SPECIAL AWARDS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Aldo Ciccolini
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Carolin Widmann
YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR VOCAL: Valer Barna-Sabadus
YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR INSTRUMENTAL: Alessandro Mazzamuto
LABEL OF THE YEAR: Audite
CLASSICAL WEBSITE AWARD: Philharmonia Orchestra
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Robert von Bahr
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Orchestra LaVerdi
CD & DVD CATEGORIES
EARLY MUSIC
Amarcord – zu S. Thomas Zwei Gregorianische Messen aus dem Thomas-Graduale – Thomaskirche Leipzig, um 1300 Amarcord Ensemble RKap 10112
BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-3 (Vol. II) Isabelle Faust, violin Harmonia Mundi HMC 902124
BAROQUE VOCAL
Polychoral Splendour Music from the four galleries of the Abbey Church of Muri by Giovanni Gabrieli and Heinrich Schütz Cappella Murensis (Siri Karoline Thornhill, Stephanie Petitlaurent, Rolf Ehlers, Jürgen Ochs, Mirko Ludwig, Manuel Warwitz, Simon Schnorr, Kees Jan De Koning), Les Cornets Noirs, Johannes Strobl Audite 92.652
VOCAL RECITAL
Christian Gerhaher – Ferne Geliebte Beethoven – Haydn – Schönberg – Berg Christian Gerhaher, baritone, Gerold Huber, piano Sony Classical 88691935432
CHORAL WORKS
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Geistliches Chorwerk Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius Carus 83020
OPERA
Stanislaw Moniuszko: Verbum nobile Aleksander Teliga, Aleksandra Buczek, Leszek Skrla, Michal Partyka, Janusz Lewandowski, Chor i Orkiestra Opery na Zamku / Warcislaw Kunc Dux 783
SOLO INSTRUMENT
Serge Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28, Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 Nikolai Lugansky, piano Naïve AM208
CHAMBER MUSIC
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Carolin Widmann, violin, Jörg Widmann, clarinet, Nicolas Altstaedt, cello, Alexander Lonquich, piano Orfeo C 840121 B
CONCERTOS
Dances to a Black Pipe Copland – Brahms – Fröst – Piazzolla – Hillborg – Högberg Martin Fröst, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti BIS SACD 1863
SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Albert Roussel: Le festin de l’araignée (The Spider’s Banquet), Padmâvatî Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève Naxos 8.572443
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards the Horizon’, Modificata, Percussion Concerto 'Incantations’ Truls Mørk, cello, Colin Currie, percussion, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds Ondine ODE11782
BEST COLLECTION
Anton Bruckner: Symphonies No. 1 – 9 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt Querstand VKJK 1230
HISTORICAL RECORDING
Les Ballets Russes Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring Moscow Philharmonic, Moscow State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Fedoseyev Melodiya 1001990
DVD PERFORMANCE
Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Olga Borodina, Alessandro Corbelli, David Soar, Iain Paton, Janis Kelly, Sarah Castle, Maurizio Muraro, Bonaventura Bottone, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Mark Elder (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director) Decca 0743459
DVD DOCUMENTARIES
John Cage – Journeys in Sound. A Film by Allan Miller & Paul Smaczny Accentus ACC 20246
