 WINNERS NOW ANNOUNCED!
The BBC Music Magazine Awards are the only classical music awards in which the main categories are voted for by the public.
The nominations represent the best of more than 1,500 recordings reviewed by BBC Music Magazine each year, and feature an eclectic array of household names as well as newcomers to the field.
On 13th April 2010, the winners were announced at a ceremony at King's Place in London and we are very pleased to provide details below. You can view the awards ceremony by clicking here.
All winners and nominations can be viewed below - click on the images for further information or to purchase.
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Opera Nominations
Martinu
3 Fragments from Julietta
Magdalena Kozena;
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra;
Sir Charles Mackerras
“The finest imaginable tribute to Martinu in his anniversary year…utterly unforgettable.”
| WINNER!
Wagner
Lohengrin
WDR Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Colonge;
Semyon Bychkov
“Semyon Bychkov conducts a robustly powerful yet airily textured performance”
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Shostakovich
The Nose
Mariinsky Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus;
Valery Gergiev
“The sheer anarchic daring and certainty of Shostakovich’s score holds us in thrall”
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Orchestral Nominations
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Mahler
Symphony no.4
Miah Persson;
Budapest Festival Orchestra;
Ivan Fischer
“One of the most musically satisfying recordings to appear in a long time”
| WINNER!
Beethoven
Violin Concerto
Patricia Kopatcinskaja;
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees;
Philippe Herreweghe
“Kopatchinskaja’s warmly recorded account of the Beethoven Violin Concerto must be one of the most stimulating and provocative that has ever been committed to disc”
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Bartok
Orchestral Music
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra;
Zoltan Kocsis
“Every so often you come across a recording that restores your faith… in the art of music-making itself.”
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Choral Nominations
Stravinsky
Requiem Canticles etc
SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart;
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden und Freiburg;
Michael Gielen
“Gielen’s subtle balancing of textures and his impeccable pacing of the contrasting movements, not to mention the responsive playing of the orchestra, brings immense rewards”
| WINNER!
Verdi
Requiem
Orchestra and Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia;
Antonio Pappano
“Pappano’s version is firmly founded on the comprehensively excellent contribution of the chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia… the ANSC’s orchestra, too, offers an absolute certainty of definition”
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Telemann
Brockes-Passion
RIAS Chamber Choir;
Akademis fur Alte Musik Berlin;
Rene Jacobs
“The playing and singing are outstanding, in what must be one of the rediscoveries of the year”
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Vocal Nominations
Liszt
Songs
Rebecca Evans;
Andrew Kennedy;
Matthew Rose;
Iain Burnside
“Burnside is a faultless guide along this journey… the singing, too, is exemplary”
| WINNER!
Tchaikovsky
Romances
Christianne Stotijn;
Julius Drake
“Christianne Stotijn is that artist in a thousand whose personality shines through everything she does.”
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Jonas Kaufmann
Opera Arias by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner
Mahler Chamber Orchestra;
Claudio Abbado
“Jonas Kaufmann is the German tenor we’ve been waiting for…this is ideal singing.”
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Chamber Nominations
Schubert
'Trout' Quintet
Martin Helmchen;
Christian Tetzlaff;
etc
“They deliver a more completely satisfactory account of the Trout Quintet than any I have ever heard before”
| WINNER!
Haydn
String Quartets opp.20/5, 33/3, 76/5
Jerusalem Quartet
“This has to be the best Haydn quartet recording released in his anniversary year …an absolute triumph.”
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Szymanowski
Violin Sonata
Alina Ibragimova;
Cedric Tiberghien
“Ibragimova’s authority is evident throughout”
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Instrumental Nominations
Abel
The Drexel Manuscript
Paolo Pandolfo
“The sound is highly intoxicating. Both Pandolfo’s expressivity and technique are beyond praise”
| WINNER!
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas
opp.14, 26 & 28
Murray Perahia
“A masterly recital, and one whose undemonstrative performances enable the music to speak for itself”
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Beethoven
Diabelli Variations
Stephen Kovacevich
“Kovacevich brings penetrating insight and a thrilling physical involvement”
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Other Award WinnersNewcomer Award
Mendelssohn / Mozart / Schubert
String Quartets
Elias Quartet
| Premiere Recording
Imogen Holst
String Chamber Music
Court Lane Music
| Technical Excellence
Mendelssohn
Symphony no.2 'Lobgesang'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra;
Andrew Litton
| DVD (performance)
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
The Firebird
Mariinsky Ballet;
Valery Gergiev
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