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Gramophone Award Winners 2026

Couperin - The Complete Works cover
LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin - The Complete Works
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Clotilde Cantau (soprano), Anais Bertrand (mezzo), Adrien Mabire (cornetto), Thibaut Roussel (theorbo), etc
"In a time when 'completeness' too often means mere obsession, Rondeau's set redefines the term." Gramophone...
$190.00
Schubert: Four Hands cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Four Hands
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
"[They] consistently transcend matters of ensemble synchronicity and textural balances." Gramophone...
$35.00
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Gramophone Award Winners 2026

Belle Epoque! cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Belle Epoque!
Adèle Charvet (mezzo) Florian Caroubi (piano) $40.00
Gluck - Arias cover
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck - Arias
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / The Mozartists, Ian Page $35.00
Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas cover
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH
Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch, William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney, etc / Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller $90.00
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 cover
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Volume 2
Peter Donohoe (Piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo $40.00

Award Finalists - Instrumental

Villa-Lobos: The Complete Solo Works cover
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: The Complete Solo Works
Franz Halász (guitar) $40.00
Chambonnières Overseas cover
JACQUES CHAMPION de CHAMBONNIERES
Chambonnières Overseas
Louise Acabo (harpsichord) $40.00
Libro Primo cover
KAPSBERGER / FOSCARINI / GIANONCELLI / LISLEVAND / ORTIZ
Libro Primo
Rolf Lislevand (lute) $40.00
Sueye Park: Echoes of Exile cover
BELA BARTOK / PAUL BEN-AIM / GEORGE ENESCU / EUGENE YSAYE / BERND ALOIS
Sueye Park: Echoes of Exile
Sueye Park (violin) $40.00

Award Finalists - Piano

Forgotten Melodies: Glinka, Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Medtner cover
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / MIKHAIL GLINKA / NIKOLAI MEDTNER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Forgotten Melodies: Glinka, Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Medtner
Alexander Malofeev (piano) $40.00
Bach: Goldberg Variations cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Yunchan Lim (piano) $40.00
Found Objects / Sound Objects cover
CAGE /·HAMELIN / MARTIRANO / OSWALD / WOLPE / WYNER / ZAPPA
Found Objects / Sound Objects
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) $40.00
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring / Ravel Ma Mère l'Oye cover
IGOR STRAVINSKY / MAURICE RAVEL
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring / Ravel Ma Mère l'Oye
Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy (piano) $35.00

Award Finalists - Opera

Puccini: Le Villi (complete opera) cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Le Villi (complete opera)
Anita Hartig (soparno) Kang Wang (tenor) Boris Pinkhasovich (baritone) / Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić $35.00
Magische Töne cover
EMMERICH KALMAN / FRANZ LEHAR / PAUL ABRAHAM
Magische Töne
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Nikola Hillebrand (soprano) / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Dirk Kaftan $40.00
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera) cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera)
Andrew Staples, Magdalena Kožená, Sabine Devieilhe, Linard Vrielink, Allan Clayton / Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle $70.00
Saariaho: Adriana Mater (complete opera) cover
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Adriana Mater (complete opera)
Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Christopher Purves, Nicholas Phan / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen $45.00

Award Finalists - Orchestral

Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Orb and Sceptre cover
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Orb and Sceptre
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yama $40.00
Pettersson: Symphonies 3 & 8 cover
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Pettersson: Symphonies 3 & 8
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg $40.00
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 cover
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski $30.00
Ustvolskaya: Symphonies 1-5 cover
GALINA USTVOLSKAYA
Ustvolskaya: Symphonies 1-5
Oliver Barlow (treble), Arlo Murray (treble), Barbara Kozelj (contralto), Sergej Merkusjev (narrator), Joonas Ahonen (piano), London Philharmonic Orch $40.00

Award Finalists - Song

Belle Epoque! cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Belle Epoque!
Adèle Charvet (mezzo) Florian Caroubi (piano) $40.00
Songs of Passion cover
JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL
Songs of Passion
Lea Desandre (mezzo) Thomas Dunford (lute), with with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor) $45.00
Brahms: Lieder Album cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Lieder Album
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) $35.00
Vaughan Williams: Landscapes cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Landscapes
Cyrille Dubois (tenor) Anne Le Bozec (piano) & company $55.00

Award Finalists - Early Music

Mundy - Vox patris caelestis cover
WILLIAM MUNDAY
Mundy - Vox patris caelestis
Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney $45.00
Binchois: Loyal souvenir cover
GILLES BINCHOIS
Binchois: Loyal souvenir
Le Miroir de Musique; Baptiste Romain $40.00
Stravagante pensiero: Gesualdo & Napoli cover
AGRESTA / BOLOGNINI / DENTICE / FONTANELLI / LACORCIA / GESUALDO / etc
Stravagante pensiero: Gesualdo & Napoli
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini $45.00
Monteverdi - Il sesto libro de madrigali cover
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi - Il sesto libro de madrigali
RossoPorpora, Walter Testolin $35.00

Award Finalists - Voice/Ensemble

Gluck - Arias cover
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck - Arias
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / The Mozartists, Ian Page $35.00
Vaughan Williams: Landscapes cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Landscapes
Cyrille Dubois (tenor) Anne Le Bozec (piano) & company $55.00
Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos cover
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos
Elizabeth Watts; Rachel Podger / Florilegium; Ashley Solomon $45.00
Les Divas d'Offenbach cover
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Divas d'Offenbach
Véronique Gens (soprano), Hervé Niquet, Choeur Et Orchestre National Des Pays de La Loire $40.00
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