The Gramophone Awards are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry,^[1] often referred to as the Oscars for classical music.^[2][3][4] 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.

Gramophone Awards of the 2000s[link]

2011[link]

Artist of the Year – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Specialist Classical Chart – Miloš Karadaglić – The Guitar

Label of the Year – Wigmore Hall Live

Young Artist of the Year – Miloš Karadaglić

Special Achievement – The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage on SDG

Lifetime Achievement – Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano

Music in the Community Award – The Cobweb Orchestra

Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach Harpsichord Concertos Andreas Staier; Freiburg Baroque / Petra Müllejans Harmonia Mundi

Baroque Vocal – Handel Apollo e Dafne La Risonanza Glossa

Chamber – Dvorák String Quartets Op. 106 & 96 Pavel Haas Quartet Supraphon

Choral – Elgar The Kingdom Claire Rutter; Susan Bickley; John Hudson; Iain Paterson; Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder

Concerto – Debussy Fantaisie Ravel Piano Concertos Massenet Piano works Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier Chandos

Contemporary – Birtwistle Night's Black Bird Hallé Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth NMC

DVD Documentary – Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere A film by Eric Schultz Arthaus

DVD Performance – Verdi Don Carlo Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano EMI Classics

Early Music – Striggio Mass in 40 Parts etc. I Fagiolini et al. / Robert Hollingworth Decca

Historic – Mahler/Cooke Symphony No 10 London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia / Berthold Goldschmidt

Instrumental – Brahms Handel Variations. Piano works, Op 118 & 119 Murray Perahia Sony Classical

Opera – Rossini Ermione Soloists; Geoffrey Matchell Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry Opera Rara

Orchestral – Shostakovich Symphony No 10 RLPO / Vasily Petrenko Naxos

Recital – Verismo Arias Various Jonas Kaufmann; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome / Antonio Pappano Decca Classics

Solo vocal – Britten Songs & Proverbs of William Blake Gerald Finley; Julius Drake Hyperion

Editor's Choice – Rossini Stabat Mater Netrebko; Santa Cecilia Orchestra & Choir / Antonio Pappano EMI

2010[link]

Complete List

Artist of the Year – Joyce DiDonato

Lifetime Achievement Award – Alfred Brendel

Young Artist of the Year – Sol Gabetta

Label of the Year – Linn Records

Early Music (Record of the Year) – Byrd 'Infelix Ego' / The Cardinall's Musick and Andrew Carwood

Baroque Instrumental – Vivaldi The French Connection / La Serenissima and Adam Chandler

Chamber – Beethoven, Sonatas for Piano and Violin / Isabelle Faust

Concerto – Elgar, Violin Concerto, Thomas Zehetmair; Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder

Contemporary – Adès - The Tempest Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Thomas Adès

DVD – Leonard Bernstein – ‘Reflections’, A film by Peter Rosen

Historic Archive – Beethoven - 32 Piano Sonatas. Eroica Variations etc. Friedrich Gulda

Opera – Wagner - Götterdämmerung. Soloists; Choruses; Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder

Orchestral – Dvorak - Symphonic Poems. Czech Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU4012-2

Editors Choice : Bernstein’s Mass, Marin Alsop

2009[link]

Artist of the Year – The Sixteen

Lifetime Achievement Award – Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Young Artist of the Year – Yuja Wang

Special Achievement – Bernard Coutaz, founder of Harmonia Mundi

Label of the Year – ECM

Early Music – Song of Songs, Stile Antico

Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Royal Opera House and The Sun

Baroque Instrumental – Henry Purcell's Complete Fantazias / Fretwork

Chamber (Record of the Year) – Debussy, Fauré and Ravel, String quartets, Quatuor Ebène

Concerto – Britten, Piano Concerto, Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (Hyperion)

Contemporary – The NMC Songbook, various artists (NMC)

DVD – Wagner, The Copenhagen Ring, The Royal Danish Opera / Michael Schønwandt

Historic Archive – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Covent Garden Opera / Rafael Kubelík

Opera – Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu (sop)

Orchestral – Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony & The Vayevoda, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko

Editors Choice : Beethoven: Diabelli Variations & Bach: Partita No. 4 - Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

2008[link]

Artist of the Year – Hilary Hahn

Lifetime Achievement – André Previn

Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Rysanov

Special Achievement – Sir Peter Moores

Label of the Year – Hyperion

The Gold Disc – Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos- Stephen Hough

Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Tasmin Little

Baroque Instrumental – Brandenburg concertos European Brandenburg Ensemble / Trevor Pinnock (Avie)

Chamber – Brahms and Schumann, Piano quintets, Leif Ove Andsnes, Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics)

Concerto – Elgar, Violin Concerto, James Ehnes, Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (Onyx)

DVD – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro Soloists, The Royal Opera / Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte)

Historic Archive – Vaughan Williams, Symphony No 5 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vaughan Williams (Somm)

Opera – Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Broucek BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jirí Belohlávek (Deutsche Grammophon)

Recital – Maria, Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra La Scintilla / Adám Fischer (Decca)

Instrumental (Record of the Year) – Beethoven, Piano Sonatas, Vol 4 Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)

Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, L'Orfeo, La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (Glossa)

Choral – Haydn, The Creation, Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh (Archiv Produktion)

Contemporary – Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala, Anu Komsi, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (NMC)

Early Music – Nicholas Ludford, Missa Benedicta, Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom (K617)

Historic Reissue – Sibelius, Songs, Kim Borg, Erik Werba (Deutsche Grammophon)

Orchestral – Myaskovsky, Symphonies, USSR State & Russian Federation Symphony Orchestras / Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner Classics)

Solo vocal – Barber, Songs, Gerald Finley, Julius Drake, (Hyperion)

Editor's Choice – Mr Abel's Fine Airs

2007[link]

Artist of the Year – Julia Fischer

Lifetime Achievement – Montserrat Caballé

Young Artist of the Year – Vasily Petrenko

Special Achievement – Christopher Raeburn

Label of the Year – Deutsche Grammophon

Concerto (Record of the Year) – Brahms Piano Concertos Nelson Freire; Leipzig Gewandaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (Decca)

Editor's Choice – Mahler Symphony No. 2 Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics)

Baroque instrumental – Handel Concerti Grossi Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi)

Baroque vocal – Handel Messiah (Dublin version, 1742); Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt (Linn Records)

Chamber – Haas and Janáček String Quartets Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon)

Choral – Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Dorothea Röschmann; Thomas Quasthoff; Berlin Radio Choir; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)

Contemporary – Julian Anderson Alhambra Fantasy BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen (Ondine)

DVD – Julian Bream: My Life in Music(Avie)

Early music – Byrd Laudibus in sanctis The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion)

Historic reissue – Moeran Symphony in G minor etc. London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita)

History archive – Wagner Götterdämmerung Bayreuth Festival Opera / Joseph Keilberth (Testament)

Instrumental – Bach Cello Suites, Steven Isserlis (Hyperion)

Opera – Rossini Matilde di Shabran Conducted by Riccardo Frizza (Decca)

Orchestral – Prokofiev Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (Philips)

Recital – Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera Munich Radio Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (Sony Classical)

Solo vocal – R. Strauss Lieder Jonas Kaufmann; Helmut Deutsch (Harmonia Mundi)

2006[link]

Artist of the Year – Angela Hewitt

Lifetime Achievement – Sir Charles Mackerras

Label of the Year – Virgin Classics

Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler - Symphony No. 6 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado

Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Alison Balsom

Editor's Choice – Stanford - Orchestral Songs Gerald Finley; BBC NOW/Richard Hickox. Chandos.

Chamber – Taneyev - Chamber Music Vadim Repin; Ilya Gringolts; Nobuko Imai; Lunn Harrell; Mikhail Pletnev

Contemporary – Magnus Lindberg - Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku; Finnish RSO/Sakari Oramo

Historic archive – Wagner - Siegfried Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth

Early music – Tallis Gaude gloriosa The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion)

Instrumental – Szymanowski - Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski

Solo Vocal – Schubert - Abendbilder Christian Gerhaher; Gerold Huber

2005[link]

Artist of the year – Michael Tilson Thomas

Lifetime Achievement – Marilyn Horne

Special Achievement – The Lindsays

Label of the year – Naxos

Classic FM Listener's Choice – Plácido Domingo

Editor's Choice – Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton (Hyperion)

Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) – Bach Cantatas Vol. 1 Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra / John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria)

Early Music – John Browne, Music from the Eton Choir Book. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (Gimmell)

Choral – Haydn The Seasons Soloists, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)

Orchestral – Haydn Paris symphonies Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Chamber – Beethoven, Late String Quartets, Takács Quartet (Decca)

DVD – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner (BBC)

Recital – Gounod and Massenet, Arias, Rolando Villazón, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Evelino Pidò (Virgin Classics)

2004[link]

Artist of the year – Magdalena Kožená

Lifetime Achievement – London Symphony Orchestra

Special Achievement – Peter Alward

Label of the Year – Telarc

Opera (Record of the Year) – Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818/20

Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Bryn Terfel

Baroque Vocal – Antonio Vivaldi Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine Soloists, Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111)

Concerto – Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann Piano Concertos Leif Ove Andsnes - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (EMI)

Early Music – Orlando Gibbons Consorts for viols, Phantasm (Avie)

Historic Reissue – Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Maurice Ravel Mélodies Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Edouard Lindenberg (Testament)

Orchestral – Arnold Bax The Symphonies, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley (Chandos)

2003[link]

Artist of the Year – Marin Alsop

Lifetime Achievement Award – Leontyne Price

Special Achievement Award – Vernon Handley

Label of the Year – Harmonia Mundi

Chamber Music (Record of the Year) – Schumann String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 - Zehetmair Quartet, ECM

Classic FM Listener's Choice – Cecilia Bartoli

Début Disc and Editor's Choice – Prokofiev; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Tchaikovksy Piano Works, Simon Trpceski

Baroque Vocal – Handel: Arcadian Duets. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée. Virgin Classics.

Choral – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Masses, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (Chandos Records)

Concerto – Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concertos, Op 4, La Stravaganza, Arte dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger Channel Classics CCS19598)

Contemporary – Steve Reich: City Life. Ensemble Modern. RCA.

Early Music – The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music. The Orlando Consort. Harmonia Mundi.

Instrumental – Chopin, Etudes, Opp 10 & 12, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical SK61885)

Opera – Benjamin Britten, The Turn of the Screw, Ian Bostridge, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Virgin Classics)

2002[link]

Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov

Lifetime Achievement – Mirella Freni

Concerto (Record of the Year) – Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion)

Editor's Choice – R Strauss, Four Last Songs, Soile Isokoski / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (Ondine)

Baroque Instrumental – Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/ Monica Huggett / Thomas Guthrie (ASV Gaudeamus)

Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, Selva morale e spirituale, Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel (Harmonia Mundi)

Chamber – Beethoven, Three String Quartets, Rasumovsky, Op 59. String Quartet in E flat, 'Harp', Op 74, Takács Quartet (Decca)

Choral – Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Schoenberg Gurrelieder Karita Mattila / Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Moser / Philip Langridge / Thomas Quasthoff / Berlin Radio Chorus / MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig / Ernst Senff Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)

Concerto – Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (Hyperion)

Contemporary – Birtwistle, Pulse Shadows, Claron McFadden / Arditti Quartet / Nash Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec)

Debut Recording – Jonathan Lemalu sings songs by Brahms, Fauré, Finzi etc., Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles (EMI Debut)

DVD – John Adams, El Niño, Dawn Upshaw / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Willard White / Maîtrise de Paris Children's Choir / London Voices / Theatre of Voices / Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin / Kent Nagano / Peter Sellars (Stage director) / Peter Maniura (Video director) (ArtHaus Musik)

Early Music – Marenzio, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111)

Historic Archive – Great conductors of the twentieth century: Ferenc Fricsay (EMI/IMG)

Historic Reissue – Fauré, 13 Nocturnes, Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (Testament)

Instrumental – Grieg, Lyric Pieces—excerpts, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI)

Opera – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner / Michelle DeYoung / Petra Lang / Sara Mingardo / Peter Mattei / Stephen Milling / Kenneth Tarver / Toby Spence / Orlin Annastassov / Tigran Martirossian / Isabelle Cals / Alan Ewing / Guang Yang / Andrew Greenan / Roderick Earle / Bülent Bezd (LSO Live)

Orchestral – Bruckner. Symphony No. 8. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Gunter Wand (RCA)

Recital – Gluck, Italian Arias, Cecilia Bartoli / Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca)

Vocal – Chaminade, Mots d'amour, Anne Sofie von Otter / Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (DG)

2001[link]

Artist of the Year – Cecilia Bartoli

Lifetime Achievement – Victoria de los Ángeles

Retailer of the Year – Bath Compact Discs

Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony and Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, London Symphony Orchestra / Hickox (Chandos Records)

Classic FM People's Choice Award – Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)

Editor's Choice – Handel, Rinaldo, David Daniels Cecilia Bartoli/Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre)

Baroque Instrumental – Bach, Partitas, BWV 825-30, Trevor Pinnock (Hannsler Classic)

Baroque Vocal – Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Christoph Prégardien tenor Evangelist; Matthias Goerne baritone Christus; Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann sopranos; Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus contraltos; Michael Schade, Markus Schäfer tenors; Dietrich Henschel, Oliver Widmer basses; Vienna Boys’ Choir; Arnold (Teldec)

Chamber – Vaughan Williams, String Quartets Nos 1 & 2. Phantasy Quintet, Maggini Quartet with Garfield Jackson (Naxos Records)

Choral – Britten, AMDG. Choral Dances from ‘Gloriana’. Chorale after an Old French Carol. A Hymn to the Virgin. Sacred and Profane, Op 91, Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion)

Concerto – Schoenberg, Piano Concerto, Mitsuko Uchida/Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Philips)

Contemporary – Boulez, Anthèmes 2. Messagesquisse. Sur incises, Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (DG)

Debut Recording – Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel, String Quartets, Belcea Quartet (EMI)

DVD – Berlioz, La damnation de Faust, Vesselina Kasarova/Willard White/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sylvian Cambreling (ArtHaus Musik)

Early Music – Gesualdo, Il quarto libro di madrigali, La Venexiana/Claudio Cavina (Glossa)

Instrumental – Bach, Goldberg Variations, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical)

Opera – Massenet, Manon, Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Chorus and SO of La Monnaie/Antonio Pappano (EMI)

Recital – French Arias, Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Betrand de Billy (EMI)

Vocal – Love Songs, Magdalena Kožená/Graham Johnson (DG)

2000[link]

Artist of the Year – Antonio Pappano

Lifetime Achievement – Carlo Bergonzi

Special Achievement – Wagner, Götterdämmerung, soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Knapperstsbusch (Testament)

Retailer of the Year – HMV 150 Oxford Street & Bath Compact Discs

Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler, Symphony No 10 in F sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)

Classic FM People's Choice Award – Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)

Baroque Instrumental – Pandolfi, Violin Sonatas Op 3 Nos 1-6; Op 4 Nos 1-6, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi)

Baroque Vocal – Handel, Acis and Galatea, Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato)

Chamber – Shostakovich, Complete String Quartets (Nos 1-15), Emerson Quartet (DG)

Choral – L Boulanger, Faust et Hélène: Psaume 24. D’un soir triste. D’un matin de printemps. Psaume 130, ‘Du fond de l’abîme,’ Dawson, Murray, Bottone, Mackenzie, Howard; CBSO Chorus; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Tortelier (Chandos)

Concerto – Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes (EMI)

Contemporary – Elliott Carter, Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei. Clarinet Concerto, Elliott Carter (DG)

Early Music – William Byrd, Complete Keyboard Works, Davitt Moroney (Hyperion)

Instrumental – Leopold Godowsky, The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Marc-André Hamelin (Hyperion)

Opera – Karol Szymanowski, King Roger. Symphony No 4 ‘Symphonia concertante,' Op 60, soloists; CBS Youth Chorus; CBS Chorus; Andsnes; CBSO/Rattle (EMI)

Recital – Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)

Vocal – Barbara Bonney, Diamonds in the Snow: Songs by Alfvén, Grieg, Sibelius, Sjöberg and Stenhammar, Antonio Pappano (Decca)

Gramophone Awards of the 1990s[link]

1999[link]

Artist of the Year – Martha Argerich

Lifetime Achievement – Isaac Stern

Special Achievement – Philip's Great Pianists of the 20th Century

Opera (Record of the Year) – Antonín Dvořák, Rusalka, Mackerras (Decca)

Editor's Choice – Naxos's British music series

Baroque Instrumental – Jacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (Metronome)

Baroque Vocal – A Scarlatti, Il primo omicidio, René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)

Chamber – Robert Schumann, Piano Trios, Florestan Trio (Hyperion)

Concerto – Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concertos, Martha Argerich/Dutoit (EMI)

20th-Century Concerto – Maurice Ravel, Piano Concertos, Krystian Zimerman; Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon|DG)

Early Music – Guillaume Dufay, Missa Jacobi, Binchois Consort/Kirkman (Hyperion)

Contemporary – Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (DG)

Instrumental – Arcadi Volodos, Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall (Sony Classical)

Orchestral – Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Wand (RCA)

Recital – Renée Fleming, I Want Magic!, Renée Fleming; Levine (Decca)

Solo Vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven, Lieder, Stephen Genz; Vignoles (Hyperion)

20th-Century Chamber – Elliott Carter, String Quartets, Arditti Quartett (Auvidis)

20th-Century Instrumental – Luciano Berio, Sequenzas, various artists (DG)

20th-Century Opera – Carl Nielsen, Maskarade, Schirmer (Decca)

20th-Century Orchestral – Edgar Varése, Complete Orchestral Works, Riccardo Chailly (Decca)

20th-Century Vocal – Hanns Eisler, Hollywood Songbook, Goerne; Schneider (Decca)

1998[link]

Artist of the Year – Riccardo Chailly

Lifetime Achievement – Menahem Pressler

Choral (Record of the Year) – Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (Hyperion)

Best-selling disc – James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical)

Editor's Choice – Thomas Adès, Adès: Arcadiana Op. 12. The origin of the harp, soloists; Endellion Quartet; London Sinfonietta; King's college choir, Cambridge/Adès, Stenz, Cleobury (EMI Debut)

Baroque Non-Vocal – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset, Rameau—Overtures (L'Oiseau-Lyre)

Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini;

Chamber – Bartók, String quartets, Takacs Quartet (Decca)

Concerto – Joshua Bell, Barber, Bloch, Walton, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (Decca)

Contemporary – Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle, soloists; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins (NMC)

Early Music – Canciones and Ensaladas, Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (Harmonia Mundi)

Early Opera – Rameau, Les fêtes d'Hébé, Soloists; Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra/William Christie (Erato)

Film Music – Kenneth Alwyn, The Ladykillers, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (Silva Screen)

Instrumental – Stephen Hough, Mompou (Hyperion)

Music Theatre – Kander & Ebb, Chicago, Broadway Cast/Rob Fisher (RCA Victor)

Opera – Rossini, Il Turko in Italia, soloists; Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca)

Orchestral – Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Radio Chorus; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Philips)

Solo Vocal – Schumann, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake (EMI)

1997[link]

Artist of the Year – Yo-Yo Ma

Lifetime achievement – Mstislav Rostropovich

Young Artist of the Year – Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1. Solo Vi, Isabelle Faust; Ewa Kupiec, Harmonia Mundi

Record of the year & Opera – Giacomo Puccini: La rondine, London Voices; London SO / Pappano, EMI

Best-selling disc – Agnus Dei, New College Choir, Oxford / Higginbottom, Erato

Editor's Choice – Monica Huggett, Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, EMI/Virgin Veritas

Britannia Music Members' award – Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers, Terfel; Chorus of Opera North; English Northern Philharmonia / Daniel, Deutsche Grammophon

Baroque non-vocal – Henry Purcell: Fantazias, Joanna Levine; Susanna Pell; Phantasm, Simax

Baroque vocal – Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi

Chamber – Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonatas etc., Juillet; Mork; Rogé, Decca

Choral – Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner, Archiv Produktion

Concerto – Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concertos etc., Zehetmair; Avenhaus; CBSO / Rattle, EMI

Contemporary – György Ligeti: Etudes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sony Classical

Early music – Johannes Ockeghem: Requiem etc., The Clerks' Group / Edward Wickham, ASV

Early opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato

Engineering – Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hickox, Chandos

Film music – Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / McNeely, Varese Sarabande

Instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Suites and Sonatas, Murray Perahia, Sony Classical

Music theatre – Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady, National Symphony Orchestra / J. Owen Edwards, TER

Orchestral – Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4, London SO / Davis, RCA

Solo vocal – Robert Schumann: Complete Lieder Vol. 1, Christine Schafer; Graham Johnson, Hyperion

Video – Alban Berg: Lulu, Soloists; London PO / Davis, NVC Arts

1996[link]

Artist of the Year – Anne Sofie von Otter

Lifetime achievement – Yehudi Menuhin

Young Artist of the Year – David Pyatt

Record of the year & Concerto – Emil von Sauer, Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records

Best-selling disc – Lesley Garrett – Soprano in Red; Lesley Garrett (sop); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Holmes Silva Classics

Baroque non-vocal – Vivaldi: Il Proteo – Double, Triple Concertos; Coin (vc); Il Giardino Armonico / Antonini, Teldec

Baroque vocal – Vivaldi: Stabat mater. Cessate, omai ces; Scholl (alto); Ensemble 415 / Banchini, Harmonia Mundi

Chamber – Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 2, 3 and 5; Quatuor Mosaiques; Auvidis Astree

Choral – Grainger: Songs and Dancing Ballads; Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner Orchestra / Gardiner, Philips

Concerto – Sauer, Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records

Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Howarth, Collins Classics

Early music – Dunstable: Sacred Choral Works; Orlando Consort, Metronome

Early opera – Handel: Ariodante; Wilhelmshaven Vocal Ensemble; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / McGegan, Harmonia Mundi

Engineering – Sibelius: Symphony No 5. En Saga; Lahti SO / Vänskä, BIS

Historic non-vocal – Debussy: Complete Piano Works; Walter Gieseking (pf), EMI

Historic vocal – Lucrezia Bori: Opera and Operetta Arias; Bori (sop) with various artists (restored by Ward Marston), Romophone

Instrumental – Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas; Mikhail Pletnev (pf), Virgin Classics

Music theatre – Gershwin: Oh Kay! Orchestra of St Luke's / Stern, Nonesuch

Opera – Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel; Kirov Opera / Gergiev, Philips

Orchestral – Schmidt: Symphony No 4. Variations on a Hussar; London PO / Franz Welser-Möst EMI

Solo vocal – Schubert: Lieder, Volume 25. Die schöne Mullerin; Bostridge (ten); Fischer-Dieskau (narr); Johnson (pf), Hyperion

Video – Yehudi Menuhin – The Violin of the Century, EMI

1995[link]

Artist of the Year – Pierre Boulez

Lifetime achievement – Sir Michael Tippett

Special achievement – Entartete Musik – Korngold: Das Wunder des Heliane; Berlin Radio Chorus; Deutsches SO / Mauceri, Decca

Record of the year & Concerto – Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orcheestra / Rostropovich, Teldec

Best-selling disc – The Three Tenors in Concert, 1994; José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti; Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta, Teldec

Baroque non-vocal – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violin Sonatas; Romanesca, Harmonia Mundi

Baroque vocal – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Grand Motets; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie, Erato

Chamber – Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintets; Domus, Hyperion

Choral & engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Rattle, EMI

Concerto – Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Dmitri Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orcheestra / Rostropovich, Teldec

Contemporary – György Ligeti: Concertos - Piano; Violin; Cello; Gawriloff; Queyras; Aimard; Ensemble InterContemporain / Boulez DG

Early music – Robert Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica, etc. The Cardinall's Musick / Carwood, ASV Gaudeamus

Early opera – Henry Purcell: King Arthur; Soloists; Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato

Engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Rattle, EMI

Historic non-vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Soloists; Lucerne Festival Chorus; Philharmonia / Furtwängler, Tahra mono

Historic vocal – Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges; French Radio National Chorus and Orchestra / Bour, Testament

Instrumental – Frédéric Chopin: Four Ballades. Mazurkas. Etudes. Nocturne; Murray Perahia (pf), Sony Classical

Music theatre – I wish it so - The Songs of Vernon Duke; Dawn Upshaw (sop); orchestra / Eric Stern (pf), Elektra Nonesuch

Opera – William Walton: Troilus and Cressida; Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North / Hickox, Chandos

Orchestral – Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Erwartung; Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop); Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI

Solo vocal – Franz Schubert: Lieder; Bryn Terfel (bar); Malcolm Martineau (pf), DG

Video – The Art of Conducting - Great Conductors of the Past, Teldec

1994[link]

Instrumental & Record of the Year – Debussy: Preludes; Krystian Zimmerman (pf), DG

Chamber – Tchaikovsky: String Quartets No. 1 - No.3 / Souvenir de Florence; Yuri Yurov (va), Mikhail Milman (vc), Borodin Quartet; Teldec

Opera – Britten: Gloriana; Josephine Barstow, Phillip Langridge, Welsh National Opera / Charles Mackerras, Argo

Historic Vocal – Britten: Peter Grimes / The Rape of Lucretia / Folksong Arrangements; Peter Pears (t), Joan Cross (s), BBC Theatre Chorus, Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Nancy Evans (ca), Pears, Cross, English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra / Sophie Whyss (s), Pears, Britten (pf); EMI

Historic Non-Vocal – Schoenberg: Verklaerte Nacht / Schubert: String Quintet in C major; Alvin Dinkin(va), Kurt Reher(vc), Hollywood String Quartet; Testament

Engineering – Dutilleux: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier, Chandos

Orchestral – Koechlin: The Jungle Book, Symphonic Poems; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman, RCA

Choral – Delius: Sea Drift, Songs of Farewell, Songs of Sunset; Bryn Terfel (b), Sally Burgess (ms), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Hickox, Chandos

Concerto – Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2, Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2; Kyung-Wha Chung, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI

Contemporary – Robin Holloway: Second Concerto for Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen, NMC

Solo Vocal – Samuel Barber: Complete Songs; Cheryl Studer, Thomas Hampson, John Browning, DG

Music Theatre – Bernstein: On The Town; LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas, DG

Baroque Vocal – Fourth Book of the Montev; Concerto Italiano, Opus 111

Baroque Non-vocal – Bach: Goldberg Variations; Pierre Hantai, Opus 111

Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov

Lifetime Achievement – Klaus Tennstedt

Special Achievement – Richter: The Authorized Edition; Sviatoslav Richter (pf), Phillips

Best Selling Record – Canto Gregoriano; Coro de monjes del Monasterio Benedictino de Santo Domingo de Silos / Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta, EMI

Early Music – Cipriano de Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem; The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips, Gimell

Video – Bernstein: On The Town; LSO/ Michael Tilson Thomas, Barbican Centre, June 1992, DG

Artist of the Year – John Eliot Gardiner

1993[link]

Solo Vocal (Record of the Year) – Grieg Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mez); Bengt Forsberg (pf)

Baroque Non-Vocal – Heinichen Dresden Concertos. Musica Antigua Koeln / Reinhard Goebel

Baroque Vocal – Battista. Catherine Bott, Christine Batty (sops); Gérard Lesne (alto); Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten); Philippe Huttenlocher (bar); Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski

Chamber – Quatuor Mosaiques Haydn String Quartet Op. 20

Choral – Felix Mendelssohn. Elias. Miles, Donath, van Nes, George, MDR-Chor Leipzig, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Masur

Concerto – Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor Op. 15 Stephen Kovacevich (pf); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (coupled with Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 with Ann Murray, Nobuko Imai

Contemporary – James MacMillan. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst (Koch). BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Maksymiuk.

Early Music – Venetian Vespers. Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh

Engineering – Debussy, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien. Sylvia McNair (sop); Nathalie Stutzmann (contr); Ann Murray (mez); Leslie Caron (narr); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas

Historical Non-Vocal – Rachmaninov. The Complete Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov RCA Victor Gold Seal

Historical Vocal – Singers of Imperial Russia. Vols.1-4.

Instrumental – 80th Birthday Recital. Shura Cherkassky.

Music Theatre – George Gershwin. Lady, Be Good! Eric Stern, Lara Teeter, Ann Morrison.

Opera – Poulenc. Dialogues des Carmélites / Dubosc, Gorr, Yakar, Dupuy, Fournier, van Dam, Viala, Opéra National de Lyon, Nagano

Orchestral – Hindemith. Kammermusik. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Chailly.

Video – Wagner. Der Ring des Nibelungen. 1989 Bavarian State Opera. Sawallisch.

Special Achievement – Edward Greenfield.

Best-selling Record – Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs." Zinman. London Sinfonietta. Upshaw.

Young Artist of the Year – Sarah Chang.

Artist of the Year – Simon Rattle.

Lifetime Achievement – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

1992[link]

Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Beethoven 9 Symphonies. Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Chamber Orchestre of Europe.

Baroque Vocal – Handel. Giulio Cesare. Larmore, Schlick, Fink, Rorholm, Ragin. Rene Jacobs. Concerto Koeln.

Baroque Non-Vocal – Rameau. Harpsichord Works. Christophe Rousset.

Chamber – Symanowski String Quartets No 1 in C Major, Op.37; No. 2 Op. 56 / Webern Langsamer Satz. Carmina Quartet

Choral – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathederal Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox.

Concerto – Medtner. Piano Conccertos No.2 in C Minor, Op. 50; No 3. in E Minor, Op. 60. Nickolai Demidenko. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk.

Contemporary – John Tavener. The Protecting Veil; Thrinos / Britten. Solo Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87. Steven Isserlis. London Symphony Orchestra. Rozhdestvensky.

Early Music – The Rose and The Ostrich Feather. Music from the Eton Choirbook. Volume I. The Sixteen. Harry Christophers.

Engineering – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathederal Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox.

Historical Vocal – Covent Garden on Record: A History.

Historical Non-Vocal – The Elgar Edition. Volume 1. London Symphony Orchestra. Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. Elgar.

Instrumental – Alkan. 25 Preludes dans les tons majeurs et mineur, Op. 31 / Shostakovich. 24 Preludes, Op. 34. Olli Mustonen.

Music Theatre – Bernstein. Candide. Hadley, Anderson. London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Bernstein (cond).

Opera – Strauss. Die Frau ohne Schatten. Behrens, Domingo, Runkel, van Dam, Varady, Jo. Wiener Philharmoniker. George Solti.

Solo Vocal – Schubert. Lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, Aribert Reimann.

Special Achievement – Abbey Road Studios.

Best-selling Record – Essential Opera.

Young Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel.

Artist of the Year – Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa.

Lifetime Achievement – Sir George Solti.

1991[link]

Record of the Year & Choral – Beethoven. Missa Solemnis. Gardiner. English Baroque Soloists. Margiono, Robbin, Kendall, Miles, Monteverdi Choir.

Baroque Vocal – Handel. Susanna. Hunt, Minter, Feldman, Parker, Jeffery Thomas, David Thomas. Nicholas McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus.

Baroque Non-Vocal – Biber. Mystery Sonatas. Holloway (vn), Davitt Moroney(org/hpd), Tragicomedia.

Chamber – Brahms: Piano Quartets. Opp. 25, 26 & 60. Ax, Stern, Laredo, Ma.

Concerto – Sibelius. Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 47. Kavakos(vn). Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Vanska.

Contemporary – John Casken. Golem. Clarke, Hall, Rozario, Robson, Wilson, Morris, Harrhy, Thomas. Music Project London. Richard Bernas.

Early Music – Palestrina. Missa Assumpta est Maria/ Missa Sicut Iilium. Tallis Scholars. Peter Phillips.

Engineering – Wordsworth. Symphony Nos. 2 & 3. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Braithwaite.

Historical Non-Vocal – Berg. Violin Concerto/Lyric Suite. Louis Krasner(vn), Galimir Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Webern.

Historical Vocal – Faure/Chausson/Airs Francais. Gerard Souzay. Bonneau (pn).

Instrumental – Shostakovich. 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87. Tatyana Nikolaieva (pf).

Music Theatre – Sondheim. Into The Woods. Original London Cast.

Opera – Mozart. Idomeneo. Johnson, von Otter, Martinpelto, McNair, Robson, Winslade. John Elliot Gardiner. English Baroque Soloists.

Orchestral – Nielsen. Symphony No. 2 Op. 16 "The Four Temperaments" / Symphony No. 3 Op. 27 "Espansiva." Fromm, McMillan. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Herbert Blomstedt.

Solo Vocal – Schubert. Die Schoene Mullerin. Schreier, Schiff.

Special Achievement – Complete Mozart Edition

Artist of the Year – Pavarotti

Lifetime Achievement – Joan Sutherland

1990[link]

Choral -- Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri; Edith Wiens, S. Herman, A. Gjevang; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Armin Jordan (cnd)

Concerto -- Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Sharp minor, Op. 129; Lydia Mordkovitch (vn); SNO, Neemi Järvi (cnd); Chandos

Contemporary -- George Benjamin: Antara, Boulez: Dérive, Memoriale; Harvey: Song Offerings; Walmsley-Clark (sp), Bell (fl); London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin (cnd); Nimbus

Early Music -- Gabrieli: A Venetian Coronation 1595, The Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (cnd); Virgin Classics

Engineering -- Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (cnd); Virgin Classics

Historic (vocal) --Massenet: Werther; Georges Thill (ten), Vallin (mez) Roque(bar), Faraldy(sop), Narcon(bass); Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera-Contique, Elie Cohen(cnd); EMI

Historic (nonvocal) -- Delius: Paris, Eventyr, Irmelin Prelude, Over the Hills and Far Aways; LPO, Sir Thomas Beecham; EMI

Instrumental -- Debussy: Piano Works; Zoltan Kocsis; Philips

Music Theatre -- Cole Porter, Anything Goes; John McGlinn; EMI

Orchestral -- Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Lott (sp), Summers (bar); LPO, Bernard Haitink (cnd); EMI

Solo Vocal -- Schubert: Schwanengesang, Heine and Seidl Lieder; Peter Schreier (ten), András Schiff (pf); Decca

Special Achievement -- Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1-45; Vienna Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cnd); Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Leonhardt (cnd); Teldec

Gramophone Awards of the 1980s[link]

1989[link]

Chamber (Record of the Year) -- Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6; Emerson Quartet; DG

Choral -- Handel: Jephtha; Dawson, Holton (sops), Sofie von Otter (mez), Chance (counterten), Robson (ten), Varcoe (nar), Ross (hpd), Nicholson (org); Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (cnd); Philips

Concerto -- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33; Cho-Liang Lin (vn); Philharmonia Orchestra of London / Swedish Radido Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen(cnd); CBS

Contemporary -- Robert Simpson: Ninth Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Handley; Hyperion

Early Music (Baroque) -- Corelli: Concerto Grossi, Op. 6; The English Concert, Pinnock (cnd); Arkiv

Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) -- "A Song for Francesca"; Gothic Voices; Hyperion

Engineering and Production -- Tubin: Symphonies 3, 8; Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi; BIS

Historic (Non-Vocal)-- Mahler: Symphony, No. 9; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter (cnd); EMI

Historic (Vocal) -- Record of Singing, Volume 4; EMI

Instrumental -- Mozart: Piano Sonatas 1-18; Mitsuko Uchida, Philips

Musical Theatre -- Jerome Kern: Show Boat; John McGlinn; EMI

Operatic -- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Glyndebourn, Rattle; EMI

Orchestral -- Schubert: Symphonies; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado (cnd); DG

Remastered CD -- Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; French Radio National Orchesta, Lorin Maazel (cnd); DG

Solo Vocal -- Schubert: Lieder, Volume 1; Janet Baker(mez), Graham Johnson (pf); Hyperion

1988[link]

Chamber -- Menndelssohn: Violin Sonatas in F minor and F major; Shlomo Mintz(vn), Paul Ostrovsky(pf); DG

Choral -- Verdi: Requiem; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw; Telarc

Concerto -- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2; Peter Donohoe(pf); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai; EMI

Contemporary -- Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum, Silbury Air, Secret Theatre; London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth; Etcetera

Early Music (Baroque) -- Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus; Donna Brown, Rachel Yakar, Howard Cookk; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists; John Elliot Gardiner; Erato

Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) -- "The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter; Gothic Voices, Christopher Page; Hyperion

Engineering and Production -- Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Simon Rattle

Historic (Non-Vocal)-- Brahms: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 77; Ginette Neveu (vn); Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen, Walter Süsskind; EMI

Historic (Vocal) -- Feodor Chaliapin: 1873-1938; Chaliapin(bass) et al.; EMI

Instrumental -- Poulenc: Piano Works; Pascal Roge; Decca Musical Theatre --

Operatic -- Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan; The Plymouth Music Series Chorus and Orchestra; Phillip Brunelle; Virgin Classics

Orchestral (Record of the Year) -- Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Simon Rattle

Period Performance -- Haydn: Mass in D minor, "Nelson" / Te Deum in C major; Felicity Lott, Carolyn Watkinson, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson; The English Concert and Choir; Trevor Pinnock; Archiv;

Remastered CD -- Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich Randall, Otto Edelmann, Eberhard Wächter; London Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan; EMI

Solo Vocal -- Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin; Olaf Bär(bar), Geoffrey Parsons(pf); EMI

1987[link]

Chamber -- Chausson: Concert in D major for Piano, violin, and string quartet, String quartet in C minor. Jean-Phillipe Collard, (pf), Augistine Dumay(vn), Muir Quartet. EMI

Choral -- Handel: Athalia. Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aled Jones, Anthony Johnosn, David Thomas. The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood. Decca

Concerto -- Hummel: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op 85; No. 3 in B minor, Op 89. Stephen Hough. English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos

Contemporary -- Sir Michael Tippett: The Mask of Time. Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Robert Tear, John Cheek. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Davis. EMI

Early Music (Record of the Year) -- Josquin Desprez: Missa Pange lingua, Missa La sol fa re mi. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips. Gimell

Engineering and Production -- Holst: The Planets. Montréal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.

Historic (Non-Vocal)-- Shubert: String Quartets, Piano Trio, Fantasia. Busch Quartet, Rudolf Sorkin (pf). EMI.

Historic (Vocal) -- The Art of Tito Schipa. Tito Schipa (ten). EMI.

Instrumental -- Haydn: Piano Sonatats. Alfred Brendel (pf). Philips.

Operatic -- Verdi: La Forza del Destino. Rosalind Plowright, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Bruson, Burchuladze, Pons, Tomlinson, Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG.

Orchestral -- Mahler: Symphony No. 8. Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynnimen, Hans Sotin, Tiffin School Boys' Choir. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Klaus Tennstedt. EMI.

Period Performance -- Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 8. London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington. EMI.

Remastered CD -- Beecham Conducts Delius: The Complete Stereo Recordings. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI.

Solo Vocal -- Liszt, R. Strauss: Lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage. DG.

1986[link]

Operatic (Record of the Year) -- Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims. Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Gasda, Francisco Araiza, Eduardo Gimenez, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Enzo Dara. Prague Philharmonic Chorus, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado. DG.

Chamber -- Faure: Piano Quartets No. 1 in C minor, Op 15; No. 2 in G minor, Op 45. Domus. Hyperion.

Choral -- Janáček: Glagolitic Mass. Elisabeth Söderström, Drahomíra Drobková, František Livora, Richard Novák. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon

Concerto -- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4. Murray Perahia. Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink. CBS.

Contemporary -- Lutosławski. Symphony No. 3. Los Angeles Philharmonic / Salonen. CBS.

Early Music (Baroque) -- Bach: Die Kunst Der FugeBWEV 1080. Davitt Moroney(hp). Harmonia Mundi.

Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) -- Chansons de Toile au temps du Roman de la Rose. Ether Lamandier. Alienor.

Historic (Non-Vocal)-- Beethoven: Late String Quartets. HMV.

Historic (Vocal) -- The Record of Singing: Vol.3. HMV.

Instrumental -- Shubert: Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940 / Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448. Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu. CBS

Orchestral -- Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica. Sheila Armstrong. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Bernard Haitink. EMI.

Solo Vocal -- Schubert: Winterreise. Peter Schreier, Sviatoslav Richter. Philips.

Remastered CD -- Britten: Peter Grimes. Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease. Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. London.

Engineering and Production -- Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba; Metamorphoseon. Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon. Chandos.

1985[link]

Concerto (Record of the Year) -- Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61. Nigel Kennedy. London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley. EMI.

Chamber -- Beethoven: Late String Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Alban Berg Quartett. HMV.

Choral -- Faure: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine Op. 11. Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott. The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter. Conifer.

Contemporary -- Kurtag: Messages de Feu Demoiselle R.V. Troussova: 21 poèmes de Rimma, Dalos, Op. 17 / Britwistle: ...Agm.... Adrienne Csengery, Marta Fabian. John Alldis Choir. Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez. Erato.

Early Music (Baroque) --. Charpentier: Médée. Jill Feldman, Jacques Bona, Sophie Boulin, Phillipe Cantor, Agnes Mellon, Gilles Ragon. Les Arts Florissants / William Christie. Harmonia Mundi.

Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) -- Victoria: O quam gloriosum, Ave maris stella. Westminister Cathederal Choir / David Hill. Hyperion.

Historic (Non-Vocal)-- Carl Nielsen: Symphonies. Erik Tuxen, Launy Grøndhal, Thomas Jensen / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Danacord.

Historic (Vocal) -- Claudia Muzio: The Columbia Recordings 1934-5. Italian Opera Arias, Italian, French and German Songs. HMV.

Instrumental -- Liszt: Anées de pèlerinage: Première Anée: Suisse. Jorge Bolet. Decca.

Operatic -- Mozart: Don Giovanni. Thomas Allen, Carol Verness, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard Van Allen. Glyndebourne Chorus. London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink. HMV.

Orchestral -- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor Op. 111, Three waltzes Op. 110. Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi. Chandos.

Solo Vocal -- Sibelius: Complete Songs. Tom Krause, Irwin Gage, Elisabeth Söderstöm, Vladimir Ashkenzay. Decca.

Engineering and Production -- Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et Sentimentales. Montréal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.

1984[link]

Orchestral (Record of the Year) -- Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Herbert von Karajan. DG.

Chamber -- Beethoven: Late String Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Lindsay Quartet. ASV.

Choral -- Mozart: Requiem. Margaret Price. Trudeliese Schmidt. Francisco Araiza. Theo Adam. Dresden State Orchestra / Peter Schreier. Philips.

Concerto -- Mozart: Piano Concertos No 15, 16. Murray Perahia. English Chamber Orchestra. CBS.

Contemporary -- Brian Ferneyhough: Quartet No. 2 / Jonathan Harvey: Quartet No. 2 / Carter: Quartet No. 3/ Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Levine Andrade, Lennox MacKenzie, Rohan de Saram). RCA.

Early Music (Baroque) -- Bach: Kammermusik. Musica Antigua Köln / Reinhard Goebel. Archiv.

Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) -- Dunstable: Motets. Hilliard Ensemble / Paul Hiller. EMI.

Historic (Non-Vocal)-- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110, No 32 in C minor Op. 111. Egon Petri. dell'Arte.

Historic (Vocal) --

Instrumental -- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106. Emil Gilels. DG.

Operatic -- Janáček: Jenůfa. Elisabeth Söderström, Weslav Ochman, Petr Dvorskẙ, Evan Randová, Lucia Popp. Vienna Philharmonic. Charles Mackerras. Decca.

Solo Vocal -- Strauss: Four Last Songs. Jessye Norman. Leipzig Gewandhaus / Kurt Masur. Philips.

Engineering and Production -- Bax: Symphony No. 4 and Tintagel. Ulster Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos.

1983[link]

1982[link]

1981[link]

Operatic (Record of the Year) -- Wagner, Parsifal, Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Chamber -- Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1-6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)

Choral -- Delius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan)

Concerto -- Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI)

Contemporary -- Tippett, King Priam, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca)

Early Music -- Various artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv)

Engineering -- Massenet, Werther, Sir Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra (Philips)

Historical Vocal -- Various artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV)

Historical Non-Vocal -- Brahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records)

Instrumental -- Liszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips)

Orchestral -- Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Solo Vocal -- Liszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon)

1980[link]

Operatic (Record of the Year) -- Janácek, From the House of the Dead, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca

Chamber -- Brahms, Piano Quintet, Quartetto Italiano; solo: Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)

Choral -- Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir (Erato)

Concerto -- Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, Lorin Maazel conducting French National Orchestra; solo: Collard (HMV)

Contemporary -- Birtwistle, Punch and Judy, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera)

Early Music -- C.P.E. Bach, Sinfonias, Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert (Archiv)

Engineering -- Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips)

Historical Vocal -- Various artists, Gramophone Co. Recordings, Fernando de Lucia (Rubini)

Historical Non-Vocal -- Bartók, Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Bela Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony)

Instrumental -- Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon)

Orchestral -- Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips)

Solo Vocal -- Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian)

References[link]

1. ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2260637.ece
2. ^ http://www.dallassymphony.com/Press_Releases.aspx?aID=7
3. ^ http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/gramophone.php
4. ^ http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/music-news-and-features/classic-fm-gramophone-awards

External links[link]

• current Gramophone Awards winners

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Bryn Terfel CBE
Terfel in September 2010
Background information
Birth name	Bryn Terfel Jones
Born	(1965-11-09) 9 November 1965 (age 46) Pant Glas, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Occupations	Opera singer (Bass-baritone)

Bryn Terfel Jones CBE (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbrɨn ˈtɛrvɛl]; born 9 November 1965) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro and Leporello, but has subsequently shifted his attention to heavier roles, especially those by Wagner.^[1]

Biography[link]

Bryn Terfel Jones was born in Pant Glas, North Wales, the son of a farmer. His first language is Welsh. He knew of another Welsh baritone named Bryn Jones, so chose Bryn Terfel as his professional name. He had an interest in and talent for music from a very young age. A family friend taught him how to sing, starting with traditional Welsh songs. After winning numerous competitions for his singing, he moved to London in 1984 and entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied under Rudolf Piernay. (He has recorded that he initially applied to the music college in Cardiff but when the reply was addressed to ‘Miss Terfel’ he was so annoyed a Welsh College did not know Bryn was a man's name that he switched to London.) He graduated in 1989, winning both the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Award and the Gold Medal. The same year he came second behind Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the Cardiff BBC Singer of the World Competition, but won the Lieder Prize.^[2]

Career[link]

In 1990 Terfel made his operatic début as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at the Welsh National Opera, and later in the same season he sang the title role in The Marriage of Figaro, a role with which he made his debut with the English National Opera in 1991. His international operatic career began that same year when he sang the Speaker in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and he made his United States début as Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera.

In 1992 Terfel made his Royal Opera House, Covent Garden début as Masetto in Don Giovanni, with Thomas Allen in the title role. That same year he made his Salzburg Easter Festival debut singing the role of the Spirit Messenger in Die Frau ohne Schatten. This was followed by an international breakthrough at the main Salzburg Festival when he sang Jochanaan in Strauss's Salome. He went on to make his début as Figaro at the Vienna State Opera and his debut at Covent Garden as Masetto in Don Giovanni. That year, he also signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon, and returned to the Welsh National Opera to sing Ford in Falstaff. In 1993, he recorded the role of Wilfred Shadbolt in The Yeomen of the Guard, by Gilbert and Sullivan and sang Figaro to acclaim at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.^[3] Terfel has said that he would like to record "an album of Gilbert and Sullivan arias".^[4][5]

In 1994 Terfel sang Figaro at Covent Garden, and made both his Metropolitan Opera and Teatro Nacional de São Carlos débuts in the same role. He also sang Mahler's Eighth Symphony at the Ravinia Festival under the baton of James Levine. However, back surgery in 1994 (and again in 2000) prevented him from performing in several scheduled events. In 1996, he expanded his repertoire to include Wagner, singing Wolfram in Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera, and Stravinsky, singing Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress at the Welsh National Opera.

In 1997 Terfel made his La Scala début as Figaro. In 1998, he had a recital at Carnegie Hall which included works by Wolf, Fauré, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, and others. In 1999, he performed in Paris the title role of Don Giovanni for the first time and sang his first Falstaff at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; the latter of which he reprised in the inaugural production at the newly refurbished Royal Opera House.

In 2003 Terfel hosted and performed on the stage with opera tenor José Carreras and Christchurch soprano Hayley Westenra in front of the capacity crowd of 10,000 people from Faenol Festival in Wales.^[6][7]

In 2007 Terfel performed at the opening gala concert for the re-dedication of the Salt Lake Tabernacle with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on April 6–7. Later, he performed the title role in a concert version of Sweeney Todd that had four performances from July 5 to July 7 at London's Royal Festival Hall. This idea came from Terfel and his fellow bass-baritone and friend, the Irishman Dermot Malone.^[8]

Terfel has not shied away from popular music either. He has recorded CDs of songs by Lerner and Loewe and Rodgers and Hammerstein. In 2001 he commissioned and performed 'Atgof o'r Ser' ('The Memory of Stars') in the National Eisteddfod with the composer Robat Arwyn.

In September 2007 Terfel withdrew, to severe criticism, from Covent Garden's Ring Cycle when his six-year-old son required several operations on his finger. But he did successfully return to the Met in November 2007 to sing the role of Figaro.^[9] He told reporters in New York that he will now retire Figaro from his repertoire.

Terfel intended to take 2008 as a sabbatical from opera performances, but broke this to take the title role in WNO's revival of Falstaff. He had sung in this production in 1993, when he played the role of Ford.^[10]

In 2009 Terfel sang Scarpia and the Dutchman for the Royal Opera House.^[11][12]

In 2010 Terfel made his debut as Hans Sachs in Wagner's Die Meistersinger in a production for Welsh National Opera, in Cardiff and on tour. On 17 July 2010, the cast of this production gave a "concert staging" at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2010 BBC Proms, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and on BBC Four television.^[13] On 31 July, again at the Proms, he performed in a concert from the Royal Albert Hall celebrating the works of Stephen Sondheim, in his 80th birthday year.^[14]

Terfel took on the role of Wotan for the premiere performances of Robert Lepage's new Met staging of Wagner's Ring 2010-2012. He sang the role in all three of the four Ring operas that feature Wotan: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Siegfried.^[15]

In September 2011 Terfel joined Andrea Bocelli in his concert at the great lawn of Central Park, performing for over 70,000 people. In December 2011, he opened the season in La Scala as Leporello in Don Giovanni.

Personal life[link]

He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Lesley; the couple have three children: Tomos, Morgan, and Deio Sion. The family lives in Bontnewydd, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd. Terfel was a leading petitioner in the creation of Bontnewydd railway station on the rebuilt Welsh Highland Railway, and in part sponsored its construction.

Honours and awards[link]

Bryn Terfel continues to be a patron of the Welsh language and Welsh culture, facets of his life which are largely unknown outside his native Wales. Terfel has been awarded the honour, by the National Eisteddfod, of becoming a member of the Gorsedd of Bards. The Gorsedd was created in 1792 as a celebration of Welsh heritage, and inductees are considered to have contributed to Welsh culture.

In 2003, Terfel became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, receiving the honour from the Prince of Wales. In 2006, he became the second recipient of the Queen's Medal for Music (the previous recipient was conductor Sir Charles Mackerras). In 2008, he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.^[16]

Terfel is also President of the Welsh homelessness charity Shelter Cymru and is Patron of Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales, a registered charity based in Cardiff which provides specialist Bobath therapy to children from all over Wales who have cerebral palsy.

Terfel was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Music by Bangor University during February 2012 for services to music.^[17]

Faenol Festival[link]

Terfel started the Faenol Festival, at the Faenol Estate near Snowdonia, Wales, in 2000. Billed as "Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival" (often referred to as "BrynFest" or known in Welsh as "Gŵyl y Faenol"), it turned into an annual music festival featuring internationally famous opera singers as well as popular Welsh artists. In the same year he released We'll Keep a Welcome - The Welsh Album, an anthology of favourite traditional songs. In 2009 and again in 2010, he was forced to cancel the festival because of low public bookings, after having been voted a £250,000 grant by the Welsh Assembly.^[18]

Previously staged at the Faenol Estate, the event, a pop/classical/opera crossover, will be staged in London as part of the Southbank Centre's Festival of the World from 4-7 July 2012.^[19][20]

Operatic repertoire[link]

Terfel has performed the following roles on stage:^[21]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bryn Terfel at Official Deutsche Grammophon site
• Terfeliaid: Official site for followers of Terfel
• www.brynfest.com Faenol Festival
• Bryn Terfel biography from BBC Wales
• Bryn Terfel Interview at What's on in Wales

Stephen Layton (born 1966) is an English conductor.

Layton was raised in Derby, where his father was a church organist. Layton learned the piano as a youth. He was a chorister at Winchester Cathedral, and subsequently won scholarships to Eton College and then King's College, Cambridge as an organ scholar.^[1]