Gramophone Awards 2007

Recording of the year: Brahms - Piano Concertos; Nelson Freire (piano); Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly; Decca: 4757637; Spotify link

Baroque Instrumental: Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317; Sonata a 5 HWV 288; The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr; Harmonia Mundi: HMU907415; Spotify link

Baroque Vocal: Handel: Messiah; (Dublin version, 1742); Susan Hamilton (soprano), Annie Gill (mezzo), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Edward Caswell (bass); Dunedin Consort, John Butt; Linn: CKD285; Spotify link

Chamber:  Haas, P: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 'From the Monkey Mountains'; Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'; Pavel Haas Quartet; Supraphon: SU38772; Spotify link not found

Choral:  Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45; Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Thomas Quasthoff (baritone); Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Rattle; EMI: 3653932; Spotify link

Contemporary: Anderson, Julian: Alhambra Fantasy; Khorovod; London Sinfonietta; The Stations of the Sun; The Crazed Moon; Diptych; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen; World Premiere Recordings; Ondine: ODE10122; Spotify link not found

Early Music: William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis; The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood; Hyperion: CDA67568; label not @ Spotify

Historic Archive: Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel, Maria Graf, Gustav Neidlinger, Astrid Varnay, Maria von Ilosvay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Georgine von Milinkovic, Mina Bolotine, Hermann Uhde, Josef Greindl, Gré Brouwenstijn; Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth; Testament: SBT41393; label not @ Spotify

Historic Reissue: Moeran: Sinfonietta; Symphony in G minor; Overture for a Masque; London Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult; Lyrita: SRCD247; Spotify link not found

Instrumental:  Bach - The Cello Suites; Steven Isserlis (cello); Hyperion: CDA67541/2; label not @ Spotify

Opera: Rossini: Matilde di Shabran; Annick Massis (sop), Juan Diego Florez (ten), Bruno Taddia (bass), Hadar Halevy (mezzo), Marco Vinco (bass), Bruno de Simone (bass), Chiara Chialli (sop), Carlo Lepore (bass), Gregory Bonfatti (ten), Lubomir Moravec; Orquesta Sinfonica De Galicia with the Prague Chamber Choir, Riccardo Frizza; Decca: 4757688; Spotify link

Orchestral: Prokofiev - The Complete Symphonies; London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev; Philips: 4757655; Spotify link

Solo Vocal: R Strauss – Lieder; Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) & Helmut Deutsch (piano); Harmonia Mundi: HMC901879; Spotify link not found

Editor's Choice:  Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'; Lisa Milne (soprano) & Birgit Remmert (alto); Budapest Festival Orchestra & The Hungarian Radio Choir, Ivan Fischer; Channel: CCSSA23506; Spotify link not found

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