ICMA 2015 SPECIAL AWARDS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dmitrij Kitajenko
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Christian Tetzlaff
YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Instrumental: Yury Revich
Vocal: Jodie Devos
LABEL OF THE YEAR
Accentus
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PanufnikPanufnik Edition: Lukasz Dlugosz, Ewa Kupiec, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Sarah van der Kemp, Michael von Schönermark, Raphael Wallfisch, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz (cpo)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue (Accentus CD: ACC30308); Goldberg Variations (Accentus DVD: ACC20313)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
CD & DVD CATEGORIES
EARLY MUSIC
Bal-Kan. Honey and Blood, Cycles of Life; Meral Azizoğlu, Irini Derebei, Gürsoy Dinçer, Lior Elmaleh, Montserrat Figueras, Tcha Limberger, Marc Mauillon, Amira Medunjanin, Stoimenka Outchikova-Nedyalkova, Agi Szalóki, Zacharias Spyridakis, Hespérion XXI, Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9902)
BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL
Pavanes and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland; Dowland – Purcell – Jenkins – Lawes – Morley – Locke; John Holloway, Monika Baer, Renate Steinmann, Susanna Hefti, Martin Zeller (ECM 4810430)
BAROQUE VOCAL
Vivaldi: Pieta – Sacred Works for Alto; Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Arteserse (Erato 825646258109)
VOCAL RECITAL
tStella di Napoli; Pacini – Bellini – Carafa – Rossini – Mercadante – Donizetti…; Joyce DiDonato, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi (Erato 2564636562)
CHORAL WORKS
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 718)
OPERA
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Alexandra Silber, Cheyenne Jackson, Jessica Vosk, Kevin Vortmann, Juliana Hansen, Kelly Markgraf, Julia Bullock, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media 821936-0059-2)
SOLO INSTRUMENT
Franz Schubert: Sonatas D. 894 & D. 959; Evgeni Koroliov, piano ( Tacet 979)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichtrio op. 3 – Serenade op. 8; Frank-Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Christian Poltéra (BIS 2087)
CONCERTOS
Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante; Wolfgang A. Mozart: Oboe Concerto; Lucas M. Navarro, Gregory Ahss, Konstantin Pfiz, Guilhaume Santana Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (Claves 1302)
SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon 4793441)
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
ChinUnsuk Chin: Piano and Cello Concertos, Su for Sheng and Orchestra; Alban Gerhardt, Wu Wei, Sunwook Kim, Seoul Philharmonic, Myung-Whun Chung (Deutsche Grammophon 481 0971)
BEST COLLECTION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Symphonies; Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer (Dacapo 8201201)
HISTORICAL RECORDING
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; The State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture; Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Melodiya MELCD 1002170)
DVD PERFORMANCE
Nikolaï Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh; Vladimir Vaneev, Maxim Aksenov, Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Alexey Markov, Netherlands Opera Chorus, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht, conductor, Dmitri Tcherniakov, stage director (Opus Arte OA1089D)
DVD DOCUMENTARIES
Richard Strauss and his Heroines; A Film by Thomas von Steinaecker; Brigitte Fassbaender, Renée Fleming, Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig Christian Strauss, Rufus Wainwright, Franz Welser-Möst (Arthaus Musik 102181)
