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 record industry is the part of the Music industry that sells Sound recordings of Music. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular 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. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word Gramophone is a magazine published monthly in London by Haymarket devoted to classical music and particularly recordings of classical A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Awards are usually presented in September each year in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
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Gramophone Awards of the 2000s
2007
Artist of the Year Julia Fischer
Lifetime Achievement Montserrat Caballè
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)
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 Janácek 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 Music (Hyperion)
History archive Wagner Götterdämmerung Bayreuth Festival Opera / Joseph Keilberth (Testament)
Historic reissue Moeran Symphony etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita)
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)
Editor's Choice Mahler Symphony No. 2 Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics)
2006
Artist of the Year Angela Hewitt
Label of the Year Virgin Classics
Lifetime Achievement Sir Charles Mackerras
Classic FM Listeners' Choice Alison Balsom
Editor's Choice Stanford - Orchestral Songs Gerald Finley; BBC NOW/Richard Hickox
Orchestral (Record of the Year) Mahler - Symphony No. 6 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
Chamber Taneyev - Chamber Music Vadim Repin; Ilya Gringolts; Nobuko Imai; Lunn Harrell; Mikhail Pletnev
Solo Vocal Schubert - Abendbilder Christian Gerhaher; Gerold Huber
Contemporary Magnus Lindberg - Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku; Finnish RSO/Sakari Oramo
Historic Archive Wagner - Siegfried Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth
Instrumental Szymanowski - Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski
2004
Artist of the Year Magdalena Kožená
Lifetime Achievement London Symphony Orchestra
Special Achievement Peter Alward
Label of the Year Telarc
Classic fM Listeners' Choice Bryn Terfel
Opera (Record of the Year) Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818/20
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)
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)
2003
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
Chamber Music (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)
2002
Artist of the Year Maxim Vengerov
Lifetime Achievement Mirella Freni
Orchestral (Record of the Year) 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. Julia Fischer (born 15 june 1983) is a German Violinist By training she is also a professional Pianist, but she rarely appears as Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepció Caballé i Folc, better known as Montserrat Caballé (born April 12 1933) is a Spanish Catalan WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Vasily Petrenko (born 1976 St Petersburg, Russia) Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Nelson Freire (born October 18, 1944) is a Brazilian classical Pianist. Messiah ( HWV 56 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a Libretto by Charles Jennens. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Thomas Quasthoff (born in Hildesheim, Germany, November 9, 1959) is a German Bass-baritone generally regarded as one of The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE, FRSA, (born January Oliver Knussen CBE (born June 12, 1952 in Glasgow Scotland) is a British Composer and conductor. ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Joseph Keilberth ( April 19, 1908 &ndash July 20, 1968) was a German conductor. The London Philharmonic Orchestra ( LPO) based in London, is one of the major Orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Adrian Cedric Boult CH ( 8 April 1889 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Steven Isserlis (born 19 December 1958, London) is one of the most renowned living Cellists. Matilde di Shabran (1821 ossia Bellezza e cuor di ferro ( Matilde of Shabran or Beauty with a Heart of Iron) is a Melodramma Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted The Symphony No 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection, was written between 1888 and 1894 and first performed in 1895 The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players" Iván Fischer (born 20 January 1951 in Budapest) is a Hungarian conductor of Jewish origin Angela Hewitt OBE, OC (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian classical Pianist who is generally regarded as one of the world's WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras AC CH Alison Balsom (born 1978, Hertfordshire) is an English Trumpet soloist The Symphony No 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler, sometimes referred to as the Tragische ("Tragic" was composed between 1903 and 1904 (rev The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born June Magnus Lindberg (born June 27, 1958) is a Finnish Composer. Lindberg was born in Helsinki. Siegfried is the third of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Karol Maciej Szymanowski (3 October 1882 in Tymoszówka (present-day Ukraine) – 28 March 1937 was a Polish Composer and Pianist Magdalena Kožená (born 1973 in Brno) is a Czech Mezzo-soprano, the daughter of a mathematician father and a biologist mother The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. Telarc International Corporation is an Independent record label, based in Cleveland Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically Bryn Terfel Jones CBE (brɨn ˈtɛrvɛl born November 9, 1965) is a Welsh Bass-baritone opera and concert singer Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K René Jacobs (born October 30, 1946, Ghent) is a Belgian ( Flemish) musician Orlando Gibbons ( baptised 25 December 1583 &ndash 5 June 1625) was an English Composer and Organist Phantasm is a four member Viol consort based in England founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus. Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian Pianist. He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. Mariss Jansons (born January 14, 1943) is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīd Jansons. For the keyboard concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach entitled "Concerto Italiano" see Italian Concerto BWV 971. Amédée-Ernest Chausson ( January 20, 1855 &ndash June 10, 1899) was a French romantic Composer who died just Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Henri Duparc (Eugène Marie Henri Fouques Duparc (January 21 1848 &ndash February 12 1933 was a French composer of the late Romantic period. Gérard Souzay ( December 8, 1918 &ndash August 17, 2004) was a French Baritone singer regarded as one of the best interpreters of Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO ( 8 November 1883 &ndash 3 October 1953) was an English Composer and poet Marin Alsop (born October 16 1956) is an American conductor and the current music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American Opera singer ( Soprano) Simon Trpčeski (Симон Трпчески (born September 18, 1979, in Skopje, Macedonia, is a classical Pianist from the Cecilia Bartoli (born 4 June 1966, Rome) is an Italian Mezzo-soprano Opera singer and recitalist Vernon George "Tod" Handley CBE (11 November 1930 &ndash 10 September 2008 was a British conductor. "Harmonia Mundi" is also the title of a track on Mike Oldfield 's Music of the Spheres album Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Rachel Podger (born 1968) is an English Violinist specialising in the performance of Baroque music. Murray Perahia KBE (b April 19 1947 is an American concert Pianist. Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 &ndash 17 October 1837 was a Composer and virtuoso Pianist of Austrian Collegium Musicum 90 is an English Baroque orchestra playing on Authentic instruments. Richard Sidney Hickox CBE (born March 5 1948) is an English conductor of choral, Orchestral and Operatic Chandos Records is an independent classical music label based in the United Kingdom, founded by Brian Couzens. Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, The Turn of the Screw is a 20th century English Chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based Ian Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an acclaimed English Tenor, well known for his performances as an Opera singer The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is a professional touring chamber orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado and former members of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in 1997 This article refers to the British conductor Daniel Harding For the Ipswich Town footballer, please see Dan Harding. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (מקסים וונגרוב born August 20, 1974) is an Israeli Violinist who was born in the Soviet Union Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935 as Mirella Fregni is an Italian Opera Soprano much admired for the youthful Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. Sakari Markus Oramo (born October 26, 1965 Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish conductor. Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (August 12 1644 &ndash May 3 1704 was a Bohemian Austrian Composer and Violinist. 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. Selva morale e spirituale ( SV 252-288 is the title of a collection of sacred music by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. Konrad Junghänel is a german Lutenist. He has given numerous solo concerts all around the world and has also worked with ensembles such as ''Les Arts Florissants'' and others "Harmonia Mundi" is also the title of a track on Mike Oldfield 's Music of the Spheres album Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. 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)
2001
Orchestral (Record of the Year) 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. Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE, FRSA, (born January The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH (born 15 July, 1934) is a British contemporary Composer. The Nash Ensemble of London is an acclaimed English Chamber ensemble. Luca Marenzio (also Marentio) ( October 18 ? 1553? &ndash August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance For the keyboard concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach entitled "Concerto Italiano" see Italian Concerto BWV 971. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade ( August 8, 1857 &ndash April 13, 1944) was a French composer and pianist Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Cecilia Bartoli (born 4 June 1966, Rome) is an Italian Mezzo-soprano Opera singer and recitalist Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Soile Isokoski (born February 14, 1957) is a Finnish lyric soprano Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( 12 May 1845 &ndash 4 November 1924) was a French Composer, Organist, Pianist The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in John Coolidge Adams (born February 15 1947 is an American Composer with strong roots in minimalism. Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a world-renowned American Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson ( March 1 1954 &ndash July 3 2006) was a renowned American Soprano Sir Willard Wentworth White CBE (born October 10, 1946) is a Jamaican born British Bass-baritone. Theatre of Voices is a Vocal ensemble founded in 1992 which focuses on Early music and new music. Ralph (reɪf Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 &ndash 26 August 1958 was an English Composer of symphonies, Chamber music Butterworth is a surname and may refer to Bob Butterworth, former Florida attorney general Brad Butterworth (born 1959 yachtsman The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. Richard Sidney Hickox CBE (born March 5 1948) is an English conductor of choral, Orchestral and Operatic The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Trevor David Pinnock CBE (born 16 December 1946 is an English WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" 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. Christine Schäfer (born May 3, 1965, Frankfurt) is a German Soprano. Ralph (reɪf Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 &ndash 26 August 1958 was an English Composer of symphonies, Chamber music Phantasy Quintet, Maggini Quartet with Garfield Jackson (Naxos Records)
Choral Britten, AMDG. The Maggini Quartet is a British String quartet. Its members are Gina McCormack ( Violin 1 David Angel (Violin 2 Martin Outram ( Viola) and Naxos Records is a Record label for classical music Compact discs and DVDs Founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, 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. Stephen Layton is a world renowned English conductor. He has received multiple Grammy nominations for his work a Gramophone Award and the Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with (born December 20, 1948) is a classical Pianist. Career Born in Atami a seaside town close to Tokyo, Japan, Uchida WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b Anthèmes is the name of two compositions by the French Composer Pierre Boulez. 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
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
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. Incises (1994/2001 and Sur Incises (1996/1998 are two related works of the French Composer Pierre Boulez. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. This article is about the composer for the Italian town see Gesualdo (town. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Murray Perahia KBE (b April 19 1947 is an American concert Pianist. Sony BMG Masterworks is a Record label. It is the result of a "restructuring" of Sony BMG Music Entertainment 's classical music division Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Angela Gheorghiu (gjor'giu (born Angela Burlacu) (born September 7, WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Roberto Alagna (born June 7, 1963) is an French Operatic The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Magdalena Kožená (born 1973 in Brno) is a Czech Mezzo-soprano, the daughter of a mathematician father and a biologist mother Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Roberto Alagna (born June 7, 1963) is an French Operatic The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Cecilia Bartoli (born 4 June 1966, Rome) is an Italian Mezzo-soprano Opera singer and recitalist The Academy of Ancient Music ( AAM) is a period-instrument orchestra based in London re-founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973 Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood CBE (born 10 September 1941) is an English conductor, Harpsichordist Writer and scholar Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Vesselina Kasarova is a Bulgarian Mezzo-soprano opera singer Early life and education Vesselina Kasarova (pronounced ka- TSA -ro-va Sir Willard Wentworth White CBE (born October 10, 1946) is a Jamaican born British Bass-baritone. The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden ( Saxon State Orchestra Dresden) is an Orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548 Cecilia Bartoli (born 4 June 1966, Rome) is an Italian Mezzo-soprano Opera singer and recitalist WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Angela Gheorghiu (gjor'giu (born Angela Burlacu) (born September 7, WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Chailly (ʃɑ Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Victoria de los Ángeles (in Catalan Victòria dels Àngels ( November 1, 1923 &ndash January 15 WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is a WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Angela Gheorghiu (gjor'giu (born Angela Burlacu) (born September 7, WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Chailly (ʃɑ ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is an Italian operatic Tenor. The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE, FRSA, (born January The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ( Russian: ru Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ( &ndash 9 August 1975 was a Russian Composer Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. 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. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Elliott Cook Carter Jr (born in New York City on December 11, 1908) is an American Composer from New York City. 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. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. William Byrd (c 1540 &ndash 4 July 1623 was an English Composer of the Renaissance. Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Karol Maciej Szymanowski (3 October 1882 in Tymoszówka (present-day Ukraine) – 28 March 1937 was a Polish Composer and Pianist 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)
Gramophone Awards in the 1990s
1999
Artist of the Year Martha Argerich
Special Achievement Philip's Great Pianists of the 20th Century
Lifetime Achievement Isaac Stern
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. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE, FRSA, (born January The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Chailly (ʃɑ Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Barbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American Soprano. Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar ( February 7, 1871 &ndash WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is a Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine concert Pianist. Isaac Stern ( July 21, 1920 &ndash September 22, 2001) was an American Violin Virtuoso. Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras AC CH Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2 1660 &ndash October 24 1725 was an Italian Baroque Composer especially famous for his Operas and chamber Cantatas Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Guillaume Dufay ( Du Fay, Du Fayt) ( August 5, 1397 ? &ndash November 27, 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Carl August Nielsen (9 June 1865 &ndash 3 October 1931 was a conductor, Violinist, and Composer from Denmark. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Arcadi Volodos (Аркадий Володось Arcadij Volodos) (born February 24, 1972) is a Russian Pianist. Sony BMG Masterworks is a Record label. It is the result of a "restructuring" of Sony BMG Music Entertainment 's classical music division Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( October 24, 1925 &ndash May 27, 2003) was an Italian Composer. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets 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)
1998
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)
Editor's Choice Thomas Adès, Adès: Arcadiana Op. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Renée Fleming (born February 14 1959 is an accomplished American Soprano specializing WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Renée Fleming (born February 14 1959 is an accomplished American Soprano specializing James Lawrence Levine (born 23 June 1943) is an American orchestral conductor and pianist. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Chailly (ʃɑ James O'Donnell (born 1961 in Scotland) is the current Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey. Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British Composer, Pianist and conductor. 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)
Best-Fusion of Genres Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Beethoven's Last Night (Sony)
Orchestral
External links
The Endellion String Quartet is a British String quartet. The quartet was formed in 1979 and has been 'Quartet in Residence' at Cambridge University The London Sinfonietta is an English chamber Orchestra based in London that specializes in the performance of Contemporary classical music For the keyboard concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach entitled "Concerto Italiano" see Italian Concerto BWV 971. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Andrew Frank Davis CBE (born 2 February 1944 Jean-Philippe Rameau (ʒɑ̃filip ʀaˈmo in French (September 25 1683 – September 12 1764 was one of the most important French Composers and music theorists Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Chailly (ʃɑ Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest The Miraculous Mandarin or The Wonderful Mandarin (A csodálatos mandarin German: Der Wunderbare Mandarin Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Ian Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an acclaimed English Tenor, well known for his performances as an Opera singer The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in James Roy Horner (born August 14 1953) is an American Composer of orchestral and film music Carl August Nielsen (9 June 1865 &ndash 3 October 1931 was a conductor, Violinist, and Composer from Denmark. The Symphony No 2 "The Four Temperaments" (Op 16 FS 29 is the second Symphony by Danish composer Carl Nielsen written in 1901 to Carl Nielsen 's Symphony No 3 or Symphony Espansiva is one of Nielsen's most successful compositions and symphonies The San Francisco Symphony ( SFS) is a leading Orchestra based in San Francisco California.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic