GRAMOPHONE AWARD

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The 'Gramophone Awards' are one of the most significant honours bestowed on the classical record industry, often referred to as the ''Oscars'' for classical music. 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.

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Gramophone Awards of the 2000s
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Gramophone Awards in the 1990s
1999
1998
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Gramophone Awards of the 2000s

2004

'Early Music' Orlando Gibbons ''Consorts for viols'', Phantasm (Avie)
'Concerto' Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann Piano Concertos Leif Ove Andsnes / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (EMI)
'Opera' and 'Record of the Year' Mozart ''Le nozze di Figaro''
Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818/20
'Artist of the Year' Magdalena Kožená
'Lifetime Achievement' London Symphony Orchestra
'Special Achievement' Peter Alward
'Baroque Vocal' Antonio Vivaldi ''Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine'' Soloists, Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111)
'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)
'Label of the Year' Telarc
'Classic fM Listeners' Choice' Bryn Terfel

2003

'Chamber Music' and 'Record of the Year'
Schumann ''String Quartets Nos 1 & 3'' - Zehetmair Quartet
'Concerto'
Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concertos, Op 4, ''La Stravaganza'', Arte dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (Channel Classics CCS19598)
'Instrumental'
Chopin, Etudes, Opp 10 & 12, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical SK61885)
'Choral'
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Masses, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (Chandos Records)
'Opera'
Benjamin Britten, The Turn of the Screw, Ian Bostridge, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Virgin Classics)
'Artist of the Year'
Marin Alsop
'Lifetime Achievement Award'
Leontyne Price
'Début Disc' and 'Editor’s Choice'
Prokofiev; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Tchaikovksy Piano Works, Simon Trpceski
'Classic fM Listener’s Choice'
Cecilia Bartoli
'Special Achievement Award'
Vernon Handley
'Label of the Year'
Harmonia Mundi

2002

'Record of the Year and Orchestral'
Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion)
'Baroque Instrumental'
Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/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 / Reimbert de Leeuw (Teldec)
'Early Music'
Marenzio, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111)
'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)
'Vocal'
Chaminade, Mots d'amour, Anne Sofie von Otter / Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (DG)
'Recital'
Gluck, Italian Arias, Cecilia Bartoli / Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca)
'Editor's Choice'
R Strauss, ''Four Last Songs'', Soile Isokoski / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (Ondine)
'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)
'Artist of the Year'
Maxim Vengerov
'Lifetime Achievement'
Mirella Freni

2001

'Record of the Year and Orchestral'
Vaughan Williams, ''A London Symphony'' and Butterworth, ''The Banks of Green Willow'', London Symphony Orchestra / Hickox (EMI)
'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)
'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)
'Vocal'
Love Songs, Magdalena Kožená/Graham Johnson (DG)
'Recital'
French Arias, Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Betrand de Billy (EMI)
'Editor's Choice'
Handel, Rinaldo, David Daniels Cecilia Bartoli/Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre)
'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)
'Retailer of the Year'
Bath Compact Discs
'Artist of the Year'
Cecilia Bartoli
'Classic fM People's Choice Award'
Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)
'Lifetime Achievement'
Victoria de los Angeles

2000

'Orchestral (Record of the Year)'
Mahler, Symphony No 10 in F sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)
'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 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)
'Retailer of the Year'
HMV 150 Oxford Street & Bath Compact Discs
'Vocal'
Barbara Bonney, Diamonds in the Snow: Songs by Alfvén, Grieg, Sibelius, Sjöberg and Stenhammar, Antonio Pappano (Decca)
'Artist of the Year'
Antonio Pappano
'Classic fM People's Choice Award'
Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)
'Special Achievement'
Wagner, Götterdämmerung, soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Knapperstsbusch (Testament)
'Lifetime Achievement'
Carlo Bergonzi

Gramophone Awards in the 1990s

1999

'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)
'20th-Century Vocal'
Hanns Eisler, Hollywood Songbook, Goerne; Schneider (Decca)
'Chamber'
Robert Schumann, Piano Trios, Florestan Trio (Hyperion)
'20th-Century Chamber'
Elliott Carter, String Quartets, Arditti Quartett (Auvidis)
'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)
'20th-Century Opera'
Carl Nielsen, Maskarade, Schirmer (Decca)
'Contemporary'
Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (DG)
'Instrumental'
Arcadi Volodos, Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall (Sony Classical)
'20th-Century Instrumental'
Luciano Berio, Sequenzas, various artists (DG)
'Orchestral'
Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Wand (RCA)
'20th-Century Orchestral'
Edgar Varése, Complete Orchestral Works, Riccardo Chailly (Decca)
'Solo Vocal'
Ludwig van Beethoven, Lieder, Stephen Genz; Vignoles (Hyperion)
'Recital'
Renée Fleming, ''I Want Magic!'', Renée Fleming; Levine (Decca)
'Artist of the Year'
Martha Argerich
'Special Achievement'
Philip's Great Pianists of the 20th Century
'Lifetime Achievement'
Isaac Stern

1998

'Record of the Year and Choral'
Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (Hyperion)
'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 Bartok, 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, Harmonia, Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (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)
'Best-selling disc'
James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical)
'Artist of the Year'
Riccardo Chailly
'Lifetime Achievement'
Menahem Pressler
'Orchestral'

★ Nielsen: ''Symphony No. 2''; ''Symphony No. 3'' - San Francisco Symphony

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★ current Gramophone Awards winners