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Classical Award Winners

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

Classical Award Winners

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann - Myrthen cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann - Myrthen
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)
After the success of his critically acclaimed album Frage, the internationally renowned baritone, Christian...
$27.00
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius cover
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Nicky Spence, Anna Stéphany, Andrew Foster-Williams /Angel of the Agony), Polish National Youth Choir, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar is a two-part work for voices and orchestra composed in 1900...
$50.00
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Award Winners: Orchestral

Elgar: Violin Concerto cover
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Vilde Frang (violin) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati, with Thomas Hoppe (piano) $35.00
Music for Strings cover
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings
John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London $40.00
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls Ma Mère L'oye, Boléro & La Valse) cover
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls Ma Mère L'oye, Boléro & La Valse)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson $35.00
Vivaldi: The French Connection cover
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The French Connection
La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler $40.00

Award Winners: Solo piano

Chopin: 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 cover
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25
Yunchan Lim (piano) $45.00
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87 [Igor Levit on DSCH] (LP) cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87 [Igor Levit on DSCH] (LP)
Igor Levit (piano) $130.00
Bach: Goldberg Variations (with works by Beethoven & Rzewski) cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations (with works by Beethoven & Rzewski)
Igor Levit (piano) $40.00
Letter(s) to Erik Satie cover
ERIK SATIE / JOHN CAGE
Letter(s) to Erik Satie
Bertrand Chamayou (piano) $35.00
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Award Winners:Highly recommended

Aigul Akhmetshina - Aigul cover
BIZET / MASSENET / ROSSINI / BELLINI
Aigul Akhmetshina - Aigul
Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni; with Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Elisabeth Boudreault (soprano), Kezia Bien $43.00
Sibelius / Prokofiev 1 - Violin Concertos cover
JEAN SIBELIUS / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sibelius / Prokofiev 1 - Violin Concertos
Janine Jansen (violin) / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä $40.00
Yuja Wang - The Vienna Recital cover
ALBENIZ / BEETHOVEN / KAPUSTIN / LIGETI / SCRIABIN
Yuja Wang - The Vienna Recital
Yuja Wang (piano) $35.00
Huw Montague Rendall - Contemplation cover
BRITTEN / DUPARC / GOUNOD / KORNGOLD / MAHLER / MESSAGER / MOZART / etc
Huw Montague Rendall - Contemplation
Huw Montague Rendall (baritone) / Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg $35.00

Award winners - Chamber

Haydn: Piano Trios [Nos 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31] cover
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios [Nos 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31]
Trio Wanderer $35.00
Mendelssohn: String Quintets (Complete) cover
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quintets (Complete)
Fine Arts Quartet (with Danilo Rossi, viola) $25.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Blows as the Wind Blows-English and American Songs cover
FINZI / BUTTERWORTH / BRITTEN / BOLCOM / IRELAND / QUILTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Blows as the Wind Blows-English and American Songs
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) / Belcea Quartet $30.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Artemis Quartet $30.00

Award Winners: Early Music

Giaches de Wert: Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets cover
GIACHES DE WERT
Giaches de Wert: Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets
Stile Antico $35.00
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto cover
CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto
Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew $50.00
Western Wind: Music by John Taverner & Court Music for Henry VIII cover
TAVERNER / CORNYSH / ANONYMOUS / HENRY VIII
Western Wind: Music by John Taverner & Court Music for Henry VIII
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott $40.00
Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears cover
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears
Phantasm, Elizabeth Kenny $40.00

Award Winners: Vocal

Rivales cover
MONSIGNY / EDELMANN / J.C. BACH / GLUCK
Rivales
Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin $35.00
Brett Dean: Rooms of Elsinore cover
BRETT DEAN
Brett Dean: Rooms of Elsinore
Jennifer France; Lotte Betts-Dean; Juho Pohjonen; James Crabb; Volker Hemken; Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Brett Dean $35.00
Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time cover
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus $40.00
Schubert / Loewe: Mythos cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT / CARL LOEWE
Schubert / Loewe: Mythos
Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) $35.00
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Award Winners: Concerto

Yuja Wang - The American Project cover
TEDDY ABRAMS / MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Yuja Wang - The American Project
Yuja Wang (piano) / Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams $37.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: Violin Concerto cover
NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: Violin Concerto
Joshua Bell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orch. / Norrington $25.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Two Lieder, Op.91 cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Two Lieder, Op.91
Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with Ann Murray (soprano) & Nobuko Imai (viola) / London Philharmonic. Wolfgang Sawallisch $25.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Rondo in G minor for cello & orchestra / etc cover
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Rondo in G minor for cello & orchestra / etc
Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek $35.00

Award Winners: Opera

Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera)
Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano $50.00
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Vienna Opera / Asmik Grigorian, Misha Kiria, Karita Mattila, Roman Burdenko / Franz Welser-Möst,(cond) $70.00
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2023) cover
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2023)
Jonas Kaufmann, Elina Garanca, Ludovic Tezier, Georg Zeppenfeld / Wienwe Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan $100.00
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (complete opera recorded in 2019) (Blu-ray) cover
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (complete opera recorded in 2019) (Blu-ray)
Bayerische Staatsoper / Jonas Kaufmann, Marlis Petersen, Andrej Filonczyk, Jennifer Johnston / Kirill Petrenko (cond) $70.00