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Classical Award Winners

Explore a hand-picked selection of award winners from Gramophone and BBC Music.

Classical Award Winners

Schumann - Myrthen cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann - Myrthen
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)
After the success of his critically acclaimed album Frage, the internationally renowned baritone, Christian...
$27.00
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) cover
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)
Marion Ralincourt (flute) / Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes, François-Xavier Roth
'Daphnis and Chloé' is conceived as a ballet in one act and three parts, and tells the story of the...
$35.00
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Award Winners: Orchestral

Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome cover
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson $35.00
Music for Strings cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings
John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London $35.00
Vaughan Williams: Job / Old King Cole / The Running Set cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Job / Old King Cole / The Running Set
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze $35.00
Arnold: The Dancing Master, Op. 34 cover
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: The Dancing Master, Op. 34
Eleanor Dennis (sop) Catherine Carby (mezzo) Fiona Kimm (contr) Ed Lyon (ten) Mark Wilde (ten), Graeme Broadbent (bass-bar), BBC Concert Orchestra $35.00

Award Winners: Solo piano

Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87 [Igor Levit on DSCH] (LP) cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87 [Igor Levit on DSCH] (LP)
Igor Levit (piano) $130.00
Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes cover
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) $55.00
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Mitsuko Uchida (piano) $35.00
Alkan: Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano cover
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano
Paul Wee (piano) $35.00

Award Winners: Choral

Tintinnabuli [incls 'Magnificat' & 'Triodion'] cover
ARVO PÄRT
Tintinnabuli [incls 'Magnificat' & 'Triodion']
Tallis Scholars $35.00
Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, Missa D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz cover
JOSQUIN DES PRES
Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, Missa D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz
The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips $35.00
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken cover
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken
Vox Luminis & Ensemble Masques, Lionel Meunier $40.00
Cage: Choral Works cover
JOHN CAGE
Cage: Choral Works
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (conductor) $35.00

Award winners - Chamber

Bacewitz: String Quartets cover
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewitz: String Quartets
Silesian Quartet $35.00
British Violin Sonatas Vol.3 cover
JOHN IRELAND / YORK BOWEN / WILLIAM ALWYN / ERIC COATES / JAMES FRANCIS BROWN
British Violin Sonatas Vol.3
Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) $35.00
Haydn: Piano Trios [Nos 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31] cover
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios [Nos 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31]
Trio Wanderer $35.00
Faure: Quintets with Piano cover
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Quintets with Piano
Eric Le Sage (piano) / Quatuor Ébène $40.00

Award Winners: Early Music

Giaches de Wert: Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets cover
GIACHES DE WERT
Giaches de Wert: Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets
Stile Antico $35.00
Byrd Edition Vol 10: Laudibus in sanctis cover
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 10: Laudibus in sanctis
The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood $30.00
A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 cover
GABRIELI / BENDINELLI / etc
A New Venetian Coronation, 1595
Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh $35.00
The Call of the Phoenix: rare 15th Century Church music (music of Dunstaple; Frye; Plummer; Anonymous) cover
ANONYMOUS
The Call of the Phoenix: rare 15th Century Church music (music of Dunstaple; Frye; Plummer; Anonymous)
Orlando Consort $35.00

Award Winners: Vocal

Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch cover
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) $33.00
The Great Puccini cover
GIOCOMO PUCCINI
The Great Puccini
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor) / PKF - Prague Philharmonia, Carlo Rizzi $50.00
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias cover
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse, with Emöke Baráth (soprano) $35.00
Berio / Berg / Gershwin: Crazy Girl Crazy cover
BERIO / BERG / GERSHWIN
Berio / Berg / Gershwin: Crazy Girl Crazy
Barbara Hannigan, Ludwig Orchestra & film directed by Mathieu Amalric $40.00

Award Winners: Concerto

Yuja Wang - The American Project cover
TEDDY ABRAMS / MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Yuja Wang - The American Project
Yuja Wang (piano) / Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams $37.00
Britten: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works cover
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works
Isabelle Faust, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrůša $40.00
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra cover
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra
Stephen Hough (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo $60.00
Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto / Gran Duo / Chorale cover
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto / Gran Duo / Chorale
Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor) $35.00

Award Winners: Opera

Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera)
Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev $55.00
Halevy: La Reine de Chypre [The Queen of Cyprus] cover
FROMENTAL HALEVY
Halevy: La Reine de Chypre [The Queen of Cyprus]
Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Étienne Dupuis / Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet $70.00
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) cover
WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival)
Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth $90.00
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera) cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera)
Dimitris Tiliakos, Vito Priante, Myrtò Papatanasiu, Kenneth Tarver, Karina Gauvin / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis $45.00