Wednesday, February 24, 2010

BBC Music Magazine awards 2009

Disc of the year: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 28 & 29; Mitsuko Uchida; Philips: E4758662; Spotify link

Orchestral: Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 etc; Martha Argerich, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Verdernikov; EMI: 5045042; Spotify link
Finalists:
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, etc; Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kees Bakels; BIS: BISCD1470; Spotify link
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4; Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard; BIS: BISSACD1519; Spotify link

Opera:  Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Natalie Dessay, Ann Hallenberg, Sonia Prina & Pavol Breslik, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm; Virgin: 3634282; Spotify link
Finalists:
Bellini: La Sonnambula; Jaël Azzaretti, Natalie Dessay, Francesco Meli, Carlo Colombara & Sara Mingardo, l’Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pidò; Virgin: 3951382; Spotify link
Janacek: Katya Kabanova; Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi; Chandos: CHAN31452; Spotify link

Choral: Bach Cantatas; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman; Challenge Classics: CC72222; Spotify link not found
Finalists:
The Road to Paradise; Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh; DG: 4776605; Spotify link
Bolivian Baroque, Volume 2; Arakaendar Bolivia Choir, Florilegium; Channel: CCSSA24806; label not @ Spotify

Vocal: As Steals the Morn - Handel arias; Mark Padmore, The English Concert, Andrew Manze; Harmonia Mundi: HMU907422; Spotify link
Finalists:
Terezín / Theresienstadt; Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano); DG: 4776546; Spotify link not found
Richard Strauss - The Complete Songs, Volume 2; Anne Schwanenwilms, Roger Vignoles; Hyperion: CDA67588; label not @ Spotify

Chamber: Shostakovitch: String Quartets Nos. 6, 8 & 11; Jerusalem Quartet; Harmonia Mundi: HMC901953; Spotify link not found
Finalists:
Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Ballade & Clarinet Quintet; The Nash Ensemble; Hyperion: CDA67590; label not @ Spotify
Marin Marais: Suitte d'un Goût Etranger; Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Pierre Hantaï, Rolf Lislevand, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Andrew Lawrence-King, Pedro Estevan; Alia Vox: AVSA9851; Spotify link

Instrumental: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 28 & 29; Mitsuko Uchida; Philips: E4758662; Spotify link
Finalists:
Bach: Cello Suites; Steven Isserlis; Hyperion: CDA67541/2 label not @ Spotify
Rachmaninov: Etudes tableaux; Rustem Hayroudinoff; Chandos: CHAN10391; Spotify link not found

Award for Technical Excellence in Recording: Stockhausen: Stimmung; Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier; Harmonia Mundi: HMU807408; Spotify link
Finalists:
Bach: Cello Suites; Steven Isserlis; Hyperion: CDA67541/2; label not @ Spotify
Rachmaninov: Etudes tableaux; Rustem Hayroudinoff; Chandos: CHAN10391; Spotify link not found

Newcomer of the Year: David Fray; Piano works by Bach & Boulez; Virgin: 3857872; Spotify link

Premiere Recording of the Year: Kagel: All Things Change; Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schönberg Ensemble Amsterdam, Reinbert de Leeuw; Winter and Winter: 9101262


NB. Let me know if you can find the missing CDs (i.e., “Spotify link not found”).


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