Gramophone Classical Music Awards
The Gramophone Classical Music Awards,[1] launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry.[2][3] The British awards are often viewed as equivalent to[4] or surpassing[5][6] the American Grammy awards, and referred to as the Oscars for classical music.[7][8][9] They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world.[10][11] According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for Harmonia Mundi USA, "ultimately it is the classical award, especially worldwide."[12]
The winners are selected annually by critics for the Gramophone magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London.
1977-1980
1981-1985
1986-1990
1991-1995
1996-2000
Category | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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20th-Century Chamber | - | - | - | Arditti Quartet - Carter: String Quartets | - |
20th-Century Concerto | - | - | - | Pierre Boulez, Krystian Zimerman - Ravel: Piano Concertos | |
20th-Century Instrumental | - | - | - | Various artists - Berio: Sequenza | - |
20th-Century Opera | - | - | - | Ulf Schirmer - Nielsen: Maskarade | - |
20th-Century Orchestral | - | - | - | Riccardo Chailly - Varèse: Complete Orchestral Works | - |
20th-Century Vocal | - | - | - | Matthias Goerne with Eric Schneider - Eisler: Hollywood Songbook | - |
Artist of the Year | Anne Sofie von Otter | Yo-Yo Ma | Riccardo Chailly | Martha Argerich | Antonio Pappano |
Baroque Instrumental | - | - | - | Carole Cerasi - Jacquet de la Guerre: Premier livre | Richard Egarr, Andrew Manze - Pandolfi: Violin Sonatas Opuses 3 & 4 |
Baroque Non-Vocal | Giovanni Antonini conducting Il Giardino Armonico, Christophe Coin - Vivaldi: Il Proteo, Double, Triple Concertos | Phantasm, Susanna Pell, Joanna Levine - Purcell: Fantazias | Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques - Rameau: Overtures | - | - |
Baroque Vocal | Chiara Banchini conducting the Harmonia Mundi, Ensemble 415, Andreas Scholl - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Cessate, omai cessate | René Jacobs conducting Harmonia Mundi, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis - Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo | Rinaldo Alessandrini conducting Concerto Italiano - Monteverdi | René Jacobs conducting Harmonia Mundi - Scarlatti: Il primo omicidio | William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants - Handel: Acis and Galatea |
Best-Selling Disc | Crouch End Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lesley Garrett - Garrett: Soprano in Red | Edward Higginbottom conducting the Choir of New College Oxford - Agnus Dei | James Horner - Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | - | - |
Britannia Music Members' Award | - | Paul Daniel conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Richard Rodgers (1996) | - | - | - |
Chamber | Quatuor Mosaïques - String Quartets, Op. 33, nos. 2, 3, & 5 | Pascal Rogé, Truls Mørk, Chantal Juillet - Ravel: Violin Sonatas, etc. | Takács Quartet - Bartók: String Quartets | Florestan Trio - Schumann: Piano Trios | Emerson Quartet - Shostakovich - Complete String Quartets, nos. 1-15 |
Choral | John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Country Gardiner Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir - Grainger: Songs and Dancing Ballads | John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - Haydn: Die Schöpfung | James O'Donnell conducting the Westminster Cathedral Choir, Frank Martin, Ildebrando Pizzetti - Haydn: Die Schöpfung | - | Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, Lynne Dawson, Ann Murray, Bonaventura Bottone, Neil Mackenzie, Jason Howard - Boulanger: Faust et Hélène, Psaume 24, D'un soir triste, D'un matin de printemps, Psaume 130, Du fond de l'abîme |
Classic FM People's Choice Award | - | - | - | - | Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Angela Gheorghiu - Verdi: Heroines |
Concerto | Lawrence Foster conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Hough - Sauer: Piano Concerto No. 1, Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 82 | Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Zehetmair, Silke Avenhaus - Szymanowski: Violin Concertos, etc. | David Zinman conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Bell, Samuel Barber, Ernest Bloch | Charles Dutoit, Martha Argerich - Chopin: Piano Concertos | Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, & 11 |
Contemporary | Elgar Howarth conducting The Royal Opera - Birtwistle: Gawain | Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Ligeti: Études | Andrew Davis and Martyn Brabbins conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers - The Mask of Orpheus | Oliver Knussen - Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream | Elliott Carter - Carter: Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei, Clarinet Concerto |
Early Music | Orlando Consort - Dunstaple: Sacred Choral Works | Edward Wickham conducting The Clerks' Group - Ockeghem: Requiem | Dominique Visse, Ensemble Clément Janequin - Canciones y Ensaladas | Andrew Kirkman conducting the Binchois Consort - Dufay: Missa Sancti Iacobi | Davitt Moroney - Byrd: Complete Keyboard Works |
Early Opera | Nicholas McGegan conducting the Freiburger Barockorchester, Wilhelmshaven Vocal Ensemble - Handel: Ariodante | William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants - Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie | William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants - Rameau, Les fêtes d'Hébé | - | - |
Editor's Choice | - | Monica Huggett - Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin | Thomas Adès conducting the Endellion Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Markus Stenz, Stephen Cleobury - Adès: Arcadiana | Naxos's British music series | - |
Engineering | Osmo Vänskä conducting the Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius: Symphony No 5, En saga | Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony Chorus, Orchestra - Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims | - | - | - |
Film Music | - | Joel McNeely conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Herrmann: Vertigo | Kenneth Alwyn conducting the Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Alwyn: The Ladykillers: Music from Those Glorious Ealing Films | - | - |
Historic Non-Vocal | Walter Gieseking - Debussy: Complete Piano Works | - | - | - | - |
Historic Vocal | Lucrezia Bori - Bori: Opera and Operetta Arias (restored by Ward Marston) | - | - | - | - |
Instrumental | Mikhail Pletnev - Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas | Murray Perahia - Handel, Scarlatti: Keyboard Suites and Sonatas | Stephen Hough - Mompou | Arcadi Volodos - Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall | Marc-André Hamelin - Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Études |
Lifetime Achievement | Yehudi Menuhin | Mstislav Rostropovich | Menahem Pressler | Isaac Stern | Carlo Bergonzi |
Music Theatre | Eric Stern conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's - Gershwin: Oh, Kay! | John Owen Edwards conducting the National Symphony Orchestra - Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady | Rob Fisher, Broadway cast - Kander & Ebb: Chicago | - | - |
Opera | Valery Gergiev conducting the Kirov Opera - Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel | Antonio Pappano conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices - Puccini: La rondine | Riccardo Chailly conducting the La Scala Chorus and Orchestra - Rossini: Il turco in Italia | Charles Mackerras - Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka | Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes - Szymanowski: King Roger, Symphony No. 4 |
Orchestral | Franz Welser-Möst conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra - Schmidt: Symphony No. 4, Variations on a Hussar Song | Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius: Symphony Nos. 1 & 2 | Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Chorus - Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin | Günter Wand - Symphony No. 4 | Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major |
Recital | - | - | - | James Levine, Renée Fleming - Fleming: "I Want Magic" | Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Angela Gheorghiu - Verdi: Verdi: Heroines |
Record of the Year | Lawrence Foster conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Hough - Sauer: Piano Concerto No. 1, Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 82 (Concerto) | Antonio Pappano conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices - Puccini: La rondine (Opera) | James O'Donnell conducting the Westminster Cathedral Choir, Frank Martin, Ildebrando Pizzetti - Haydn: Die Schöpfung (Choral) | Charles Mackerras - Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (Opera) | Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major (Orchestral) |
Retailer of the Year | - | - | - | - | HMV and Bath Compact Disc |
Solo Vocal | Ian Bostridge with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Graham Johnson - Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 25, Die schöne Müllerin | Christine Schäfer with Graham Johnson - Schumann: Complete Lieder, Vol. 1 | Ian Bostridge with Julius Drake - Schumann | Stephan Genz with Roger Vignoles - Beethoven: Lieder | - |
Special Achievement | - | - | - | Philips Records's Great Pianists of the 20th Century | Hans Knappertsbusch conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus -Wagner: Götterdämmerung |
Video | Yehudi Menuhin – The Violin of the Century | Andrew Davis conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra - Berg: Lulu | - | - | - |
Vocal | - | - | - | - | Antonio Pappano, Barbara Bonney - Diamonds in the Snow |
Young Artist of the Year | David Pyatt | Ewa Kupiec, Isabelle Faust - Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Sonata for Solo Violin | - | - | - |
2001-2005
2006-2010
2011-2015
2016-2020
2021-2025
Category | 2021[40] | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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Artist of the Year | James Ehnes | Barbara Hannigan | Véronique Gens | ||
Chamber | Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson - Beach: Piano Quintet, Elgar: Piano Quintet | Ébène Quartet, Nicolas Altstaedt, Antoine Tamestit - Monk: "'Round Midnight" | Ébène Quartet, Antoine Tamestit - Mozart: String Quintet Nos. 3 & 4 | ||
Choral | Richard Egarr conducting the Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Stefanie True, Helen Charlston, Gwilym Bowen, Morgan Pearse - Dussek: Messe Solemnelle | Raphaël Pichon conducting Pygmalion - Bach: St Matthew Passion | Sigvards Kļava conducting the Latvian Radio Choir: Cage: Choral Works | ||
Concept Album | Christian-Pierre La Marca - Cello 360 | Das Freie Orchester Berlin, Jarkko Riihimäki, Emily D'Angelo - Enargeia | Helen Charlston, Toby Carr - Battle Cry: She Speaks | ||
Concerto | Vladimir Jurowski conducting the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Alina Ibragimova, Yevgeny Svetlanov - Shostakovich: Violin Concertos | Kirill Petrenko, Daniel Harding, Alan Gilbert conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, Frank Peter Zimmermann - Bartók: Violin Concerto, Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Berg: Violin Concerto | Martyn Brabbins conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Ridout - Elgar: Viola Concerto, Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra | ||
Contemporary | Martyn Brabbins conducting the Nash Ensemble, Susan Bickley - Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo, etc. | Cornelius Meister conducting the Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus - Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen | Nicholas Collon conducting the Finnish Royal Symphony Orchestra, Sivan Magen - Wennäkoski: Sigla, Sedecim | ||
Early Music | Peter Phillips conducting The Tallis Scholars - Josquin: Masses, Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae, Missa D'ung aultre amer, Missa Faisant regretz | Jean-Christophe Groffe conducting Ensemble Thélème - Josquin: Baisé moy, ma doulce amye | Paul Van Nevel conducting the Huelgas Ensemble: Daser: Polyphonic Masses | ||
Instrumental | Sean Shibe - Bach: Lute Suites | James Ehnes - Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin (Op. 27) | Nurit Stark - Bartók, Eötvös, Ligeti, Veress: Music for Solo Violin and Viola | ||
Label of the Year | Deutsche Grammophon | Chandos Records | BIS Records | ||
Lifetime Achievement | Gundula Janowitz | Daniel Barenboim | Felicity Lott | ||
Opera | Edward Gardner conducting the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams, Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Robert Murray, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth - Britten: Peter Grimes | Kirill Petrenko conducting the Bavarian State Opera - Korngold: Die tote Stadt | Edward Gardner conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, English National Opera Chorus, Robert Murray, Rachel Nicholls, Ashley Riches, Jennifer France, Toby Spence, Claire Barnett-Jones, Susan Bickley, Joshua Bloom - Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage | ||
Orchestra of the Year | Minnesota Orchestra | Budapest Festival Orchestra | Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen | ||
Orchestral | Paavo Järvi conducting the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra - Schmidt: Complete Symphonies | Kirill Petrenko conducting the Bavarian State Opera - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 | Fabio Luisi conducting the Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Symphony Nos. 4 & 5 | ||
Piano | Piotr Anderszewski - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 excerpts | Krystian Zimerman - Szymanowski: Piano Works | |||
Recording of the Year | Edward Gardner conducting the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams, Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Robert Murray, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth - Britten: Peter Grimes | Kirill Petrenko conducting the Bavarian State Opera - Korngold: Die tote Stadt (Opera) | Fabio Luisi conducting the Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Symphony Nos. 4 & 5 (Orchestral) | ||
Song | Vision String Quartet, Tamer Pinarbasi, Henning Sieverts, Tim Allhoff, Itamar Doari, Burcu Karadağ, Rafael Aguirre, Fatma Said, Malcolm Martineau - "El Nour"[41] | Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas - Rachmaninoff: "Dissonance" | Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës - Fauré: Complete Songs | ||
Special Achievement | Boston Modern Orchestra Project | Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Mozart Momentum | - | ||
Spatial Audio | Stile Antico - The Golden Renaissance: Josquin Des Prez | John Wilson conducting the Sinfonia of London - Ravel: Orchestral Works | Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - Wagner: Die Walküre | ||
Voice & Ensemble | Ludovic Tézier with Frédéric Chaslin conducting the Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra - Verdi | Michael Spyres with Marko Letonja conducting the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra - BariTenor | Sandrine Piau, Véronique Gens with Julien Chauvin conducting Le Concert de la Loge - Rivales | ||
Young Artist of the Year | Fatma Said | Johan Dalene | Stella Chen |
References
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- ^ "Supraphon 2012 Gramophone Award". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
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- ^ Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2019: the winners revealed! Archived 26 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Gramophone
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- ^ "Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020". Gramophone. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Artist of the Year". www.gramophone.co.uk. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Baroque Instrumental". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Chamber". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Choral". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Concerto". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Contemporary". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Early Music". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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- ^ "Opera". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Orchestral 2016". Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Recital". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Solo Vocal". www.gramophone.co.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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- ^ "Young Artist of the Year". www.gramophone.co.uk. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2021". Gramophone. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "'El Nour' – Fatma Said (2021 Gramophone Song Award)". Gramophone. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
External links
- "Gramophone Classical Music Awards". Gramophone Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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