The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical

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

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, and referred to as the ''

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

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USA, "ultimately it is ''the'' classical award, especially worldwide." The winners are selected annually by

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s for the '' ''Gramophone'''' magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London.

Gramophone Awards of the 2020s

2021

Source: * Chamber: Beach. Elgar Piano Quintets (

Takács Quartet The Takács Quartet is a string quartet founded in Budapest, Hungary, and now based in Boulder, Colorado, United States. History In 1975, four students at the Music Academy in Budapest, Gábor Takács-Nagy (first violin), Károly Schranz (secon ...

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Garrick Ohlsson Garrick Olof Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948) is an American classical pianist. He is the only American to have won first prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition, at the VIII competition in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Com ...

) * Choral: Dussek Messe Solemnelle ( Stefanie True, Helen Charlston, Gwilym Bowen, Morgan Pearse, Choir of the AAM,

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

Richard Egarr Richard Egarr (born 7 August 1963) is a British conductor and keyboard player. Biography Born in Lincoln, Egarr received his early musical training as a choirboy at York Minster and at Chetham's School of Music. He was an organ scholar at Clar ...

) * Concerto: Shostakovich Violin Concertos (

Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (russian: link=no, Али́на Рина́товна Ибраги́мова; ba, Алина Ринат ҡыҙы Ибраһимова born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education ...

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

'Evgeny Svetlanov' /

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

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

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

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

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

) * Early Music: Josquin Masses – Hercules Dux Ferrarie, D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz (

The Tallis Scholars The Tallis Scholars is a British professional early music vocal ensemble normally consisting of two singers per part, with a core group of ten singers. They specialise in performing ''a cappella'' sacred vocal music. History The group was formed ...

/ Peter Phillips) * Instrumental: Bach Lute Suites (

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

) * Opera & Recording of the Year: Britten Peter Grimes ( Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall,

Roderick Williams Roderick Gregory Coleman Williams OBE (born 1965) is a British baritone and composer. Biography Williams was born in North London to a Welsh father and a Jamaican mother. He attended Christ Church Cathedral School in Oxford and Haberdashers' A ...

Catherine Wyn-Rogers Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Chris ...

, Robert Murray, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth;

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall. History Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The Musical Society), it later changed its name ...

and Choirs / Edward Gardner) * Orchestral: Franz Schmidt Complete Symphonies (

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

Paavo Järvi Paavo Järvi (; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian-American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to Liilia Järvi and the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also mu ...

) * Piano: JS Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 – Excerpts ( Piotr Anderszewski) * Song: 'El Nour' (Fatma Said, Malcolm Martineau, Rafael Aguirre, Burcu Karadağ, , Itamar Doari, Henning Sieverts, Tamer Pinarbasi, Vision String Quartet) * Voice & Ensemble: Verdi (

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

; Orchestra del

Teatro Comunale di Bologna The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season. While there had been various theatres presenting opera in Bologna since the early ...

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

) * Label of the Year:

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

* Lifetime Achievement:

Gundula Janowitz Gundula Janowitz (born 2 August 1937)"Janowitz, Gundula"
by Stile Antico ''Stile antico'' (literally "ancient style", ), is a term describing a manner of musical composition from the sixteenth century onwards that was historically conscious, as opposed to '' stile moderno'', which adhered to more modern trends. ''Prim ...

) * Concept Album: Cello 360 (Christian-Pierre La Marca) * Artist of the Year:

James Ehnes James Ehnes, (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian concert violinist and violist. Life and career Ehnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Alan Ehnes, long time trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada), and Barbara Withey Ehnes, fo ...

* Special Achievement: Boston Modern Orchestra Project * Orchestra of the Year:

Minnesota Orchestra The Minnesota Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded originally as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1903, the Minnesota Orchestra plays most of its concerts at Minneapolis's Orchestra Hall. History Em ...

2020

Source. *Lifetime Achievement:

Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman ( he, יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist widely considered one of the greatest violinists in the world. Perlman has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that hav ...

*Special Achievement
Robert von Bahr
*Orchestra of the Year:

Philadelphia Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the " Big Five" American orchestras, the orchestra is based at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where it performs its subscriptio ...

*Artist of the Year:

Igor Levit Igor Levit (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography Bo ...

*Young Artist of the Year
Natalya Romaniw
*Label of the Year
Alpha Classics
*Beethoven 250 Award: Beethoven: ''Piano Concertos 2 & 5.''

Martin Helmchen Martin Helmchen (born 1982) is a German pianist. He has played with international orchestras and has recorded discs of many classical composers. Life Helmchen was born in Berlin. He began his piano studies at the age of six, and graduated from th ...

, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester,

Andrew Manze Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is a British conductor and violinist living in Germany. Born in Beckenham, United Kingdom, Manze read Classics at Cambridge University. Manze studied violin and worked with Ton Koopman (his director in t ...

Alpha Classics
*Concerto: Chopin: ''Piano Concertos''.

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

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) ( gd, Orcastra Nàiseanta Rìoghail na h-Alba) is a British orchestra, based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the five national performing arts companies of Scotland. Throughout its history, the O ...

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

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

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

Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norwegian classical violinist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2002 she studied with S ...

; Barnabás Kelemen; Katalin Kokas; Lawrence Power;

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 ...

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

Alpha Classics
*Choral: Bach: ''St. Matthew Passion.''

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

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

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

) *Concept Album of the Year: ''From the Ground Up: The Chaconne.''

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

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra
Signum Classics) *Contemporary: Thomas Adès: ''Piano Concerto / Totentanz''

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

; Mark Stone
Christianne Stotijn

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 18 ...

Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), '' ...

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

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

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Sony Classical Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by ...

) *Opera: Handel: ''Agrippina''

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

Il Pomo d'Oro ''Il pomo d'oro'' (''The Golden Apple'') is an opera in a prologue and five acts by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668). It was first performed before the imperial court in a specially constructed ope ...

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

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

) *Recording of the Year (Orchestral): Weinberg: Symphonies 2 & 21,

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...

Kremerata Baltica Kremerata Baltica is a chamber orchestra consisting of musicians from Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). It was founded by Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer in 1997. Gidon Kremer is an artistic director of Kremerata Baltica. Description ...

, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (

) *Recital:

Sandrine Piau 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, D ...

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

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

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 ...

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Gramophone Awards of the 2010s

2019

Source. *Lifetime Achievement: Emma Kirkby *Orchestra of the Year: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra *Artist of the Year:

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

*Young Artist of the Year:

Jakub Józef Orliński Jakub Józef Orliński (; born 8 December 1990) is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer. He has performed leading roles with many opera companies, including Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Warsaw Grand Thea ...

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

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

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

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Erato Records Erato Records is a record label founded in 1953 as Disques Erato by Philippe Loury to promote French classical music. Loury was head of éditions musicales Costallat. His first releases in France were licensed from the Haydn Society of Boston, a ...

) *Chamber: Debussy: Les Trois Sonates: The Late Works.

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

, Alexander Melnikov, Tanguy de Williencourt, Magali Mosnier, Antoine Tamestit,

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 an ...

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 ...

Javier Perianes Javier Perianes (born in 1978 in Nerva, Spain) is a Spanish classical pianist. He is a participant at many renowned festivals within Spain, including Santander, Granada, Peralada and San Sebastián. He has performed in distinguished concert serie ...

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) *Choral: Buxtehude:

Abendmusik (German for "evening music", plural ') usually refers to a series of musical concert held in the St. Mary's Church, Lübeck ('), Germany, begun in the 17th century and lasting until the early 19th century. Most of the music for these occasions, co ...

en. Ensemble Masques / Olivier Fortin, Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier ( Alpha Classics) *Concept Album of the Year: ''softLOUD: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars''.

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Delphian Records Delphian Records is an Edinburgh-based independent classical record label, founded in 2000 by two students of the University of Edinburgh, Paul Baxter and Kevin Findlan with start-up funding from two private individuals, and support from the Pri ...

) *Contemporary:

Brett Dean Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor. Biography Brett Dean was born, raised and educated in Brisbane. He started learning violin at the age of eight, and later studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan ...

: Hamlet.

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

, Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan,

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 performan ...

Kim Begley Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese ...

, John Tomlinson, Jacques Imbrailo,

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

Glyndebourne Chorus Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual list of opera festivals, 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 hel ...

(Opus Arte) *Early Music:

Manuel Cardoso Manuel Cardoso may refer to: * Manuel Cardoso (composer) * Manuel Cardoso (cyclist) * Manuel Cardoso (gymnast) Manuel Cardoso (born 17 June 1928) was a Portuguese gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 S ...

: ''Requiem Lamentations, Magnificat and Motets.'' Cupertinos / Luis Toscano ( Hyperion) *Instrumental: The Berlin Recital.

Yuja Wang Yuja Wang (; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Phil ...

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) *Opera: Halévy: La Reine de Chype.

Orchestre de Chambre de Paris The Orchestre de chambre de Paris (OCP) is a French chamber orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs throughout Paris with concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris, where it is a resident ensemble, and also at such venues as the Théâtre de ...

Hervé Niquet Hervé Niquet (born 28 October 1957) is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and the director of Le Concert Spirituel, specializing in French Baroque music. Biography Born on 28 October 1957, Hervé Niquet was raised at Abbeville in the ...

, Chœur de la radio flamande ( Bru Zane). *Orchestral: Rued Langgaard: Symphonies 2 & 6.

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

Sakari Oramo Sakari is a given name, and may refer to: * Sakari Kukko (born 1953), Finnish saxophonist and flutist * Sakari Kuosmanen (born 1956), Finnish singer and actor * Sakari Oramo (born 1965), Finnish conductor * Sakari Pinomäki, Finnish mechanical and ...

( Dacapo) *Recital: Cavalli: Ombra mai fu, Ensemble Artaserse / Philippe Jaroussky (Erato) *Solo Vocal:

Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

: Frage.

Christian Gerhaher Christian Gerhaher (born 24 July 1969, in Straubing) is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Career Christian Gerhaher studied with Paul Kuën and Raimund Grumbach at the Hochschule ...

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Gerold Huber Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers. Career Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the , piano with Fried ...

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2018

Source. *Lifetime Achievement:

Neeme Järvi Neeme Järvi (; born 7 June 1937) is an Estonian American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn. He initially studied music there, and later in Leningrad at the Leningrad Conservatory under Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Nikolai Rabinovich, ...

*Orchestra of the Year:

Seattle Symphony The Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1998, the orchestra is resident at Benaroya Hall. The orchestra also serves as the accompanying orchestra for the Seattle Opera. History Beginnings The orchestr ...

*Artist of the Year:

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

*Young Artist of the Year:

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

*Label of the Year:

*Recording of the Year (Opera): Berlioz: ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les T ...

''.

, Michael Spyres,

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 pe ...

, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg / John Nelson (

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

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Haas and Janáček won the 2007 ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamber music.Supraphon Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, oriented mainly towards publishing classical music and popular music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers. History The Supraphon name was first registered as a trademark in 1932. ...

) *Choral: Pärt:

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

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 Vulgat ...

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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 princi ...

/ Kaspars Putniņš (

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

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

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 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 pri ...

Hannu Lintu Hannu Petteri Lintu (born 13 October 1967) is a Finnish conductor. Biography Lintu was born in Rauma. He studied piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and at the Sibelius Academy. He also studied conducting with Atso Almila, and later with ...

( Ondine) *Contemporary:

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

: String Quartets Nos 6 & 7.

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

Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra, affiliated with Radio France. The orchestra performs principally at the auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, along with several concerts at the Philharmonie de Pa ...

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

(Aeon) *Early Music: ''Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, Vol 5''. Blue Heron / Scott Metcalfe (Blue Heron) *Instrumental:

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...

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

Arcadi Volodos 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'': Ensemble Aedes;

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

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 20 ...

(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 si ...

(Alpha Classics) *Solo Vocal: ''Secrets'':

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

;

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

(Erato)

2017

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

(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 ...

*Baroque Instrumental: ‘The Italian Job’ / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin) *Baroque Vocal: JS Bach Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 / Iestyn Davies counterten / Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen *Chamber:

Grażyna Bacewicz 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 ea ...

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 (tenor) / Christian Immler (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan /

*Contemporary: G Benjamin Palimpsests / Ligeti Lontano / Murail Le désenchantement du monde /

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

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

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

/ Phantasm with Elizabeth Kenny (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. Kn ...

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

*Recital: ‘In War & Peace’ /

(mezzo) / Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord) *Solo Vocal: Brahms Lieder und Gesänge, Op 32. Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121. Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine /

Matthias Goerne Matthias Goerne (born 31 March 1967) is a German baritone. He has performed and recorded extensively, both on the opera stage and in Lieder settings. Goerne has been referred to as "Today's leading interpreter of German art songs" by the Chicago ...

(baritone) /

Christoph Eschenbach Christoph Eschenbach (; born 20 February 1940) is a German pianist and conductor. Early life Eschenbach was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). His parents were Margarethe (née Jaross) and Heribert Ringmann. He was orphaned durin ...

(piano) *Anniversary Award: Classic FM *Artist of the Year:

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

*Label of the Year: Signum Classics *Lifetime Achievement:

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

*Special Achievement:

Colin Matthews Colin Matthews, OBE (born 13 February 1946) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Noted for his large-scale orchestral compositions, Matthews is also a prolific arranger of other composer's music, including works by Berlioz, ...

*Young Artist of the Year: Beatrice Rana

2016

*Lifetime Achievement – Mezzo-soprano

Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and occasional dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symp ...

*Recording of the Year –

piano JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated! *Artist of the Year –

Daniil Trifonov Daniil Olegovich Trifonov (russian: Дании́л Оле́гович Три́фонов; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian pianist and composer. Described by ''The Globe and Mail'' as "arguably today's leading classical virtuoso" and by ''The Tim ...

*Label of the Year –

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

*Orchestral – Shostakovich Symphony No 10

Andris Nelsons Andris Nelsons (born 18 November 1978) is a Latvian conductor who is currently the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the ''Gewandhauskapellmeister'' of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He has previously served as music directo ...

*Special Achievement –

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

*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 has ...

*Baroque Instrumental – ''Biber Rosary Sonatas'',

(violin) with Jonathan Manson (cello), (

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

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

Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is consider ...

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

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

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

'' – Barbara Haveman (soprano)

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

(mezzo) Brandon Jovanovich,

Gerhard Siegel Gerhard Siegel (born in 1963) is a German operatic tenor. Life and career Born in Trostberg, Siegel studied at the Leopold Mozart Centre in Augsburg with Kammersänger Liselotte Becker-Egner. After engagements at the Theater Trier from 1993, ...

(tenors) Thomas Bauer (baritone) Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker); Netherlands Female Youth Choir; Cologne Cathedral Choir, Male Voices and Vocal Ensemble; Chorus of the Bach-Verein, Cologne; Kartäuserkantorei, Cologne; Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra /

Markus Stenz Markus Stenz (born 28 February 1965, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German conductor. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Volker Wangenhein and at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Stenz has ...

*Concerto –

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

. Korngold Violin Concertos –

(violin),

/ James Gaffigan *Contemporary –

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

let me tell you – 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 orches ...

*Early Music – John Taverner ''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 –

piano JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated! *Opera – Verdi ''

Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 Decemb ...

'' – Anja Harteros soprano Aida Jonas Kaufmann tenor Radamès Ekaterina Semenchuk mezzo Amneris

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

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

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

2015

*Recording of the Year – Bruckner Symphony No 9

Lucerne Festival Orchestra The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is a European ''ad hoc'' seasonal orchestra based at the annual Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. History The Lucerne Festival had featured a resident orchestra as far back as 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting ...

Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...

, DG *Artist of the Year –

*Label of the Year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement –

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

*Young Artist of the Year – Joseph Moog *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 it ...

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, Viva ...

*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 The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish radio orchestra based in Stockholm, affiliated with Sveriges Radio (Sweden's Radio). Its principal performing venue is the Berwaldhallen (Berwald Hall). The ...

Daniel Harding Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor. Biography Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled ...

*Contemporary – Nørgård Symphonies Nos 1 & 8,

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

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

/ David Skinner (Obsidian) *Instrumental – English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5 Piotr Anderszewski piano (Warner Classics) *Opera – R Strauss Elektra; Soloists;

Orchestre de Paris The Orchestre de Paris () is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra currently performs most of its concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris. History In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du ...

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

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

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

(soprano), Ex Cathedra /

Jeffrey Skidmore Jeffrey Skidmore OBE (born 27 February 1951) is the conductor and artistic director of Ex Cathedra, a choir and early music ensemble based in Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. An active participant in musical education and a pionee ...

(Hyperion) *Solo Vocal – Schubert ''Nachtviolen'',

(baritone),

(piano) (Sony Classical)

2014

*Artist of the Year –

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

*Young Artist of the Year – Nightingale String Quartet *Lifetime Achievement Award –

James Galway Sir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". He established an international career as a solo flute player. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outsta ...

*Outstanding Achievement Award –

Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conductors". Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another compilation ranks Marriner #14 of the ...

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

, "The Symphonies".

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

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

. Decca. *Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach, "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,

, 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 Salzb ...

, 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 br ...

and

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

directed by Hans-Christoph Rademann. Harmonia Mundi. *Chamber –

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

String Quintet A string quintet is a musical composition for five string players. As an extension to the string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), a string quintet includes a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet" ...

D956 and String Quartet No. 14 ("Death and the Maiden") D810.

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Haas and Janáček won the 2007 ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamber music.Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

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

K626 and Misericordias Domini K222.

Joanne Lunn 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'', Gl ...

, 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 Castl ...

directed by John Butt. Linn. *Concerto –

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

Complete Piano Concertos.

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

with the

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at Media ...

directed by

Gianandrea Noseda Gianandrea Noseda (born 23 April 1964, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy) is an Italian conductor. Biography Noseda studied piano and composition in Milan. He began conducting studies at age 27. He furthered his conducting studies with Donato Renzet ...

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

Christopher Purves 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, whe ...

, 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 Ma ...

, 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",

(piano). Sony Classical. *Opera –

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

, '' L'heure espagnole'' and '' L'enfant et les sortilèges'' (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 list of opera festivals, 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 hel ...

and

conducted by

Kazushi Ono Kazushi (written: 和志, 和司, 和士, 和史, 一志 or 一至) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese rugby sevens player *, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Jap ...

, stage director

Laurent Pelly 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 –

, "The Symphonies".

. Decca. *Recital – "Arise, my muse", various composers. Iestyn Davies (countertenor),

and Friends. Wigmore Hall Live. *Vocal –

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

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

(ten),

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

(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 perce ...

*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. ...

*Baroque Instrumental – Froberger, D'Anglebert, Fischer,

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

. Andreas Staier. Harmonia Mundi *Baroque Vocal – Bach Motets.

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

, English Baroque Soloists.

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

. Soli Deo Gloria *Chamber – Bartók Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Sonata for Solo Violin. Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis. Hungaroton *Choral –

Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

The Apostles. Rebecca Evans, Alice Coote, Paul Groves, Jacques Imbrailo, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Halle Orchestra Sir Mark Elder. *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2, Eötvös Seven, Ligeti Violin Concerto. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, HR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Modern. Peter Eotvos. Naive *Contemporary –

Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

. Barbara Hannigan, Anssi Karttunen,

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra, affiliated with Radio France. The orchestra performs principally at the auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, along with several concerts at the Philharmonie de Pa ...

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

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

& Players.

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

. Signum Records *Instrumental –

Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

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

'',

Sarcasms, Visions fugitives. Steven Osborne. Hyperion *Opera – Puccini

Il Trittico ''Il trittico'' (''The Triptych'') is the title of a collection of three one-act operas, ''Il tabarro'', '' Suor Angelica'', and '' Gianni Schicchi'', by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 Decemb ...

. Eva-Maria Westbroek, Ermonela Jaho, Lucio Gallo, Elena Zilio, Francesco Demuro, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Jones.

Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief c ...

. Opus Arte 3 DVD *Orchestral – Suk Prague, A Summer's Tale Op. 29

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

Jiří Bělohlávek. Chandos *Vocal –

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

Arias.

, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Donald Runnicles. Decca

2012

*Lifetime Achievement

*Artist of the Year –

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

*Young Artist of the Year –

*Label of the Year –

Naïve Records Naïve Records is a French independent record label based in Paris, specializing in electronic music, pop music, jazz and classical music. Founding and expansion It was founded in 1998 by Patrick Zelnik, former CEO of Virgin France, Gilles Paire ...

*Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) –

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

Musikalische Exequien 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 Sc ...

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

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

, Petra Mullejans,

Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Born into the ancient Brandenburgish Goltz family, Gottfried was a great-grandson of the former commande ...

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

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

: Fidelio, Stemme; Kaufmann;

(DECCA) *Choral –

Howells Howells may refer to: People *Howells (surname) Places in the United States * Howells, Colorado, a place in Colorado *Howells, Nebraska *Howells, New York *Howells Junction, New York, a place in New York Business establishments * Howells (depa ...

: Requiem, St Paul's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis,

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

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

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra The Česká filharmonie (Czech Philharmonic) is a symphony orchestra based in Prague. The orchestra's principal concert venue is the Rudolfinum. History The name "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra" appeared for the first time in 1894, as the title ...

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 ...

( historical Norwegian Radio recording in Nazi-occupied Prague on 5 June 1939, remastering producer Matouš Vlčinský) (

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

) *Instrumental – Chopin.

Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

: Piano works,

(

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

) *Concerto –

Berg Berg may refer to: People *Berg (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Berg Ng (born 1960), Hong Kong actor * Berg (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer Former states * Berg (state), county and duchy of the Hol ...

: Violin Concertos,

Orchestra Mozart The Orchestra Mozart or Orchestra Mozart Bologna is an Italian orchestra based in Bologna. Creation The orchestra was created in 2004 by Carlo Maria Badini, as a special project within the Regia Accademia Filarmonica (Philharmonic Academy) of B ...

(

) *Solo Vocal – Songs of War,

Simon Keenlyside Sir Simon Keenlyside (born 3 August 1959) is a British baritone who has performed in operas and concerts since the mid-1980s. Biography Early life and education Keenlyside was born in London, the son of Raymond and Ann Keenlyside. Raymond play ...

Malcolm Martineau (Sony CLASSICAL) *Historic – Chopin: Etudes,

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

(TESTAMENT) *Orchestral – Martinu Symphonies; BBC SO, Jiri Belohlavek (Onyx) *Contemporary – Rautavaara:

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 separatel ...

, 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 Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian cellist. Biography Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway to a cellist father, John Fritjof Mørk, and a pianist mother, Turid Otterbech. His mother began teaching him the piano when he w ...

(cello)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (in Finnish: ; in Swedish: ; literal English translation: Helsinki City Orchestra; commonly abbreviated as HPO) is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1882 by Robert Kajanus, the Philharmonic ...

John Storgårds John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds (born 20 October 1963 in Helsinki) is a Finnish violinist and conductor. Biography Storgårds studied violin with Esther Raitio and Jouko Ignatius at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and continued his violin studie ...

( Ondine) *Chamber –

: Complete works for piano trio,

(violin)

Tanja Tetzlaff Tanja Tetzlaff (born 1973) is a German cellist. She played first as an orchestra member, but then as a soloist, a founding member of the Tetzlaff Quartet, a string quartet led by her brother Christian Tetzlaff, and as a chamber musician. She has ...

(cello)

Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, Leif Ove Andsnes has signed to Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journe ...

(piano) (EMI)

2011

*Artist of the Year –

Gustavo Dudamel Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born 26 January 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist who is the music director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Paris Opera. Early life Dudamel was ...

, conductor *Specialist Classical Chart –

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

– The Guitar *Label of the Year –

Wigmore Hall Live In October 2005, the Wigmore Hall, London, England, became the first concert hall to launch its own record label: Wigmore Hall Live, building upon the venue's existing reputation as a recital hall established early in the 20th century. One of t ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

*Special Achievement – The

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

SDG The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...

*Lifetime Achievement – Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano *Music in the Community Award – The Cobweb Orchestra *Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach ''Harpsichord Concertos'' Andreas Staier; Freiburg Baroque / Petra Müllejans

*Baroque Vocal –

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...

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

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Haas and Janáček won the 2007 ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamber music.Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

''The Kingdom'' Claire Rutter;

;

John Hudson John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

; Iain Paterson; Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder *Concerto –

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

''Fantaisie''

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

;

Yan Pascal Tortelier Yan Pascal Tortelier (born 19 April 1947) is a French conductor and violinist. Biography Born in Paris, Tortelier is the son of the cellist Paul Tortelier, and the brother of Maria de la Pau. Tortelier began piano and violin studies at age 4. ...

Chandos *Contemporary – Birtwistle ''Night's Black Bird'' Hallé Orchestra /

Ryan Wigglesworth Ryan Wigglesworth (born 31 August 1979, Yorkshire) is a British composer, conductor and pianist. Biography Wigglesworth read music at Oxford University, where he held the position of Organ Scholar at New College, and continued his music studies ...

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

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

Arthaus *DVD Performance –

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the ...

Don Carlo ''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Friedr ...

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

EMI Classics *Early Music – Striggio ''Mass in 40 Parts etc.'' I Fagiolini ''et al.'' /

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

Decca *Historic –

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

/Cooke ''Symphony No 10''

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

, Philharmonia /

Berthold Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt (18 January 190317 October 1996) was a German Jewish composer who spent most of his life in England. The suppression of his work by Nazi Germany, as well as the disdain with which many Modernist critics elsewhere dismissed ...

*Instrumental –

''Handel Variations. Piano works, Op 118 & 119''

Sony Classical *Opera –

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards ...

Ermione ''Ermione'' (1819) is a tragic opera (azione tragica) in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on the play ''Andromaque'' by Jean Racine. Performance history 19th century ''Ermione'' was first ...

'' Soloists; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir;

/ David Parry Opera Rara *Orchestral – Shostakovich ''Symphony No 10'' RLPO /

Naxos *Recital – Verismo Arias Various

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

Decca Classics *Solo vocal –

Songs and Proverbs of William Blake ''Songs and Proverbs of William Blake'' is a song cycle composed by Benjamin Britten (191376) in 1965 for baritone voice and piano and published as his Op. 74. The published score states that the words were "selected by Peter Pears" from '' P ...

'' Gerald Finley;

Hyperion *Editor's Choice –

'' Stabat Mater'' Netrebko; Santa Cecilia Orchestra & Choir /

EMI

2010

Complete list
*Artist of the Year –

*Lifetime Achievement Award –

Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ' ...

*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 The Cardinall's Musick is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in music of the 16th and 17th centuries and contemporary music.Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton - The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music - 2008 Page 28 ...

and Andrew Carwood *Baroque Instrumental –

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

The French Connection / La Serenissima *Chamber –

, Sonatas for Piano and Violin /

*Concerto –

, Violin Concerto,

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

; Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder *Contemporary – Adès – '' The Tempest'' Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal ...

, Covent Garden /

DVD – Leonard Bernstein – ''Reflections'', film by Peter Rosen *Historic Archive – Beethoven – 32 Piano Sonatas. Eroica Variations etc. Friedrich Gulda *Opera – Wagner –

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

. Soloists; Choruses; Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder *Orchestral – Dvořák – Symphonic Poems.

Czech Philharmonic The Česká filharmonie (Czech Philharmonic) is a symphony orchestra based in Prague. The orchestra's principal concert venue is the Rudolfinum. History The name "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra" appeared for the first time in 1894, as the titl ...

/ Sir

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

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

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

'',

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

Gramophone Awards of the 2000s

2009

*Artist of the Year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement Award –

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

*Young Artist of the Year –

*Special Achievement –

Bernard Coutaz Bernard Coutaz (30 December 1922 – 26 February 2010) was a French musical publisher, founder of the Harmonia Mundi label. Coutaz was born into a working-class family in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze and studied at the Salesians of Don Bosco, but wa ...

, founder of

*Label of the Year –

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

*Early Music – Song of Songs,

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 ...

*Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation –

and The Sun *Baroque Instrumental –

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

's Complete Fantazias /

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

*Chamber (Record of the Year) –

, Fauré and

, String quartets, Quatuor Ebène *Concerto –

, Piano Concerto, Steven Osborne,

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

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

, The Copenhagen Ring, The Royal Danish Opera /

Michael Schønwandt Michael Schønwandt (born 10 September 1953 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish conductor. In Denmark, he studied piano, theory, and composition, and later continued musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Biography In 1979, Schønwand ...

*Historic Archive – Berlioz,

, Covent Garden Opera /

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

*Opera – Puccini,

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

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

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

(sop) *Orchestral –

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

, Manfred Symphony & The Vayevoda,

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

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

2008

*Artist of the Year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement –

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

*Young Artist of the Year –

Maxim Rysanov Maxim Rysanov (born 1978) is a Ukrainian violist and conductor. Rysanov was born in Kramatorsk, and studied at the Central Special Music School in Moscow and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2000 he won the Gold M ...

*Special Achievement – Sir Peter Moores *Label of the Year – Hyperion *The Gold Disc – Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos –

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

*Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation –

Tasmin Little Tasmin Little (born 13 May 1965) is an English classical violinist. She is a concerto soloist and also performs as a recitalist and chamber musician. She has released numerous albums, winning the Critics Award at the Classic Brit Awards in 2011 ...

*Baroque Instrumental – ''

Brandenburg concertos The ''Brandenburg Concertos'' by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051), are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, MacDonogh, Giles. ''Frederick the Great: A Life in De ...

'' European Brandenburg Ensemble /

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

(Avie) *Chamber –

and

, ''Piano quintets'',

, Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics) *Concerto –

, '' Violin Concerto'',

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

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

(Onyx) *DVD –

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

, ''

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

'' Soloists, The Royal Opera /

(Opus Arte) *Historic Archive –

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

, Symphony No 5

(Somm) *Opera – Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Broucek

/ Jirí Belohlávek (

) *Recital – ''Maria'',

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

, Orchestra La Scintilla /

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

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

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

) *Baroque Vocal –

, ''

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

'', La Venexiana /

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

(Glossa) *Choral –

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

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

( Archiv Produktion) *Contemporary – Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala, Anu Komsi,

/ Ilan Volkov (NMC) *Early Music –

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

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

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

, ''Songs'', Kim Borg,

Erik Werba Erik Werba (23 May 1918 – 9 April 1992) was an Austrian classical pianist who is especially known as an accompanist of singers. He was also a music critic, conductor, composer, author and academic teacher. Career Werba was born in Baden bei ...

(

) *Orchestral –

Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; pl, Mikołaj Miąskowski, syn Jakóbowy; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is so ...

, ''Symphonies'', USSR State & Russian Federation Symphony Orchestras /

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

(Warner Classics) *Solo vocal –

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

, ''Songs'', Gerald Finley,

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

2007

*Artist of the Year – Julia Fischer *Lifetime Achievement –

Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé i Folch or Folc (full name: María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch (, , ; (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé, was a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide v ...

*Young Artist of the Year –

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

*Concerto (Record of the Year) –

Piano Concertos

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

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

Symphony No. 2

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

/ Ivan Fischer (

) *Baroque instrumental –

Concerti Grossi Academy of Ancient Music /

(Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque vocal –

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

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

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

Dorothea Röschmann;

Thomas Quasthoff Thomas Quasthoff (born 9 November 1959) is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is , and has ...

; Berlin Radio Choir;

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

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

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

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

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

Laudibus in sanctis

/ Andrew Carwood (Hyperion) *Historic reissue – Moeran Symphony in G minor etc.

, New Philharmonia /

Sir Adrian Boult Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was an English conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London ...

(Lyrita) *History archive –

Bayreuth Festival Opera / Joseph Keilberth (Testament) *Instrumental –

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

Cello Suites,

Steven Isserlis Steven Isserlis (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. He has led a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. Acclaimed for his profound musicianship, he is also noted for his diverse reper ...

(Hyperion) *Opera –

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

Conducted by

Riccardo Frizza Riccardo Frizza (born 1971) is an Italian conductor, particularly known for his work in the Italian operatic repertoire.Foletto, Angelo (17 April 2013) ''La Repubblica''. Retrieved 20 November 2015 . After making his professional conducting debut ...

(Decca) *Orchestral –

Complete Symphonies

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

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

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

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

;

(Harmonia Mundi)

2006

*Artist of the Year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement –

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

*Label of the Year – Virgin Classics *Orchestral (Record of the Year) –

– Symphony No. 6

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

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

– Siegfried Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth *Early music – Tallis Gaude gloriosa

/ Andrew Carwood (Hyperion) *Instrumental – Szymanowski – Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski *Solo Vocal –

– Abendbilder

;

2005

*Artist of the year – Michael Tilson Thomas *Lifetime Achievement –

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

*Special Achievement – The Lindsays *Label of the year –

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

*Classic FM Listener's Choice –

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

*Editor's Choice –

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

''Piano Concertos'',

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

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

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

( Hyperion) *Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) –

Cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning o ...

s Vol. 1 '' Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra /

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

The Seasons Soloists,

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

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

(

) *Orchestral –

'' Paris symphonies''

Concentus Musicus Wien Concentus Musicus Wien (CMW) is an Austrian baroque music ensemble based in Vienna. The CMW is recognized as a pioneer of the period-instrument performance movement. History Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Alice Harnoncourt co-founded the CMW in 1953, ...

( Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber –

, Late String Quartets,

(

) *Concerto – Zimerman, Andsnes, Grimaud, Boulez Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1–3 (DG) *Contemporary – Birtwistle ''Earth Dances''

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

(DG) *DVD – Berlioz,

, Soloists,

, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique /

(BBC) *Recital –

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

and Massenet, ''Arias'', Rolando Villazón,

/ Evelino Pidò (Virgin Classics)

2004

*Artist of the year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement –

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

Telarc Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner (recording engineer), Jack Renner and Robert Woods (producer), Robert Woods. ...

*Opera (Record of the Year) –

'' Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln /

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

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

*Baroque Vocal –

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

''Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine'' Soloists,

/ Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111) *Chamber – Takács Quartet Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 (Decca) *Concerto –

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

and

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

Piano Concertos

–

Mariss Jansons Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian conductor best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he w ...

(EMI) *Contemporary –

''America, A Prophecy''

CBSO The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...

(EMI) *Early Music –

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

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

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

, Henri Duparc,

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

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

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

''The Symphonies'',

/ Vernon Handley ( Chandos)

2003

*Artist of the Year –

*Lifetime Achievement Award –

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

*Special Achievement Award –

Vernon Handley Vernon George "Tod" Handley (11 November 1930 – 10 September 2008) was a British conductor (music), conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. He was born of a Welsh people, Welsh father and an Irish people, Irish mo ...

*Label of the Year –

*Chamber Music (Record of the Year) –

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

*Début Disc and Editor's Choice – Prokofiev; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Tchaikovsky Piano Works, Simon Trpceski *Baroque Vocal – Handel: Arcadian Duets. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée. Virgin Classics. *Choral –

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

, Masses,

Collegium Musicum 90 Collegium Musicum 90 is an English baroque orchestra playing on period instruments. It was founded by violinist Simon Standage and conductor Richard Hickox in 1990 and was jointly directed by them (either together or separately) until the death o ...

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

(

Chandos Records Chandos Records is a British independent classical music recording company based in Colchester. It was founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens.Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread ...

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

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,

(Sony Classical SK61885) *Opera –

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

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

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

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

(

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

)

2002

*Artist of the Year –

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

*Lifetime Achievement –

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

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

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

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

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

Marek Janowski Marek Janowski (born 18 February 1939 in Warsaw) is a Polish-born German conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic. Childhood Janowski grew up in Wuppertal, near Cologne, after his mother traveled there at the st ...

( Ondine) *Baroque Instrumental – Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/ Monica Huggett / Thomas Guthrie (ASV Gaudeamus) *Baroque Vocal –

, Selva morale e spirituale, Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel (

) *Chamber –

, Three String Quartets, Rasumovsky, Op 59. String Quartet in E-flat, 'Harp', Op 74, Takács Quartet (

) *Choral –

, 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 /

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

/ Sakari Oramo (Hyperion) *Contemporary – Birtwistle, Pulse Shadows, Claron McFadden / Arditti Quartet /

/ Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec) *Debut Recording – Jonathan Lemalu sings songs by

, 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 –

, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il

/ Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111) *Historic Archive – Great conductors of the twentieth century: Ferenc Fricsay (EMI/IMG) *Historic Reissue – Fauré, 13 Nocturnes, Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (Testament) *Instrumental – Edvard Grieg, Grieg, Lyric Pieces—excerpts, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI) *Opera – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner / Michelle DeYoung / Petra Lang / Sara Mingardo / Peter Mattei / Stephen Milling / Kenneth Tarver / Toby Spence / Orlin Annastassov / Tigran Martirossian / Isabelle Cals / Alan Ewing / Guang Yang / Andrew Greenan / Roderick Earle / Bülent Bezd (LSO Live) *Orchestral – Bruckner. Symphony No. 8. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Gunter Wand (RCA) *Recital – Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gluck, Italian Arias,

/ Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca) *Vocal – Cécile Chaminade, Chaminade, Mots d'amour, Anne Sofie von Otter / Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)

2001

*Artist of the Year –

*Lifetime Achievement – Victoria de los Ángeles *Retailer of the Year – Bath Compact Discs *Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Williams, ''A London Symphony'' and George Butterworth, Butterworth, ''The Banks of Green Willow'',

/ Richard Hickox, Hickox (

Chandos Records Chandos Records is a British independent classical music recording company based in Colchester. It was founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens.Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the ...

, Verdi: Heroines,

; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (

) *Editor's Choice –

, Rinaldo, David Daniels

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

, ''Partitas, BWV 825–30'',

(Hannsler Classic) *Baroque Vocal –

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

baritone Christus; Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann sopranos; Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus contraltos; Michael Schade, Markus Schäfer tenors; Dietrich Henschel, Oliver Widmer basses; Vienna Boys' Choir; Arnold (Teldec) *Chamber – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Williams, ''String Quartets Nos 1 & 2. Phantasy Quintet, Maggini Quartet'' with Garfield Jackson (Naxos Records) *Choral –

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

, ''Piano Concerto'', Mitsuko Uchida/Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Philips) *Contemporary – Pierre Boulez, Boulez, ''Anthèmes 2. Messagesquisse. Incises, Sur incises'', Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Debut Recording –

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

, Goldberg Variations,

(Sony Classical) *Opera – Jules Massenet, Massenet, Manon,

/Roberto Alagna/Chorus and SO of La Monnaie/Antonio Pappano (EMI) *Recital – French Arias, Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Betrand de Billy (EMI) *Vocal – Love Songs,

/Graham Johnson (Deutsche Grammophon, DG)

2000

*Artist of the Year –

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

, soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Knapperstsbusch (Testament) *Retailer of the Year – HMV 150 Oxford Street & Bath Compact Discs *Orchestral (Record of the Year) –

, Symphony No 10 in F-sharp,

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

, Verdi: Heroines,

; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (Decca) *Baroque Instrumental – Pandolfi, Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos 1–6; Op. 4, Nos 1–6, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) *Baroque Vocal –

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

) *Choral – L Boulanger, Faust et Hélène: Psaume 24. "D'un soir triste". "D'un matin de printemps". Psaume 130, "Du fond de l'abîme", Dawson, Murray, Bottone, Mackenzie, Howard; CBSO Chorus;

/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Tortelier ( Chandos) *Concerto – Joseph Haydn, Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes (EMI) *Contemporary – Elliott Carter, Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei. Clarinet Concerto, Elliott Carter (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Early Music – William Byrd, Complete Keyboard Works, Davitt Moroney ( Hyperion) *Instrumental – Leopold Godowsky, The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Marc-André Hamelin ( Hyperion) *Opera – Karol Szymanowski, ''King Roger''. Symphony No. 4 ''Symphonia concertante'', Op. 60, soloists; CBS Youth Chorus; CBS Chorus; Andsnes; CBSO/Simon Rattle, Rattle (EMI) *Recital –

, Verdi: Heroines,

; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly, Chailly (

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

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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 (

) *Editor's Choice – Naxos's British music series *Baroque Instrumental – Jacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (Metronome) *Baroque Vocal – Alessandro Scarlatti, A Scarlatti, ''Il primo omicidio'', René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) *Chamber –

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

, Piano Concertos, Krystian Zimerman; Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon) *Early Music – Guillaume Dufay, Missa Jacobi, Binchois Consort/Kirkman ( Hyperion) *Contemporary – Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (Deutsche Grammophon, DG) *Instrumental –

, Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall (Sony Classical) *Orchestral – Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Wand (RCA) *Recital – Renée Fleming, ''I Want Magic!'', Renée Fleming; James Levine, Levine (

) *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 (

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

)

1998

*Artist of the Year –

*Lifetime Achievement – Menahem Pressler *Choral (Record of the Year) – Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (organist), James O'Donnell ( Hyperion) *Best-selling disc – James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical) *Editor's Choice –

, Adès: Arcadiana Op. 12. The origin of the harp, soloists; Endellion Quartet; London Sinfonietta; King's college choir, Cambridge/Adès, Stenz, Cleobury (EMI Debut) *Baroque Non-Vocal – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset, Rameau—Overtures (L'Oiseau-Lyre) *Baroque Vocal –

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

) *Contemporary – Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle, soloists; BBC Singers;

/ Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins (NMC) *Early Music – Canciones and Ensaladas, Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (Harmonia Mundi) *Early Opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau, Rameau, Les fêtes d'Hébé, Soloists; Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra/William Christie (Erato) *Film Music – Kenneth Alwyn, The Ladykillers, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (Silva Screen) *Instrumental – Stephen Hough, Mompou ( 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/

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

, Julius Drake (EMI)

1997

*Artist of the Year – Yo-Yo Ma *Lifetime achievement – Mstislav Rostropovich *Young Artist of the Year – Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1. Solo Vi, Isabelle Faust; Ewa Kupiec,

*Record of the year & Opera – Giacomo Puccini: La rondine, London Voices; London SO / Pappano, EMI *Best-selling disc – Agnus Dei, New College Choir, Oxford / Higginbottom,

*Editor's Choice – 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,

*Baroque non-vocal –

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

*Chamber –

: Violin Sonatas etc., Juillet; Truls Mørk, Mørk; Rogé,

*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,

*Engineering – George Dyson (composer), Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hickox, Chandos *Film music – Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / McNeely, Varèse Sarabande *Instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Suites and Sonatas, Murray Perahia, Sony Classical *Music theatre – Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady, National Symphony Orchestra / J. Owen Edwards, TER *Orchestral – Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4, London SO / Davis, RCA *Solo vocal –

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

*Chamber – Joseph Haydn, Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 2, 3 and 5; Quatuor Mosaiques; Auvidis Astree *Choral – Grainger: Songs and Dancing Ballads; Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner Orchestra / Gardiner, Philips *Concerto – Sauer, Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records *Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Howarth, Collins Classics *Early music – Dunstable: Sacred Choral Works; Orlando Consort, Metronome *Early opera –

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

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

: Complete Piano Works; Walter Gieseking (piano), EMI *Historic vocal – Lucrezia Bori: Opera and Operetta Arias; Bori (sop) with various artists (restored by Ward Marston), Romophone *Instrumental – Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas; Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Virgin Classics *Music theatre – George Gershwin, Gershwin: Oh Kay! Orchestra of St Luke's / Stern, Nonesuch *Opera – Sergei Prokofiev, Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel; Kirov Opera / Gergiev, Philips *Orchestral – Schmidt: Symphony No 4. Variations on a Hussar; London PO / Franz Welser-Möst EMI *Solo vocal – Schubert: Lieder, Volume 25. Die schöne Mullerin; Bostridge (tenor); Fischer-Dieskau (narrator); Johnson (piano), Hyperion *Video – Yehudi Menuhin – The Violin of the Century, EMI

1995

*Artist of the Year – Pierre Boulez *Lifetime achievement – Sir Michael Tippett *Special achievement – Entartete Musik – Korngold: Das Wunder des Heliane; Berlin Radio Chorus; Deutsches SO / Mauceri,

*Record of the year & Concerto –

: Violin Concerto No 1. Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich, Teldec *Best-selling disc – The Three Tenors in Concert, 1994; José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti; Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta, Teldec *Baroque non-vocal – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violin Sonatas; Romanesca,

*Baroque vocal – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Grand Motets; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie, Erato *Chamber – Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintets; Domus, Hyperion *Choral & engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3.

and Chorus / Rattle, EMI *Concerto – Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Dmitri Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich, Teldec *Contemporary – György Ligeti: Concertos – Piano; Violin; Cello; Gawriloff; Queyras; Aimard; Ensemble InterContemporain / Boulez DG *Early music – Robert Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica, etc.

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

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

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

: L'enfant et les sortileges; French Radio National Chorus and Orchestra / Bour, Testament *Instrumental – Frédéric Chopin: Four Ballades. Mazurkas. Etudes. Nocturne; Murray Perahia (piano), Sony Classical *Music theatre – I wish it so – The Songs of Vernon Duke; Dawn Upshaw (soprano); orchestra / Eric Stern (piano), Elektra Nonesuch *Opera – William Walton: Troilus and Cressida; Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North / Hickox, Chandos *Orchestral – Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Erwartung; Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop); Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI *Solo vocal – Franz Schubert: Lieder; Bryn Terfel (baritone); Malcolm Martineau (piano), DG *Video – The Art of Conducting – Great Conductors of the Past, Teldec

1994

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

1993

*Solo Vocal (Record of the Year) – Grieg Songs 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);

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

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

*Engineering –

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

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

1992

*Orchestral (Record of the Year) –

9 Symphonies. Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Chamber Orchestre of Europe. *Baroque Vocal – Handel. Giulio Cesare. Larmore, Schlick, Fink, Rorholm, Ragin. Rene Jacobs. Concerto Koeln. *Baroque Non-Vocal – Rameau. Harpsichord Works. Christophe Rousset. *Chamber – Symanowski String Quartets No 1 in C Major, Op.37; No. 2 Op. 56 / Webern Langsamer Satz. Carmina Quartet *Choral – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox. *Concerto – Medtner. Piano Conccertos No.2 in C Minor, Op. 50; No 3. in E Minor, Op. 60. Nickolai Demidenko. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk. *Contemporary – John Tavener. The Protecting Veil; Thrinos / Britten. Solo Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87. Steven Isserlis. London Symphony Orchestra. Rozhdestvensky. *Early Music – The Rose and The Ostrich Feather. Music from the Eton Choirbook. Volume I.

. Harry Christophers. *Engineering – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox. *Historical Vocal – Covent Garden on Record: A History. *Historical Non-Vocal – The Elgar Edition. Volume 1. London Symphony Orchestra. Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. Elgar. *Instrumental – Alkan. 25 Preludes dans les tons majeurs et mineur, Op. 31 / Shostakovich. 24 Preludes, Op. 34. Olli Mustonen. *Music Theatre – Bernstein. Candide. Hadley, Anderson. London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Bernstein (cond). *Opera – Strauss. Die Frau ohne Schatten. Behrens, Domingo, Runkel, van Dam, Varady, Jo. Wiener Philharmoniker. George Solti. *Solo Vocal – Schubert. Lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, Aribert Reimann. *Special Achievement – Abbey Road Studios. *Best-selling Record – Essential Opera. *Young Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel. *Artist of the Year – Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa. *Lifetime Achievement – Sir George Solti.

1991

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

1990

*Chamber – Respighi, Violin Sonata in B Minor, Kyung-Wha Chung and Krystian Zimerman; Deutsche Grammophon *Choral – Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri; Edith Wiens, S. Herman, A. Gjevang; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan (conductor) *Concerto – Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129; Lydia Mordkovitch (violin); SNO, Neemi Järvi (conductor); Chandos *Contemporary – George Benjamin: Antara, Boulez: Dérive, Memoriale; Harvey: Song Offerings; Walmsley-Clark (soprano), Bell (flute); London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin (conductor); Nimbus *Early Music – Gabrieli: A Venetian Coronation 1595, The Gabrieli Consort and Players,

(conductor); Virgin Classics *Engineering – Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor); Virgin Classics *Historic (vocal) – Massenet: ''Werther''; Ninon Vallin (mezzo), Georges Thill (tenor), Roque (baritone), Féraldy (soprano), Narcon (bass); Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, Élie Cohen (conductor), Elie Cohen (conductor); EMI *Historic (nonvocal) – Delius: Paris, Eventyr, Irmelin Prelude, Over the Hills and Far Away; LPO, Sir Thomas Beecham; EMI *Instrumental – Debussy: Piano Works; Zoltán Kocsis; Philips *Music Theatre – Cole Porter, Anything Goes; John McGlinn; EMI *Opera (Record of the Year) –

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

Gramophone Awards of the 1980s

1989

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

1988

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

1987

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

1986

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Rossini: ''Il viaggio a Reims. Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Gasdia, Francisco Araiza, Eduardo Gimenez, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Enzo Dara. Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe /

. DG. *Chamber – Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 (Fauré), Piano Quartets No. 1 in C minor, Op 15; Piano Quartet No. 2 (Fauré), No. 2 in G minor, Op 45. Domus. Hyperion. *Choral – Janáček: ''Glagolitic Mass''. Elisabeth Söderström, Drahomíra Drobková, František Livora, Richard Novák.

/ Sir

. Supraphon *Concerto – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven), 4.

. Concertgebouw Orchestra /

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

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

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

& Choir /

. EMI. *Solo Vocal – Schubert: ''

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

Chorus & Orchestra /

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

/ Geoffrey Simon. Chandos.

1985

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

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

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

. Chandos. *Solo Vocal – Jean Sibelius, Sibelius: Complete Songs. Tom Krause, Irwin Gage, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca. *Engineering and Production – Ravel: ''Ma mère l'Oye'', ''Pavane pour une infante défunte'', ''Le tombeau de Couperin'', ''Valses nobles et sentimentales (Ravel), Valses nobles et sentimentales''. Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.

1984

*Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler: Symphony No. 9.

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

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

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

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

1982–1983

*Chamber – Borodin, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2, Borodin Quartet (EMI) *Choral – Bach, Mass in B Minor, Joshua Rifkin conducting Bach Ensemble (Elektra-Nonesuch) *Concerto (Record of the Year) – Tippett, Triple Concerto, Sir Colin Davis conducting

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

; solo: Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Erato) *Early-Baroque – ''Actéon'', William Christie (musician), William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants (ensemble), Les Arts Florissants Vocal (Harmonia Mundi) *Early-Medieval – Hildegard of Bingen, ''A Feather on the Breath of God'' – Sequences and Hymns, Christopher Page conducting Gothic Voices (Hyperion) *Engineering – Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5,

conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Decca) *Historical Vocal – Schubert, Historical Recordings of Lieder, various artists (HMV) *Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, At the Piano Vol. 1, Béla Bartók (Hungaraton) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Sonata in B Minor,

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

conducting Vienna State Opera and

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

*Solo Vocal – Brahms, Lieder, Kurt Masur conducting

; solo: Jessye Norman (Philips)

1981

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

(Deutsche Grammophon) *Chamber – Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) *Choral – Delius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan) *Concerto – Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI) *Contemporary – Tippett, ''King Priam'', David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca) *Early Music – Various artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv) *Engineering – Massenet, ''Werther'', Sir Colin Davis conducting

Orchestra (Philips) *Historical Vocal – Various artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV) *Historical Non-Vocal – Brahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works,

(Philips) *Orchestral – Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) *Solo Vocal – Liszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon)

1980

*Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, ''From the House of the Dead'', Sir

conducting Vienna State Opera and

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

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

conducting

(Erato) *Concerto – Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, Lorin Maazel conducting French National Orchestra; solo: Jean-Philippe Collard (HMV) *Contemporary – Birtwistle, ''Punch and Judy'', David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera) *Early Music – C. P. E. Bach, Sinfonias,

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

conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) *Historical Vocal – Various artists, Gramophone Co. Recordings, Fernando De Lucia (Rubini) *Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Béla Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony) *Instrumental – Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon) *Orchestral – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) *Solo Vocal – Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian)

1979

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

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

conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; solo:

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

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

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

conducting

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

1978

*Chamber – Bartók, Sonata for 2 Pianos; Debussy, En Blanc; Mozart, Andante With 5 Variations for Piano, Martha Argerich, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Willy Goudswaard and Michael de Roo (Philips) *Choral – Handel, Dixit Dominus,

conducting

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

; solo: Andrei Gavrilov (EMI Studio Plus) *Contemporary – Webern, Complete Works, Pierre Boulez conducting Juilliard String Quartet and London Symphony Orchestra (Sony) *Early Music – Handel, ''Acis and Galatea'', John Eliot Gardiner conducting English Baroque Soloists (Archiv) *Historical – Gluck, ''Orfeo ed Euridice'', Charles Bruck conducting Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Opera Chorus and Orchestra (EMI) *Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works,

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

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

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

conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo: 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

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

conducting Academy of St Martin in the Fields; solo:

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

and Luciano Berio conducting

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

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

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

conducting Vienna State Opera and

(Decca) *Orchestral – Elgar, Symphony No. 1, Sir Adrian Boult conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) *Solo Vocal – Shostakovich, Suite, Six Songs to Lyrics, etc., Maxim Shostakovich conducting Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (HMV Melodiya)

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