Gramophone Awards 2008
 The Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2008The Gramophone Awards represent the very best of classical music. One of the world’s most distinctive arts awards, and of incomparable influence, they continue to be the pinnacle for every classical performer. The awards were established in 1978 by Gramophone magazine and aim to reward the outstanding classical recordings of the year. The Gramophone Awards judges are a selection of the world’s finest critics who maintain the excellence of the prizes year after year. The winners of the awards are guaranteed a worldwide audience and a dramatic increase in sales of their recordings. This years nominees are listed below, split into 15 categories. The winner of each category will be announced on the 25th September. Click on the disc image for more information. Click on the links below to jump straight to the following categories: |
| Baroque Instrumental Baroque Vocal Chamber Choral Concerto Contemporary DVD Early Music | Historic Archive Historic Re-Issue Instrumental Opera Orchestral Recital Solo Vocal |
| Baroque Instrumental Category |
 Abel Mr Abel's Fine Airs Susanne Heinrich £9.95 | Winner! Bach Brandenburg Concertos Trevor Pinnock £19.95 (2CD) |  Handel Organ Concertos op.4 Richard Egarr £10.50 (SACD) |
| Baroque Vocal Category |
 Bach Mass in B minor Masaaki Suzuki £20.95 (2SACD) | Winner! Monteverdi L'Orfeo La Venexiana £16.95 (2CD) |  Lully Thesee Boston Early Music Festival £25.95 (3CD) |
| Chamber Category |
 Bartok Complete String Quartets Belcea Quartet £14.95 (2CD) | Winner! Brahms / Schumann Piano Quintets Andsnes / Artemis Quartet £11.95 |  Haas / Janacek String Quartets vol.2 Pavel Haas Quartet £9.95 |
| Choral Category |
 Dyson Nebuchadnezzar Richard Hickox £9.95 | Winner! Haydn The Creation (in English) Paul McCreesh £16.95 (2CD) |  Poulenc Gloria, 4 Motets Polyphony / Layton £9.95 |
| Concerto Category |
 Rubbra / Walton Viola Concertos Lawrence Power £9.95 | Winner! Elgar Violin Concerto James Ehnes £10.50 |  Tippett Piano Concerto, Piano Sonatas Steven Osborne £19.95 (2CD) |
| Contemporary Category |
 Lindberg / Sibelius Violin Concertos Lisa Batiashvili £11.95 | Winner! Harvey Body Mandala etc Ilan Volkov £8.95 |  Tuur Symphony no.4 'Magma' Paavo Jarvi £11.95 |
| DVD Category |
 Donizetti La Fille du Regiment Dessay / Florez £8.95 | Winner! Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Pappano £25.95 (2DVD) |  Vaughan Williams O Thou Transcendent Tony Palmer Film £14.95 |
| Early Music Category |
 de Monte Missa Ultima miei sospiri Cinquecento £9.95 | Winner! Ludford Missa benedicta et vunerabilis Edward Higginbottom £10.50 |  Gombert Tribulatio et angustia Brabant Ensemble £9.95 |
| Historic Archive Category |
 Mahler Symphony no.3 Ferrier / Boult £22.95 (2CD) | Winner! Vaughan Williams Symphony no.5 Vaughan Williams £8.50 |  Wagner The Ring Cycle Rudolf Kempe £69.95 (13CD) |
| Historic Re-Issue Category |
 Cesare Valletti Recital Valletti / Taubman £22.95 (2CD) | Winner! Sibelius Songs Kim Borg £6.95 |  R Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (highlights) Richard Strauss £5.95 |
| Instrumental Category |
 Alkan Concerto for solo piano etc Marc-Andre Hamelin £9.95 | Winner! Beethoven Piano Sonatas vol.4 Paul Lewis £20.95 (3CD) |  Debussy Piano Works vol.2 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet £9.95 |
| Opera Category |
 Janacek Katya Kabanova (in English) Carlo Rizzi £13.95 (2CD) | Winner! Janacek The Excursions of Mr Broucek Jiri Belohlavek £21.95 (2CD) |  Puccini La Boheme Villazon / Netrebko £16.95 (2CD) |
| Orchestral Category |
 Beethoven Complete Symphonies Mackerras £22.95 (5CD) | Winner! Miaskovsky Symphonies & Orchestral Wks Svetlanov £34.95 (16CD) |  Fiesta Latin-American Showpieces Gustavo Dudamel £10.95 |
| Recital Category |
 Offenbach Entre Nous LPO / David Parry £20.95 (2CD) | Winner! Maria The World of Maria Malibran Cecilia Bartoli £10.95 |  Jonas Kaufmann Romantic Arias Kaufmann / Armiliato £10.95 |
| Solo Vocal Category |
 Ives Romanzo di Central Park Gerald Finley £9.95 | Winner! Barber Songs Gerald Finley £9.95 |  Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge James Gilchrist £9.95 (SACD) |
