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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
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius cover
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Nicky Spence, Anna Stéphany, Andrew Foster-Williams /Angel of the Agony), Polish National Youth Choir, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar is a two-part work for voices and orchestra composed in 1900...
$50.00
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Award Winners: Orchestral

Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 / Passacaglia from 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 / Passacaglia from 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons $37.00
Music for Strings cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings
John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London $35.00
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls Ma Mère L'oye, Boléro & La Valse) cover
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls Ma Mère L'oye, Boléro & La Valse)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson $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
Bach: Goldberg Variations cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Beatrice Rana (piano) $30.00
Letter(s) to Erik Satie cover
ERIK SATIE / JOHN CAGE
Letter(s) to Erik Satie
Bertrand Chamayou (piano) $35.00
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas cover
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit (piano) $90.00

Award Winners: Choral

J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion cover
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion
Benjamin Bruns, Christian Immler, Carolyn Sampson, Damien Guillon, etc / Bach Collegium Japan chorus & orchestra / Masaaki Suzuki $75.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Colours Of Love - New Choral Music cover
STUCKY / TAVENER / RANDS / ZHOU LONG / CHEN YI /THOMAS / SAMETZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Colours Of Love - New Choral Music
Chanticleer $30.00
Hummel: Mass, Op 111 in D / Mass Op 77 in B flat major cover
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Mass, Op 111 in D / Mass Op 77 in B flat major
Susan Gritton (soprano) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox $35.00
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Dunedin Consort, John Butt (Director), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Polish Radio Choir $37.00

Award winners - Chamber

Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 / Piano Quintet cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 / Piano Quintet
Belcea Quartet, Piotr Anderszewski (piano) $40.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 11 cover
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 11
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano & director) / Norwegian Chamber Orchestra $25.00
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos.1 & 2
Maggini String Quartet $25.00
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
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa cover
THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa
The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (director) $30.00
Western Wind: Music by John Taverner & Court Music for Henry VIII cover
TAVERNER / CORNYSH / ANONYMOUS / HENRY VIII
Western Wind: Music by John Taverner & Court Music for Henry VIII
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott $40.00
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