franz Schubert, Schubert – Abendbilder Christian Gerhaher; Gerold Huber

2005

*Artist of the year – Michael Tilson Thomas *Lifetime Achievement – Marilyn Horne *Special Achievement – The Lindsays *Label of the year – Naxos Records, Naxos *Classic FM Listener's Choice – Plácido Domingo *Editor's Choice – Rachmaninov ''Piano Concertos'', Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton ( Hyperion) *Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) – Bach ''Bach cantata, Cantatas Vol. 1 '' Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra / John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria (record label), Soli Deo Gloria) *Early Music – John Browne (composer), John Browne, Music from the Eton Choir Book. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (conductor), Peter Phillips (Gimell Records, Gimell) *Choral – Haydn The Seasons (Haydn), The Seasons Soloists,

RIAS Kammerchor The RIAS Kammerchor (RIAS Chamber Choir) is a German choir based in Berlin, Germany. It receives support from the Rundfunk Orchester und Chöre GmbH Berlin ("Berlin Radio Orchestra and Choirs"), a limited-liability company owned by the public bro ...

, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs ( Harmonia Mundi) *Orchestral – Haydn ''Paris symphonies'' Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber – Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven, Late String Quartets, Takacs Quartet, Takács Quartet (

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

) *Concerto – Zimerman, Andsnes, Grimaud, Boulez Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1–3 (DG) *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle, Birtwistle ''Earth Dances'' Ensemble Modern (DG) *DVD – Hector Berlioz, Berlioz, Les troyens, Les Troyens, Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner (BBC) *Recital – Gounod and Massenet, ''Arias'', Rolando Villazón, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Evelino Pidò (Virgin Classics)

2004

*Artist of the year – Magdalena Kožená *Lifetime Achievement – London Symphony Orchestra *Special Achievement – Peter Alward *Label of the Year – Telarc *Opera (Record of the Year) –

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

''Le nozze di Figaro'' Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818–1820 *Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Bryn Terfel *Baroque Vocal – Antonio Vivaldi ''Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine'' Soloists,

Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...

/ Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111) *Chamber – Takács Quartet Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 (Decca) *Concerto – Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann Piano Concertos Leif Ove Andsnes – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (EMI) *Contemporary – Thomas Adès ''America, A Prophecy'' CBSO (EMI) *Early Music – Orlando Gibbons ''Consorts for viols'', Phantasm (music group), Phantasm (Avie) *Historic Reissue – Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc (composer), Henri Duparc, Maurice Ravel ''Mélodies'' Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Edouard Lindenberg (Testament) *Orchestral – Arnold Bax ''The Symphonies'', BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley (Chandos Records, Chandos)

2003

*Artist of the Year – Marin Alsop *Lifetime Achievement Award – Leontyne Price *Special Achievement Award – Vernon Handley *Label of the Year – Harmonia Mundi *Chamber Music (Record of the Year) – Schumann ''String Quartets Nos 1 & 3'' – Zehetmair Quartet, ECM *Classic FM Listener's Choice – Cecilia Bartoli *Début Disc and Editor's Choice – Prokofiev; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Tchaikovsky Piano Works, Simon Trpceski *Baroque Vocal – Handel: Arcadian Duets. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée. Virgin Classics. *Choral – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Masses, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (Chandos Records) *Orchestral – Sibelius: Rondo of the waves; Lahti SO, Osmo Vänskä (BIS) *Concerto – Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concertos, Op 4, ''La Stravaganza'', Arte dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger Channel Classics Records, Channel Classics CCS19598) *Contemporary – Steve Reich: City Life. Ensemble Modern. RCA. *Early Music – The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music. The Orlando Consort. Harmonia Mundi. *Instrumental – Chopin, Etudes, Opp 10 & 12,

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

(Sony Classical SK61885) *Opera – Benjamin Britten, The Turn of the Screw (opera), The Turn of the Screw, Ian Bostridge, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Virgin Records, Virgin Classics)

2002

*Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov *Lifetime Achievement – Mirella Freni *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/ City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Sakari Oramo ( Hyperion) *Editor's Choice – Richard Strauss, R Strauss, ''Four Last Songs'', Soile Isokoski / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski ( Ondine) *Baroque Instrumental – Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/ Monica Huggett / Thomas Guthrie (ASV Gaudeamus) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, Selva morale e spirituale, Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel ( Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber – Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven, Three String Quartets, Rasumovsky, Op 59. String Quartet in E-flat, 'Harp', Op 74, Takács Quartet (

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) *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, Schoenberg Gurrelieder Karita Mattila / Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Moser / Philip Langridge / Thomas Quasthoff / Berlin Radio Chorus / MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig / Ernst Senff Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Concerto – Camille Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saëns, ''Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra'', Stephen Hough / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (Hyperion) *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle, Birtwistle, Pulse Shadows, Claron McFadden / Arditti Quartet /

Nash Ensemble The Nash Ensemble of London is an England, English chamber ensemble. It was founded by Artistic Director Amelia Freedman and Rodney Slatford in 1964, while they were students at the Royal Academy of Music, and was named after the Regent's Park, N ...

/ Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec) *Debut Recording – Jonathan Lemalu sings songs by Brahms, Gabriel Fauré, Fauré, Finzi etc., Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles (EMI Debut) *DVD – John Coolidge Adams, John Adams, ''El Niño'', Dawn Upshaw / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Willard White / Maîtrise de Paris Children's Choir / London Voices / Theatre of Voices / Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin / Kent Nagano / Peter Sellars (Stage director) / Peter Maniura (Video director) (ArtHaus Musik) *Early Music –

Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the fo ...

, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il

Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...

/ Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111) *Historic Archive – Great conductors of the twentieth century: Ferenc Fricsay (EMI/IMG) *Historic Reissue – Gabriel Fauré, Fauré, 13 Nocturnes, Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (Testament) *Instrumental – Edvard Grieg, Grieg, Lyric Pieces—excerpts, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI) *Opera – Hector Berlioz, Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner / Michelle DeYoung / Petra Lang / Sara Mingardo / Peter Mattei / Stephen Milling / Kenneth Tarver / Toby Spence / Orlin Annastassov / Tigran Martirossian / Isabelle Cals / Alan Ewing / Guang Yang / Andrew Greenan / Roderick Earle / Bülent Bezd (LSO Live) *Orchestral – Bruckner. Symphony No. 8. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Gunter Wand (RCA) *Recital – Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gluck, Italian Arias, Cecilia Bartoli / Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca) *Vocal – Cécile Chaminade, Chaminade, Mots d'amour, Anne Sofie von Otter / Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)

2001

*Artist of the Year – Cecilia Bartoli *Lifetime Achievement – Victoria de los Ángeles *Retailer of the Year – Bath Compact Discs *Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Williams, ''A London Symphony'' and George Butterworth, Butterworth, ''The Banks of Green Willow'', London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, Hickox (Chandos Records) *Classic FM People's Choice Award – Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (

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) *Editor's Choice – George Frideric Handel, Handel, Rinaldo, David Daniels Cecilia Bartoli/

Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...

/Christopher Hogwood (Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Baroque Instrumental – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, ''Partitas, BWV 825–30'', Trevor Pinnock (Hannsler Classic) *Baroque Vocal – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, ''St. Matthew Passion'', Christoph Prégardien tenor Evangelist (Bach), Evangelist; Matthias Goerne baritone Christus; Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann sopranos; Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus contraltos; Michael Schade, Markus Schäfer tenors; Dietrich Henschel, Oliver Widmer basses; Vienna Boys' Choir; Arnold (Teldec) *Chamber – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Williams, ''String Quartets Nos 1 & 2. Phantasy Quintet, Maggini Quartet'' with Garfield Jackson (Naxos Records) *Choral – Britten, AMDG. "Choral Dances from ''Gloriana''". "Chorale after an Old French Carol". "A Hymn to the Virgin". ''Sacred and Profane, Op. 91'', Polyphony/Stephen Layton ( Hyperion) *Concerto –

Schoenberg 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 ...

, ''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 – Claude Debussy, Debussy, Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel, Ravel, String Quartets, Belcea Quartet (EMI) *DVD – Hector Berlioz, Berlioz, La damnation de Faust, Vesselina Kasarova/Willard White/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sylvian Cambreling (ArtHaus Musik) *Early Music – Carlo Gesualdo, Gesualdo, Il quarto libro di madrigali, La Venexiana/Claudio Cavina (Glossa) *Instrumental – Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Goldberg Variations,

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

(Sony Classical) *Opera – Jules Massenet, Massenet, Manon, Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Chorus and SO of La Monnaie/Antonio Pappano (EMI) *Recital – French Arias, Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Betrand de Billy (EMI) *Vocal – Love Songs, Magdalena Kožená/Graham Johnson (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)

2000

*Artist of the Year – Antonio Pappano *Lifetime Achievement – Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi *Special Achievement – Richard Wagner, Wagner, Götterdämmerung, soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Knapperstsbusch (Testament) *Retailer of the Year – HMV 150 Oxford Street & Bath Compact Discs *Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Gustav Mahler, Mahler, Symphony No 10 in F-sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Simon Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) *Classic FM People's Choice Award – Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (Decca) *Baroque Instrumental – Pandolfi, Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos 1–6; Op. 4, Nos 1–6, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque Vocal – George Frideric Handel, Handel, ''Acis and Galatea'', Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato) *Chamber – Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich, Complete String Quartets (Nos 1–15), Emerson Quartet ( Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – L Boulanger, Faust et Hélène: Psaume 24. "D'un soir triste". "D'un matin de printemps". Psaume 130, "Du fond de l'abîme", Dawson, Murray, Bottone, Mackenzie, Howard; CBSO Chorus; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Tortelier (Chandos Records, Chandos) *Concerto – Joseph Haydn, Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes (EMI) *Contemporary – Elliott Carter, Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei. Clarinet Concerto, Elliott Carter (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Early Music – William Byrd, Complete Keyboard Works, Davitt Moroney ( Hyperion) *Instrumental – Leopold Godowsky, The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Marc-André Hamelin ( Hyperion) *Opera – Karol Szymanowski, ''King Roger''. Symphony No. 4 ''Symphonia concertante'', Op. 60, soloists; CBS Youth Chorus; CBS Chorus; Andsnes; CBSO/Simon Rattle, Rattle (EMI) *Recital – Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (

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) *Vocal – Barbara Bonney, Diamonds in the Snow: Songs by Alfvén, Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Sibelius, Sjöberg and Wilhelm Stenhammar, Stenhammar, Antonio Pappano (

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)

Gramophone Awards of the 1990s

1999

*Artist of the Year – Martha Argerich *Lifetime Achievement – Isaac Stern *Special Achievement – Philip's Great Pianists of the 20th Century *Opera (Record of the Year) – Antonín Dvořák, ''Rusalka'', Charles Mackerras, Mackerras (

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) *Editor's Choice – Naxos's British music series *Baroque Instrumental – Jacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (Metronome) *Baroque Vocal – Alessandro Scarlatti, A Scarlatti, ''Il primo omicidio'', René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber – Robert Schumann, Piano Trios, Florestan Trio ( Hyperion) *Concerto – Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concertos, Martha Argerich/Dutoit (EMI) *20th-Century Concerto – Maurice Ravel, Piano Concertos, Krystian Zimerman; Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon) *Early Music – Guillaume Dufay, Missa Jacobi, Binchois Consort/Kirkman ( Hyperion) *Contemporary – Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Instrumental –

Arcadi Volodos Arcadi 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 ...

, 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 (

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) *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 (

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

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)

1998

*Artist of the Year –

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 positions ...

*Lifetime Achievement – Menahem Pressler *Choral (Record of the Year) – Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (organist), James O'Donnell ( Hyperion) *Best-selling disc – James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical) *Editor's Choice – Thomas Adès, Adès: Arcadiana Op. 12. The origin of the harp, soloists; Endellion Quartet; London Sinfonietta; King's college choir, Cambridge/Adès, Stenz, Cleobury (EMI Debut) *Baroque Non-Vocal – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset, Rameau—Overtures (L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi,

Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...

, Rinaldo Alessandrini *Chamber – Bartók, String quartets, Takacs Quartet (Decca) *Concerto – Joshua Bell, Barber, Bloch, Walton, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (

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) *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle, Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle, soloists; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins (NMC) *Early Music – Canciones and Ensaladas, Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (Harmonia Mundi) *Early Opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau, Rameau, Les fêtes d'Hébé, Soloists; Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra/William Christie (Erato) *Film Music – Kenneth Alwyn, The Ladykillers, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (Silva Screen) *Instrumental – Stephen Hough, Mompou ( Hyperion) *Music Theatre – Kander & Ebb, Chicago, Broadway Cast/Rob Fisher (RCA Victor) *Opera – Gioacchino Rossini, Rossini, ''Il Turco in Italia'', soloists; Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/

Riccardo Chailly 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 positions ...

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) *Orchestral – Béla Bartók, Bartók, ''The Miraculous Mandarin'', Hungarian Radio Chorus; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Philips) *Solo Vocal – Schumann, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake (EMI)

1997

*Artist of the Year – Yo-Yo Ma *Lifetime achievement – Mstislav Rostropovich *Young Artist of the Year – Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1. Solo Vi, Isabelle Faust; Ewa Kupiec, Harmonia Mundi *Record of the year & Opera – Giacomo Puccini: La rondine, London Voices; London SO / Pappano, EMI *Best-selling disc – Agnus Dei, New College Choir, Oxford / Higginbottom,

Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...

*Editor's Choice – Monica Huggett, Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, EMI/Virgin Veritas *Britannia Music Members' award – Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers, Terfel; Chorus of Opera North; English Northern Philharmonia / Daniel, Deutsche Grammophon *Baroque non-vocal – Henry Purcell: Fantazias, Joanna Levine; Susanna Pell; Phantasm, Simax *Baroque vocal – Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi *Chamber – Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonatas etc., Juillet; Truls Mørk, Mørk; Rogé,

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*Choral – Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner, Archiv Produktion *Concerto – Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concertos etc., Zehetmair; Avenhaus; CBSO / Rattle, EMI *Contemporary – György Ligeti: Etudes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sony Classical *Early music – Johannes Ockeghem: Requiem etc., The Clerks' Group / Edward Wickham, ASV Records, ASV *Early opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Arts Florissants / Christie,

Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...

*Engineering – George Dyson (composer), Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hickox, Chandos Records, Chandos *Film music – Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / McNeely, Varèse Sarabande *Instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Suites and Sonatas, Murray Perahia, Sony Classical *Music theatre – Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady, National Symphony Orchestra / J. Owen Edwards, TER *Orchestral – Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4, London SO / Davis, RCA *Solo vocal – Robert Schumann: Complete Lieder Vol. 1, Christine Schafer; Graham Johnson, Hyperion *Video – Alban Berg: Lulu, Soloists; London PO / Davis, NVC Arts

1996

*Artist of the Year – Anne Sofie von Otter *Lifetime achievement – Yehudi Menuhin *Young Artist of the Year – David Pyatt *Record of the year & Concerto – Emil von Sauer, Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records *Best-selling disc – Lesley Garrett – Soprano in Red; Lesley Garrett (sop); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Holmes Silva Classics *Baroque non-vocal – Antonio Vivaldi, Vivaldi: Il Proteo – Double, Triple Concertos; Coin (cello); Il Giardino Armonico / Antonini, Teldec *Baroque vocal – Vivaldi: Stabat mater. Cessate, omai ces; Scholl (alto); Ensemble 415 / Banchini, Harmonia Mundi *Chamber – Joseph Haydn, Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 2, 3 and 5; Quatuor Mosaiques; Auvidis Astree *Choral – Grainger: Songs and Dancing Ballads; Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner Orchestra / Gardiner, Philips *Concerto – Sauer, Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Howarth, Collins Classics *Early music – Dunstable: Sacred Choral Works; Orlando Consort, Metronome *Early opera – George Frideric Handel, Handel: Ariodante; Wilhelmshaven Vocal Ensemble; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / McGegan, Harmonia Mundi *Engineering – Jean Sibelius, Sibelius: Symphony No 5. ''En saga''; Lahti SO / Vänskä, BIS *Historic non-vocal – Claude Debussy, Debussy: 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,

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*Record of the year & Concerto – Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1.

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

: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich, Teldec *Best-selling disc – The Three Tenors in Concert, 1994; José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti; Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta, Teldec *Baroque non-vocal – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violin Sonatas; Romanesca, Harmonia Mundi *Baroque vocal – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Grand Motets; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie, Erato *Chamber – Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintets; Domus, Hyperion *Choral & engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 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 – Henry Purcell: King Arthur; Soloists; Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato *Engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Rattle, EMI *Historic non-vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Soloists; Lucerne Festival Chorus; Philharmonia / Furtwängler, Tahra mono *Historic vocal – Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges; French Radio National Chorus and Orchestra / Bour, Testament *Instrumental – Frédéric Chopin: Four Ballades. Mazurkas. Etudes. Nocturne; Murray Perahia (piano), Sony Classical *Music theatre – I wish it so – The Songs of Vernon Duke; Dawn Upshaw (soprano); orchestra / Eric Stern (piano), Elektra Nonesuch *Opera – William Walton: Troilus and Cressida; Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North / Hickox, Chandos Records, Chandos *Orchestral – Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Erwartung; Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop); Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI *Solo vocal – Franz Schubert: Lieder; Bryn Terfel (baritone); Malcolm Martineau (piano), DG *Video – The Art of Conducting – Great Conductors of the Past, Teldec

1994

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

1993

*Solo Vocal (Record of the Year) – Grieg Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mez); Bengt Forsberg (piano) *Baroque Non-Vocal – Heinichen Dresden Concertos. Musica Antiqua Koeln / Reinhard Goebel *Baroque Vocal – San Giovanni Battista Alessandro Stradella, Stradella. Catherine Bott, Christine Batty (sopranos); Gérard Lesne (alto); Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor); Philippe Huttenlocher (baritone); Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski *Chamber – Quatuor Mosaiques Haydn String Quartet Op. 20 *Choral – Felix Mendelssohn. Elijah (oratorio), Elias. Miles, Helen Donath, Donath, van Nes, George, MDR-Chor Leipzig, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Masur *Concerto – Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms), Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor Op. 15 Stephen Kovacevich (piano);

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

/ Wolfgang Sawallisch (coupled with Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 with Ann Murray, Nobuko Imai) *Contemporary – James MacMillan. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst (Koch). BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, Maksymiuk. *Early Music – Venetian Vespers. Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh *Engineering – Debussy, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien. Sylvia McNair (sop); Nathalie Stutzmann (contr); Ann Murray (mez); Leslie Caron (narr); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas *Historical Non-Vocal – Rachmaninov. The Complete Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov RCA Victor Gold Seal *Historical Vocal – The Record of Singing#Singers of Imperial Russia, Singers of Imperial Russia. Vols.1–4. *Instrumental – 80th Birthday Recital. Shura Cherkassky. *Music Theatre – George Gershwin. Lady, Be Good (musical), Lady, Be Good! Eric Stern, Lara Teeter, Ann Morrison. *Opera – Francis Poulenc, Poulenc. Dialogues des Carmélites / Catherine Dubosc, Dubosc, Rita Gorr, Gorr, Rachel Yakar, Yakar, Dupuy, Fournier, José van Dam, van Dam, Viala, Opéra National de Lyon, Kent Nagano, Nagano *Orchestral – Hindemith. Kammermusik (Hindemith), Kammermusik. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Riccardo Chailly, Chailly. *Video –

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

. Der Ring des Nibelungen. 1989 Bavarian State Opera. Sawallisch. *Special Achievement – Edward Greenfield. *Best-selling Record – Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 (Górecki), Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs". David Zinman, Zinman. London Sinfonietta. Dawn Upshaw, Upshaw. *Young Artist of the Year – Sarah Chang. *Artist of the Year – Simon Rattle. *Lifetime Achievement – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

1992

*Orchestral (Record of the Year) –

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

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

1991

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

1990

*Chamber – Respighi, Violin Sonata in B Minor, Kyung-Wha Chung and Krystian Zimerman; Deutsche Grammophon *Choral – Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri; Edith Wiens, S. Herman, A. Gjevang; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan (conductor) *Concerto – Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129; Lydia Mordkovitch (violin); SNO, Neemi Järvi (conductor); Chandos *Contemporary – George Benjamin: Antara, Boulez: Dérive, Memoriale; Harvey: Song Offerings; Walmsley-Clark (soprano), Bell (flute); London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin (conductor); Nimbus *Early Music – Gabrieli: A Venetian Coronation 1595, The Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor); Virgin Classics *Engineering – Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor); Virgin Classics *Historic (vocal) – Massenet: ''Werther''; Ninon Vallin (mezzo), Georges Thill (tenor), Roque (baritone), Féraldy (soprano), Narcon (bass); Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, Élie Cohen (conductor), Elie Cohen (conductor); EMI *Historic (nonvocal) – Delius: Paris, Eventyr, Irmelin Prelude, Over the Hills and Far Away; LPO, Sir Thomas Beecham; EMI *Instrumental – Debussy: Piano Works;

Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 19 ...

; Philips *Music Theatre – Cole Porter, Anything Goes; John McGlinn; EMI *Opera (Record of the Year) – Prokofiev: L'Amour des trois oranges; Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano; Virgin Classics *Orchestral – Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Lott (soprano), Summers (baritone); LPO, Bernard Haitink (conductor); EMI *Solo Vocal – Schubert: Schwanengesang, Heine and Seidl Lieder; Peter Schreier (tenor), András Schiff (piano); Decca *Special Achievement – Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1–45; Vienna Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor); Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor); Teldec

Gramophone Awards of the 1980s

1989

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

1988

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

1987

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

1986

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Rossini: ''Il viaggio a Reims. Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Gasdia, Francisco Araiza, Eduardo Gimenez, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Enzo Dara. Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado. DG. *Chamber – Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 (Fauré), Piano Quartets No. 1 in C minor, Op 15; Piano Quartet No. 2 (Fauré), No. 2 in G minor, Op 45. Domus. Hyperion. *Choral – Janáček: ''Glagolitic Mass''. Elisabeth Söderström, Drahomíra Drobková, František Livora, Richard Novák. Czech Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon *Concerto – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven), 4.

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

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

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...

. CBS. *Early Music (Baroque) – Bach: ''Die Kunst der Fuge'', BWV 1080. Davitt Moroney (harpsichord). Harmonia Mundi. *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – ''Chansons de toile au temps du Roman de la Rose''. Esther Lamandier. Alienor. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Late string quartets (Beethoven), Beethoven: Late String Quartets. HMV. *Historic (Vocal) – ''The Record of Singing'': Vol. 3. HMV. *Instrumental – Schubert: Fantasia in F minor (Schubert), Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940 / Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (Mozart), Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448.

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

, Radu Lupu. CBS *Orchestral – Vaughan Williams: ''Sinfonia Antarctica''. Sheila Armstrong (singer), Sheila Armstrong.

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

& Choir / Bernard Haitink. EMI. *Solo Vocal – Schubert: ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

''. Peter Schreier, Sviatoslav Richter. Philips. *Remastered CD – Britten: ''Peter Grimes''. Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease. Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. London. *Engineering and Production – Ottorino Respighi, Respighi: ''Belkis, Queen of Sheba''; ''Metamorphoseon''. Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon. Chandos.

1985

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

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

/ Vernon Handley. EMI. *Chamber – Beethoven: Late string quartets (Beethoven), Late String Quartets, Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Alban Berg Quartett. HMV. *Choral – Requiem (Fauré), Fauré: Requiem, ''Cantique de Jean Racine'', Op. 11. Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott (organist), John Scott. Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter. Conifer. *Contemporary – György Kurtág: '': 21 poèmes de Rimma'', Dalos, Op. 17 / Harrison Birtwistle, Birtwistle: ''...Agm...'' , Márta Fábián. John Alldis Choir. Ensemble InterContemporain / Pierre Boulez. Erato. *Early Music (Baroque) – Charpentier: ''Médée (Charpentier), Médée''. Jill Feldman, Jacques Bona, Sophie Boulin, Phillipe Cantor, Agnès Mellon, Gilles Ragon. Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (musician), William Christie. Harmonia Mundi. *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum, Ave maris stella. Westminster Cathedral Choir / David Hill (choral director), David Hill. Hyperion. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Carl Nielsen: Symphonies. Erik Tuxen, Launy Grøndahl, Thomas Jensen / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Danacord. *Historic (Vocal) – Claudia Muzio: The Columbia Recordings 1934–5. Italian Opera Arias, Italian, French and German Songs. HMV. *Instrumental – Liszt: ''Années de pèlerinage: Première Année: Suisse.'' Jorge Bolet. Decca. *Operatic – Mozart: ''Don Giovanni''. Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Allen, Carol Vaness, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard Van Allan.

Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, ...

.

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

/ Bernard Haitink. HMV. *Orchestral – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111, Three Waltzes, Op. 110. Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi. Chandos. *Solo Vocal – Jean Sibelius, Sibelius: Complete Songs. Tom Krause, Irwin Gage, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca. *Engineering and Production – Ravel: ''Ma mère l'Oye'', ''Pavane pour une infante défunte'', ''Le tombeau de Couperin'', ''Valses nobles et sentimentales (Ravel), Valses nobles et sentimentales''. Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.

1984

*Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan. Deutsche Grammophon. *Chamber – Beethoven: Late String Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Lindsay Quartet. ASV. *Choral – Mozart: Requiem. Margaret Price. Trudeliese Schmidt. Francisco Araiza. Theo Adam. Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Orchestra, Peter Schreier. Philips. *Concerto – Mozart: Piano Concertos No 15, 16.

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kno ...

. English Chamber Orchestra. CBS. *Contemporary – Brian Ferneyhough: Quartet No. 2 / Jonathan Harvey: Quartet No. 2 / Carter: Quartet No. 3/

Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...

(Irvine Arditti, Levine Andrade, Lennox MacKenzie, Rohan de Saram). RCA. *Early Music (Baroque) – Bach: Kammermusik. Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel. Archiv. *Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Dunstable: Motets. Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hiller. EMI. *Historic (Non-Vocal) – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, No 32 in C minor Op. 111. Egon Petri. dell'Arte. *Historic (Vocal) *Instrumental – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106. Emil Gilels. Deutsche Grammophon. *Operatic – Janáček: ''Jenůfa''. Elisabeth Söderström, Wiesław Ochman, Peter Dvorský, Eva Randová, Lucia Popp.

Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...

. Charles Mackerras. Decca. *Solo Vocal – Strauss: ''Four Last Songs''. Jessye Norman. Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Masur. Philips. *Engineering and Production – Bax: Symphony No. 4 and Tintagel. Ulster Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos.

1982–1983

*Chamber – Borodin, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2, Borodin Quartet (EMI) *Choral – Bach, Mass in B Minor, Joshua Rifkin conducting Bach Ensemble (Elektra-Nonesuch) *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Tippett, Triple Concerto, Sir Colin Davis conducting London Symphony Orchestra (Philips) *Contemporary – Boulez, ''Pli selon pli'', Pierre Boulez conducting BBC Symphony Orchestra; solo: Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Erato) *Early-Baroque – ''Actéon'', William Christie (musician), William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants (ensemble), Les Arts Florissants Vocal (Harmonia Mundi) *Early-Medieval – Hildegard of Bingen, ''A Feather on the Breath of God'' – Sequences and Hymns, Christopher Page conducting Gothic Voices (Hyperion) *Engineering – Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Decca) *Historical Vocal – Schubert, Historical Recordings of Lieder, various artists (HMV) *Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, At the Piano Vol. 1, Béla Bartók (Hungaraton) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Sonata in B Minor, Alfred Brendel (Philips) *Operatic – ''The Cunning Little Vixen'', Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and

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(Decca) *Orchestral – Strauss, ''Metamorphosen'', Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra *Solo Vocal – Brahms, Lieder, Kurt Masur conducting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; solo: Jessye Norman (Philips)

1981

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Wagner, ''Parsifal'', Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Chamber – Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – Delius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan) *Concerto – Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI) *Contemporary – Tippett, ''King Priam'', David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca) *Early Music – Various artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv) *Engineering – Massenet, ''Werther'', Sir Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra (Philips) *Historical Vocal – Various artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV) *Historical Non-Vocal – Brahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips) *Orchestral – Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Solo Vocal – Liszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon)

1980

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, ''From the House of the Dead'', Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and

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

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(Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir (Erato) *Concerto – Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, Lorin Maazel conducting French National Orchestra; solo: Jean-Philippe Collard (HMV) *Contemporary – Birtwistle, ''Punch and Judy'', David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera) *Early Music – C. P. E. Bach, Sinfonias, Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert (Archiv) *Engineering – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) *Historical Vocal – Various artists, Gramophone Co. Recordings, Fernando De Lucia (Rubini) *Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Béla Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony) *Instrumental – Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) *Solo Vocal – Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian)

1979

*Chamber (Record of the Year) – Haydn, Piano Trios, Beaux Arts Trio (Philips) *Choral – Schoenberg, ''Gurrelieder'', Seiji Ozawa conducting Tanglewood Festival Chorus and

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, ...

(Philips) *Concerto – Bartók, Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2, Claudio Abbado conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; solo:

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(Deutsche Grammophon) *Contemporary – Maxwell Davies, Symphony No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca) *Early Music – Mozart, Symphonies Vol. 3, Christopher Hogwood conducting

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(L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Engineering – Debussy, ''Images pour orchestre'', ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'', André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) *Historical – Various artists, Record of Singing Vol. 2, various artists (HMV) *Instrumental – Bach, Organ Works Vol. 3, Peter Hurford (Argo) *Operatic – Berg, ''Lulu'', Pierre Boulez conducting Paris Opera Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Debussy, ''Images pour orchestre'', ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'', André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) *Solo Vocal – Grechaninov, etc., Five Children's Songs, Elisabeth Söderström and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca)

1978

*Chamber – Bartók, Sonata for 2 Pianos; Debussy, En Blanc; Mozart, Andante With 5 Variations for Piano, Martha Argerich, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Willy Goudswaard and Michael de Roo (Philips) *Choral – Handel, Dixit Dominus, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra (Erato) *Concerto – Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo: Andrei Gavrilov (EMI Studio Plus) *Contemporary – Webern, Complete Works, Pierre Boulez conducting Juilliard String Quartet and London Symphony Orchestra (Sony) *Early Music – Handel, ''Acis and Galatea'', John Eliot Gardiner conducting English Baroque Soloists (Archiv) *Historical – Gluck, ''Orfeo ed Euridice'', Charles Bruck conducting Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Opera Chorus and Orchestra (EMI) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips) *Operatic (Record of the Year) – Puccini, ''La fanciulla del West'', Zubin Mehta conducting Royal Opera House Choir and Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Mozart, Symphonies nos. 25 and 29, Benjamin Britten conducting English Chamber Orchestra (Decca) *Solo Vocal – Chausson, Poeme; Duparc, Melodies, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo: Janet Baker (HMV)

1977

*Chamber – Shostakovich, String Quartets nos. 4 and 12, Fitzwilliam Quartet (Decca) *Choral – Elgar, Coronation Ode; Parry, I Was Glad, Philip Ledger conducting Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kings College Choir and New Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI) *Concerto – Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22, Neville Marriner conducting Academy of St Martin in the Fields; solo: Alfred Brendel (Philips) *Contemporary – Berio, Concerto for Two Pianos, Pierre Boulez conducting London Symphony Orchestra and Luciano Berio conducting BBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal) *Early Music – Dowland, Lute Works,

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

Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...

(Deutsche Grammophon) *Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, ''Kata Kabanova'', Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and

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(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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