Search Results: gramophone winner 2026
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Four Hands Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 9/Jan/2026 ] "[They] consistently transcend matters of ensemble synchronicity and textural balances, going directly to the music's heart and soul...An instant classic." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Piano |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Violin & Piano Concertos, Concert Romanesc Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Frederic Neuburger (piano) / Les Siecles [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/May/2025 ] "No memorable performance of such a startling score should be deemed effortless, but this one has the riveting atmosphere of a manic yet fiercely constrained improvisation...the result is a stunning drama." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Concerto |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Belle Epoque! Adèle Charvet (mezzo) Florian Caroubi (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] "It's all most beautifully done. Charvet's mezzo is warm and velvety...Caroubi, meanwhile, is a real revelation, a wonderful accompanist, marvellous in his understanding of colour, dynamics and rubato." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Song |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Adriana Mater (complete opera) Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Christopher Purves, Nicholas Phan / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 19/May/2025 ] "The performances are strong. Fleur Barron, carries the title role well. Axelle Fanyo is very competent as the sister Refka...Nicholas Phan is tough and angry as Yonas." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Opera |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck - Arias Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / The Mozartists, Ian Page [ Signum Classics / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] "As well as virtuosity, Hallenberg brings something vital to everything in this assortment, be it an insightful dramatic detail, a point of stylistic nous or a sheer sense of presence." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Voice & Ensemble |
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 [ Ricercar / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] "This seminal project is a revelation in the sheer weight of first-rate 'Bach', previously under the radar, and now in premiere recordings delivered with exceptional attentiveness and care" Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Choral |
AGRESTA / BOLOGNINI / DENTICE / FONTANELLI / LACORCIA / GESUALDO / etc
Stravagante pensiero: Gesualdo & Napoli Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini [ Naive / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "The more you listen, the more they reveal themselves to be at one with every facet of this demanding music's restless expressive language. Full of surprises and superbly done, this is an almost intoxicatingly pained addition to the catalogue." |
HUW WATKINS
Watkins: Fanfare / Symphony no.2 / Concerto for Orchestra Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Hallé / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] "Colourful, imaginatively structured, communicative without being banal, Huw Watkins's music usually spreads instant delight...Pleasure is further enhanced by the pairing of the Hallé's skills with Watkins's individual symphonic language." BBC Music |
LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin - The Complete Works Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Clotilde Cantau (soprano), Anais Bertrand (mezzo), Adrien Mabire (cornetto), Thibaut Roussel (theorbo), etc [ Erato / 11 CD/DVD Box Set - released 14/Nov/2025 ] "His phrasing is flexible yet logical, rhetorical in the unfashionable but true sense of the word...In a time when 'completeness' too often means mere obsession, Rondeau's set redefines the term." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Recording of the Year |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: String Quartets 2, 3, 5 & 7 Pavel Haas Quartet [ Supraphon / CD - released 19/Sep/2025 ] "While Martinů's quartets suffer less than total neglect, the present anthology could be a game-changer for a series which, the Seventh apart, gets fewer performances than it deserves." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Chamber |
