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Classical Award Winners

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

Classical Award Winners

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
Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Choral

Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan made their first...
$65.00
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas cover
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit (piano)
Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Instrumental

Igor Levit - the recent recipient of the prestigious...
$76.50
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Award Winners: Orchestral

Langgaard:Symphonies Nos 2 & 6 cover
RUED LANGGAARD
Langgaard:Symphonies Nos 2 & 6
Anu Komsi (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo $32.00
Orchestral works: Praga, Symphonic Poem / A Summer's Tale cover
JOSEF SUK
Orchestral works: Praga, Symphonic Poem / A Summer's Tale
BBC Symphony Orchestra. Jirí Belohlávek $30.00
Project Haydn 2032 - Vol. 4 'Il distratto' cover
JOSEF HAYDN
Project Haydn 2032 - Vol. 4 'Il distratto'
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini $35.00
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 $35.00

Award Winners: Instrumental

Bach: Goldberg Variations (with works by Beethoven & Rzewski) cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations (with works by Beethoven & Rzewski)
Igor Levit (piano) $40.00
Bach: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5 cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5
Piotr Anderszewski (piano) $25.00
Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital cover
RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN / LIGETI / PROKOFIEV
Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital
Yuja Wang (piano) $33.00
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8 cover
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8
Steven Osborne (piano) $30.00

Award Winners: Choral

Schnittke / Pärt: Choral Works cover
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / ARVO PART
Schnittke / Pärt: Choral Works
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš $35.00
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K427 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165 cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K427 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Carolyn Sampson, Olivia Vermeulen, Makoto Sakurada, Christian Immler / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki $35.00
Haydn: The Seasons cover
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons
Marlis Petersen, Werner Güra & Dietrich Henschel / RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs $40.00
Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott: Luther & the Music of the Reformation cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott: Luther & the Music of the Reformation
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Bart Jacobs $55.00

Award Winners: Chamber

Tippett: Complete String Quartets Nos 1 - 5 cover
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Complete String Quartets Nos 1 - 5
Heath Quartet $46.00
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 cover
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos.1 & 2
Maggini String Quartet $23.00
Play Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn cover
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Play Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn
Quatuor Ebene $30.00
Veress: String Trio / Bartók: Piano Quintet cover
BELA BARTOK / SANDOR VERESS
Veress: String Trio / Bartók: Piano Quintet
Vilde Frang (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano) $35.00

Award Winners: Early Music

Tallis: Gaude gloriosa cover
THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa
The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (director) $30.00
Primo Libro di Madrigali 1580 cover
LUCA MARENZIO
Primo Libro di Madrigali 1580
La Compagnia del Madrigale $32.00
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
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 $32.00

Award Winners: Vocal

Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 cover
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) $30.00
Lieder (Incls Zueignung, Morgen! & Ruhe, meine Seele) cover
RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder (Incls Zueignung, Morgen! & Ruhe, meine Seele)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Helmut Deutsch (piano) $35.00
Secrets: French Songs cover
DEBUSSY / DUPARC / FAURE / RAVEL
Secrets: French Songs
Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Fazil Say (piano) $30.00
Néère cover
HAHN / CHAUSSON / DUPARC
Néère
Veronique Gens (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano) $35.00

Award Winners: Concerto

Elgar/Carter/Bruch: Cello Concertos cover
ELGAR / CARTER / BRUCH
Elgar/Carter/Bruch: Cello Concertos
Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim $40.00
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 / Pieces for solo piano cover
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 / Pieces for solo piano
Bertrand Chamayou (piano) / Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine $30.00
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) $25.00
Britten / Korngold: Violin Concertos cover
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ERICH KORNGOLD
Britten / Korngold: Violin Concertos
Vilde Frang (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan $27.00

Award Winners: Opera

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
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015)
Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier, Erwin Schrott / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano $40.00
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
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) $33.00