Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2023 - The Winners!
Until 13th November, we're offering discounts of up to 20% on the category finalists - and will be bringing exclusive interviews with one or two of the winners over the next week.
Recording of the Year (and Orchestral category-winner)
'These are quite marvellous – and in the case of the Fourth Symphony, incendiary – performances.'
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Nos. 1-6
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Chamber
'The Ébène are second to none in colour and vitality, and unrivalled in their lyrical tenderness. For me they become a new benchmark.'
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Choral
'One is unsurprised by the unconventionality but taken aback by the richness and variety of the final musical result.'
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Concerto
Elgar: Viola Concerto & Bloch: Suite For Viola and Orchestra
Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
'Ridout is a strong, personable player whose deft handling of the Scherzo and heartfelt playing of the Adagio make the concerto’s central episodes exceptionally memorable.'
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Contemporary
Lotta Wennäkoski: Sigla; Flounce; Sedecim
Sivan Magan (harp), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
'This is music that knows exactly where it is going and is happy to bring its audience along with it.'
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Early Music
'This larger ensemble creates a rich, well-balanced sound which at times I found attractively wistful.'
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Instrumental
'Quite a journey, one that’s profoundly representative of the Hungarian musical psyche in the 20th century.'
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Opera
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
Robert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient); London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Edward Gardner
'Gardner’s is more than warmly recommended as both reminder of and entrée to Tippett’s achievement.'
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Piano
'Zimerman has all the quick-wittedness and nimbleness called for, not to mention power and agility.'
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Song
'He is a stylish, cultured performer and is as fine an advocate for Fauré’s mélodies as any of the best.'
Available Formats: 3 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Voice & Ensemble
'Le Concert de la Loge provides support that is virile and tender, as appropriate...And the two singers are magnificent.'
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Concept album
'These characters come alive in Charlston’s flexible mezzo, surely one of the most exciting voices in the new generation of British singers.'
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Artist of the Year - Véronique Gens
Young Artist of the Year - Stella Chen
Lifetime Achievement - Dame Felicity Lott
Label of the Year
Spatial Audio
Wagner: Die Walküre
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti; remastering by Philip Siney
'One of the greatest studio recording productions ever made returns for the 21st century in a glorious – and loving – Dolby Atmos restoration.'
Available Formats: 4 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC