FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!Gramophone Awards 2015
The Gramophone Awards ceremony for 2015 was held in London on 17th September and details of all winners can now be found below. Special congratulations goes posthumously to Claudio Abbado, whose recording of Bruckner's 9th Symphony (DG) was awarded Recording of the Year.All of the category winners are currently available at special prices - simply click on the images for more information.
If you would like to read the full reviews of all 72 shortlisted recordings, you can do so by clicking here.
Orchestral Category
 Sibelius Complete Symphonies BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards | CATEGORY WINNER and RECORDING OF THE YEAR!  Bruckner Symphony no.9 Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado |  Vaughan Williams Pastoral Symphony etc Halle Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder |
Baroque Instrumental Category
 Rameau Pieces de clavecin (2CD) Mahan Esfanahni | WINNER! JS Bach Cello Suites (2CD) David Watkin |  Vivaldi L'Estro Armonico (2CD) Rachel Podger Brecon Baroque |
Baroque Vocal Category
 JS Bach Mass in B minor (2CD) Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen | WINNER! Monteverdi Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini |  MA Charpentier La descente d'Orphee aux enfers Boston Early Music Festival Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs |
 Brahms Clarinet Quintet etc Martin Frost, Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedeen | WINNER! Smetana String Quartets 1 & 2 Pavel Haas Quartet |  Haydn String Quartets op.20 (2CD) Doric String Quartet |
 Haydn The Seasons (2CD) Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe | WINNER! Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (2CD) BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis |  Howells Stabat Mater The Bach Choir, David Hill |
Concerto Category
 Beethoven Pianoo Concertos 2 & 4 Leif Ove Andsnes Mahler Chamber Orchestra | WINNER! Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4 Maria Joao Pires Daniel Harding |  Dvorak Cello Concerto Alisa Weilerstein, Jiri Belohlavek |
 Birtwistle Chamber Music Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Till Fellner, Roderick Williams | WINNER! Norgard Symphonies 1 & 8 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo |  Unsuk Chin 3 Concertos Alban Gerhardt, Sunwook Kim, Wu Wei, Myung-Whun Chung |
Early Music Category
 Byrd and Philips Adoramus te Claire Wilkinson, The Rose Consort of Viols | WINNER! The Spy's Choirbook Petrus Alamire and the court of Henry VIII The English Cornett & Sackbutt Ensemble, David Skinner |  Au sainct nau Ensemble Clement Janequin, Dominique Visse |
Instrumental Category
 Dances Piano works by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin and others Benjamin Grosvenor | WINNER! JS Bach English Suites 1, 3 & 5 Piotr Anderszewski |  The Salzburg Recital Piano works by Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin and others (2CD) Grigory Sokolov |
Opera Category
 Britten Death in Venice English National Opera Edward Gardner | WINNER! R Strauss Elektra Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen |  Wagner Parsifal Metropolitan Opera, Daniele Gatti |
Recital Category
 Stella di Napoli Bel canto arias Joyce DiDonato Riccardo Minasi | WINNER! A French Baroque Diva Arias for Marie Fel Carolyn Sampson, Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore |  Semiramide La Signora Regale Anna Bonitatibus, La Stagione Armonica |
Solo Vocal Category
 Mahler Orchestral Lieder Christian Gerhaher, Kent Nagano | WINNER! Schubert Lieder Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber |  Fleurs Faure, Schumann, Strauss, Britten, Debussy etc Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton |