Gramophone Awards 2018


Gramophone Award Winners 2018

All of the winners of the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Awards have now been announced! Special congratulations must to go the winner of the ultimate 'Recording of the Year', awarded to Erato's stunning recording of Berlioz's Les Troyens, recorded in Strasbourg with with a cast including Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, conducted by John Nelsons.

Below are details of the winners of each individual category, all currently available at reduced prices. Simply click on the images for more information.

Artist of the Year went to violinist Rachel Podger (special offer here), Young Artist of the Year to soprano Lise Davidsen, Orchestra of the Year to the Seattle Symphony, Label of the Year to Harmonia Mundi (special offer here) and Lifetime Achievement to conductor Neeme Jarvi.




Chamber
Dvorak - Quintets
Dvorak
Quintets opp.81 & 97
Boris Giltburg, Pavel Nikl, Pavel Haas Quartet
Supraphon

Choral
Part/Schnittke - Choral Works
Part / Schnittke
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis / Psalms of Repentance
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putnins
BIS

Concerto
Bartok - Violin Concertos
Bartok
Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Ondine

Contemporary
Dusapin - Quatuors VI & VII
Dusapin
Quatuor VI, Quatuor VII
Arditti Quartet, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Pascal Rophe
Aeon

Early Music
Missa sine nomine
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks Vol.5
John Mason, Robert Hunt, Hugh Sturmy, Anonymous
Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe
Blue Heron

Instrumental
Brahms - Piano Works
Brahms
Piano Works opp.76, 117 & 118
Arcadi Volodos
Sony

Opera and RECORDING OF THE YEAR!
Berlioz - Les Troyens
Berlioz
Les Troyens
Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Orchestre Philharmonique du Strasbourg, John Nelson
Erato (4CD + DVD)

Orchestral
Ravel - Daphnis & Chloe
Ravel
Daphnis & Chloe (complete ballet)
Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth
Harmonia Mundi

Recital
Agitata
Agitata
Arias by Brevi, Caldara, Gregori, Jommelli, Porpora, Stradella, Torelli & Vivaldi
Delphine Galou, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
Alpha

Solo Vocal
Secrets
Secrets
Songs by Debussy, Duparc, Faure, Ravel & Say
Marianne Crebassa, Fazil Say
Erato