Magazine Gramophone the awards ceremony rewards solo artists, bands and record companies that contribute to the development of the classical music industry.
The most prestigious award – Record of the year – on 4 October the works of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, created at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, were presented The dead City for a recording published on DVD. The main roles are played by soprano Marlisa Petersen and tenor Jonas Kaufmanis, the show was created in Munich by conductor Kirill Petrenko and director Simon Stone.
The dead City also awarded as the best opera recording of the year. This DVD was released by the newly founded record company of the Bavarian State Opera BSO registrationsand in this Gramophone the award ceremony awarded all three of his first projects: in the category Best Orchestral Recording won the arrangement of the Seventh Symphony by Gustav Mahler (Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Kirill Petrenko), while the contemporary music category was won by the works of the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen created by the Bavarian State Opera The snow queen recording of the new production in DVD format (director Kornelius Meister, director Andreas Kriegenburg).
Master Kirill Petrenko became the most generously awarded artist at the ceremony – he and his creative partners also won in the category Best entrance to the concert (Arrangement of the Alban Berg Violin Concerto with Frank Pēter Zimmermann and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; in this Berlin Philharmonic the album released by the record company also includes the Violin Concerto by Béla Bartók and Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Frank Pēter Zimmermans under the direction of directors Alan Gilbert and Daniel Harding).
In the category Artist of the year Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan (who played the role of Gerda in Abrahamsen’s opera) received the award The snow queen). The talented Swedish violinist Jūhans Dālene was recognized as the best young artist.
The Special Artistic Achievement Award was presented to the Norwegian pianist Leif Uve Annsnes for Classic Sony dilogy of published albums Mozart Momentrecorded with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Mezzosoprano Emilija D’Angelo, listened to in Ventspils this summer, receives the award for best concept album. In the photo – together with the magazine Gramophone chief editor James Jolly. photo – Telling the photograph
The debut recording of the young Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo was awarded as the best concept album powerpublished by the company German gramophone. With the album power In August, the singer presented her repertoire – music by composers from the 12th and 21st centuries – to the audience of the LNSO vasarnīca festival in the Ventspils concert hall. Latvia. On October 23, however, we will listen to the great French quartet in the Dzintari concert hall Ebonythan in this Gramophone won the award for the best chamber music recording at the ceremony – Erato/Warner Classics in the released album ‘Around midnight the works of Henri Dithier, Arnold Schoenberg and the cellist of the quartet Raphael Merlen are collected.
Quartet Ebony cellist and composer Rafael Merlen receives the award for the best chamber music recording. photo – Telling the photograph
Sergej Rachmaninov’s romantic album recorded by Lithuanian soprano Asmika Grigorjana and pianist Luka Genuš Dissonance (published by the company Alpha) won the prize in the music / vocal chamber songs category. The album by the phenomenal American singer Michael Spears was crowned the best vocal and orchestral recording Bari Tenorcreated together with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor Marco Letogna (published by Erato/Warner Classics).
Of all the record companies, the British company was recognized as the best this year Chandos – emphasizing in particular its rich range of recordings and Chandos they maintained deep long-term relationships with their artists. The Budapest Festival Orchestra, led by Maestro Ivan Fischer, was named Orchestra of the Year. This is the only category where the winner is not determined by the magazine Gramophone expert jury, but the audience itself – more than a third of all votes were cast for the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
The honorary award for Lifetime Contribution to the Record Industry was awarded to legendary pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on November 15 and has dedicated more than 70 years to the stage.
Full list of winners: www.grammophone.co.uk
